We may see Beaumont and Port Arthur underwater for three, four, five or even seven days.

The heavy commercial and industrial areas of Port Arthur and Beaumont -- with their numerous refineries -- were to the left of the storm's track, where wind speeds are lower, so we do not expect to see significant structural damage to the refineries.

I worked him seven-eighths (of a mile) on the 24th and had him shod five or six days ago, and we may have got a nail or two in a little tight. He got a little tender in his feet. For a couple of days I thought maybe he was getting sick because he wasn't himself on the track and he didn't eat up. He's getting better each day, but he's got to do some major improvement for me to run him. But if I do run him, he'll run big.

If that's the case, why did it take seven years? It would have been three years or four years into it that they found out what we're doing offensively and defensively. I think that has more to do with our play. You have to put two and two together.

His positives outweigh negatives (in different groups surveyed) by multiples of two, three, four, even five to one.

The coach has still not been chosen. There are four or five names and only within seven or 15 days will it be settled.