This message is from Jim Coombs.---------Johnnie ------------------------------------------- : Tue, 05 Sep 95 11:16:54 CDT : Jim Coombs <JAC324F@SMSVMA> : Hurricane Luis Folks, I thought you all might be interested in reading that I talked to my brother yesterday on the phone. The exciting part is that he was inside his yacht tied to the mangroves in English Harbor, Antigua. Aside from reassuring me that he and his 5 companions are surviving Luis, it was a conversation that could only be possible in this age of telecommunication: he could contact me dialing long distance on his boatphone, and it was like he was in the next room, even though waves were washing over the boat and the wind was roaring past at 140 mph. I had accessed maps and data on the web, and so I could describe to him what it was like from above, and he could describe to me what it was like from below. Jim Coombs Map Librarian Southwest Missouri State U