Here's today's update from the estimable Kevin Wendt in Columbus, Ga., helping put out the Biloxi Sun-Herald.

We just finished the Friday paper, and I've just posted all our Thursday pages, including a killer 1A by Biloxi 1A designer Jared Head. I'm told someone at NBC or ABC reporting from Gulfport held it up to start the newscast.

While there are certainly kinks in the process -- ever try giving someone directions with a bad cell phone connection? try talking about putting out an entire newspaper! -- but by the end of the night Biloxi was getting a bit more phone reception and Internet access. Still a bit sketchy though.

Overall the work continues to be amazing. It's difficult to even picture what everyone down in Biloxi is up against, but the reporting and photography has been magnificent -- and as we get organized it's only going to get better.

kevin