Hattiesburgh, MS - Highway 59 N

Hattiesburgh, MS - Highway 59 N

7:45 PM - Finally received word from my brother after 8 hours of communication silence. Turns out that their attempt to head towards Meridian, MS was a complete failure.

Along with many other cars on the road, after 7 hours on 59 N traveling only 10 miles they were told by the police to turn around and head back toward Hattiesburg, MS because Highway 59 is shutdown.

I can hear the frustration in my father and brother's tone as they wondered why weren't they notified earlier by the police as everyone was just leaving Hattiesburg hours ago?

So summary is as of 8 PM on 8/30/05, you cannot get from Hattiesburgh to Meridian via Highway 59.

The authorities told them to head towards Jackson, MS and cross over to Meridian on Highway 20.

So now brother and company is on their way to Jackson, MS and try their second attempt to get to Meridian sometime tonight.