Seydi Burciaga

Seydi Burciaga

Seydi Burciaga was trapped in her car in suburban Atlanta, Ga., as floodwaters swirled and rose. "My car is turning. Now the wheels is getting up, and I'm going to drown," Burciaga cried, pleading for help. Burciaga's frantic pleas came in a 911 call early Monday morning and were on a tape released by authorities Wednesday. It was one one of hundreds of calls that came into Gwinette County as record flooding swept across the Southeast, killing at least 10 people before waters began to recede Wednesday.

Gov. Sonny Perdue asked President Obama to declare a state of emergency in Georgia, where officials estimated flooding had caused at least $250 million in damage. A fire rescue team managed to locate Burciaga by 5:09 a.m. Monday morning, authorities reported. Police arrived four minutes later. Burciaga, alone in the Nissan Quest, was still on the phone with the 911 operator. The entire roadway was submerged in nearly six feet of water. "Listen to me. You're not going to drown. Roll down your windows, if you're able to, and get out of your vehicle," the 911 dispatcher told the 39-year-old Mexican immigrant.

"I'm in the back of my car. I don't know if I can break it," said Burciaga, the mother of a 9-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter. "Ma'am, if you can break it, break it. Do whatever you can to get out of your vehicle....We're going to save your life." But the roiling waters continued to swell. "It's taking me down now," Burciaga says, crying. "OK, listen, you're not going to drown. We're going to be there for you," the dispatcher said. "Just stay with me, Okay?" "Okay, Okay," Burciaga says. Then she shrieks, "Oh my God!" Her cell phone went dead at 5:16 a.m. Rescue crews tried in vain to find her in the murky water. Her body, dressed in blue jeans, a green shirt and tennis shoes was found about an hour later.

Mckinsey Phillips

Mckinsey Phillips

John Phillips Mamas and Papas Mckinsey Phillips Michelle Phillips. Mackenzie Phillips has made sensational revelation. She says that her father forcibly had sex with her the day before she was set to marry her first husband. John Phillips was a singer and longed to have success in the music industry and traveled to New York to find a record contract in the early 1960s. His first band, The Journeymen, was a folk trio. He developed his craft in Greenwich Village, during the American folk music revival, and met his future The Mamas & the Papas bandmates Denny Doherty and Cass Elliot there. Lyrics of their song "Creeque Alley" describe this period.

While touring California with The Journeymen, he met his future second wife, the teenage Michelle Gilliam. Their affair finally forced the dissolution of his first marriage. Phillips was married to Michelle Phillips from 1962 to 1970. They had one child together, Chynna Phillips, vocalist of the 1990s' pop trio Wilson Phillips. Phillips was the primary songwriter and musical arranger of The Mamas & the Papas. Early in the band's history, John and Michelle were responsible for writing most of the band's songs.

John would often come up with a melody and some lyrics and Michelle would help him complete the lyrical portion of the song. After being signed to Dunhill Records, they had several Billboard Top Ten hits during the group's short lifetime, including "California Dreamin'", "Monday, Monday", "I Saw Her Again", "Creeque Alley", and "12:30 (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)". John Phillips also wrote "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)", the 1967 Scott McKenzie hit that was to become the Summer of Love anthem. Phillips also wrote the oft-covered "Me and My Uncle", which was the song performed more times than any other over 30 years of Grateful Dead concerts.