Re: [gentoo-dev] Hurricane Rita Evacuation (fwd)

On Friday 23 September 2005 19:38, Deedra Waters wrote:
> Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 13:46:38 -0500
> From: Jason Huebel <jhuebel@×××××.com>
> To: dmwaters@g.o, kingtaco@g.o
> Subject: Hurricane Rita Evacuation
>
> I just wanted to give you guys an update on our status with our
> evacuation for Hurricane Rita.  If you could forward this to the
> Gentoo mailing lists (the public lists are okay, too), I would
> appreciate it.  I'm accessing the internet from a Windows 98 (bleck)
> computer using Juno (double bleck) as an ISP.  So Gmail isn't fully
> supported on IE5 and won't allow me to send email out as
> jhuebel@g.o.  Downloading Firefox would be utterly painful on
> this slow dialup link, so I haven't bothered with that.  That and this
> isn't my computer, so I don't have permission to change anything. :-)
>
> Anyway, our status... We've evacuated from our home in Orange, TX,
> which is about 25 miles northeast of where the hurricane is expected
> to make landfall.  My parent's and my sister's homes are directly in
> the path of the hurricane, in Port Arthur, TX.  At the time of this
> writing, the hurricane /may/ drop to a category 2 when it hits the
> coast.  But that will do little to help the areas to the east and
> northeast of the hurricane's path (basically, the area where my house
> is).  The storm surge alone will likely wipe out my parents' and my
> sister's houses.  Our house probably won't withstand the winds, since
> we're in a manufactured home.  That being the case, we fully expect to
> be homeless by this time tomorrow.
>
> Thankfully, we've evacuated far enough north that we'll probably only
> have to deal with high winds.  We're staying with my wife's aunt and
> uncle in Anacoco, Louisiana.  We're sharing a one-bedroom house with
> (last count) 13 people.  So things are going to be a little cramped
> tonight as we ride out the weakening hurricane.  We expect to see
> winds where we are staying of approximately 75 mph, with rainfall in
> the range of 10 to 15 inches over a 24 hour period. There rainfall
> isn't of much concern, since this area of the country commonly sees
> heavy rainfall of this kind.  The wind is an issue, though.  We've
> boarded up the eastern and southeastern sides of the house to protect
> against the wind, so I think we're about as prepared as we can be.
>
> We would have gone further north, but when we evacuated the hurricane
> wasn't expected to come this far east.  By the time it became apparent
> that the hurricane was coming closer than expected, roads were
> completely clogged and there was little chance we would get much
> further way.  It made more sense to stay in a solid home than to be
> out on the road or staying in a travel trailer at some campground.
>
> Provided we still have phones tomorrow, I'll send an update.  I hope
> everyone else who might be effected by the hurricane made it out
> safely and we'll see you on the other side of this thing.  If you
> don't hear from us tomorrow, don't be too concerned.  I expect we'll
> be very busy with cleanup on Saturday and Sunday here in Anacoco, LA.
> Then early next week we'll be heading back to our home in Orange, TX
> to survey the damage, begin the long insurance process, etc.  I doubt
> we'll have access to phones or the internet while we're there.
>
> --
> Jason Huebel
> jhuebel@×××××.com
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I Will Create a Lyric for you.... i Hope youre and your friends are safe.

(sorry for my poor english )

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