On Friday 23 September 2005 19:38, Deedra Waters wrote: > Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 13:46:38 -0500 > From: Jason Huebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
I Will Create a Lyric for you.... i Hope youre and your friends are safe. (sorry for my poor english ) -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
