Posted on 09/17/2005 7:46:04 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March
Glad you and your's weathered it out so well. =]
We are fortunate so far where we live, too, thank God. FRegards....
Do you live in the hurricane-affected area? If so, I'm glad you're OK,and hope that all loved ones are present and accounted for. My oldest stepson had one of the old homes on Highway 90(the beach road) that weathered Camille,but Katrina got it-it was a huge pile of debris. Fortunately,he had a second rental home that was empty,so he's moved there for now.His wife's family upstate is chipping in on some furniture,and he was able to salvage some of his own. My neighborhood had a lot of wind damage-trees and fences down,shingles and eaves,wind-blown debris,etc,but we were high enough to avoid the storm surge-which was a miracle,as I'm sandwhiched in a few blocks from the beach on the south,and the bay north of me. When I see the total destruction all around me,I know how blessed I am.I can't even imagine what it's like for people who lost everything they own,or worse yet,loved ones. We've had various family staying with us,but people are starting to get stabilised.
"Do you live in the hurricane-affected area?"
Well, all my neighbors and relatives get worked up every year about it. But I'm hundreds of miles from sea [wish I were closer normally]. And it's only a tropical storm IF it even reaches here. Ophelia hit NC south of here and left. That's my non-drama.
Like you say, Thank God. The reason I live here is that my grandfather had concluded this was a great retirement area. He factored in natural disasters. So I guess I inherited his research.
FRegards....
Hey, you've got a right to get worked up too:) As I recall, more than half of the Camille deaths were from flooding in the Appalachians after Camille had been downgraded-it still carried a lot of rain,and dumped it in a more concentrated way because it had slowed way down,or something to that effect.
I do believe I've found ya. Hehheeee. Whatcha up to Cal?
Since I ain;t got nuthin ta say about this subject I'll find ya in the mailbox.
The shyster lawyers always find a way to scam money from either business, insurance companies, physicians, tobacco, and the taxpayers. Why are these bastards never held accountable for malpractice and outrageous overcharging of clients?
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