Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jeff.... I hope you have those 100 rolls, and all yer cameras and lenses in something that floats... if you ride it out, good luck, and stay in touch.... if you seek higher ground, our door is open here in Phoenix.... it's pretty dry, 110 degrees F. and we can take pictures of frozen margheritas.... Steve On Aug 27, 2005, at 1:51 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > The advantage of west of us is that there is about 80 miles of land to > slow it down. But you are right...a tropical storm to our west is a > lot > wetter and windier than a hurricane to our east. > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of R. > Clayton McKee > Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 3:11 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: RE: [Leica] Here we go again > > > On 27 Aug 2005 at 13:54, Jeffery Smith wrote: > > >> Thanks, Sonny. I'm going to hunker in because of all of the >> animals (5 >> > > >> dogs, 2 cats, and a bird). My wife has a store with cinder block >> walls. I'm going to put her and my mother-in-law over there. I'm >> hoping that Katrina will make landfall to the west of us. That should >> drag her down some before she reaches us. >> > > > > Hey... hey... Me I don't like that some at all... > > besides which they spin anticlockwise up here. You want it to hit > EAST of you so you're on the side of the eye where the winds are > coming back off the land. If it goes in west of you, you get maximum > storm surge and flooding... East of you, you're on the dry side > (comparatively speaking, of course.) > > Hang tight. > > -- > > > R. Clayton McKee http://www.rcmckee.com > Photojournalist rcmckee@rcmckee.com > P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 > Houston, TX 77257-1900 cell phone # on request > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >