Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the report, Jeffery. We thought about you and Chris. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342 at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 6:22 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Friday Flowers SonC > We didn't lose power, but lost phone, cable, and Internet. I decent > trade-off. This hurricane moved to within 45 miles of me, and then just > sat there for a few days. Pummeled us with rain (19" at the Audubon Park > gauge, breaking previous records). Blew out 2 bedroom windows on day 1 > (2:00 a.m.), but no broken glass anywhere near the house. Pummeled the > French doors on the back bedroom (2nd floor) with 60 mph rain for about 40 > hours. So, we need new carpet. Lost some siding and my wife's DirecTV dish > (oh well, no more South Korean programming in the house for a while). In > my hood, a lot of downed power lines and tons of leaves. > > Don't know how Chris Williams did. He lives about half a mile upriver from > me, also on high ground. > > On day 2 of the deluge, a car with 6 people in it drove right into an > underpass filled with water, but got out of the submerging car. Their > first sound bite, directly into the TV camera was "LOOK AT MY FU***ING > CAR!!!!!" > > Regards, > > Jeffery > _________________ > Jeffery Smith > Irish Channel, New Orleans, LA > www.400tx.com > > > > On Aug 31, 2012, at 1:20 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > >> I'm glad you are all o.k. with no power outages! I love the raindrops >> and >> subdued lighting. Perfect for the end of a storm. >> I've heard that Plaquemines Parish, where we used to live, was really hit >> hard with levees failing. Right after we left there, Camille came >> through >> and the water came in from the Mississippi River levee and from the bayou >> and just sat in the saucer of Plaquemines. Coffins broke out of the >> above-ground graves and were floating everywhere. We went back to visit >> but didn't stay long!! >> >> Good luck to everybody in LA. >> >> Tina >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> In Natchitoches, Hurricane / T.S. Issac passed on our East side, so we >>> only >>> got about two inches of rain. A few downed branches, but I'll take >>> that. >>> We did not even lose power, though I understand at one point half of >>> Louisiana was without power. We're indeed lucky. >>> >>> Many today are without homes and will spend the night in a shelter. >>> Kathy >>> will be working at a Special Needs Shelter tonight, (She works for the >>> Department of Health and Hospitals.) >>> >>> Here's your Friday Flowers, shot at Adreen's garden during a lull in the >>> wind yesterday. >>> >>> http://sonc.com/look/?p=2263 <http://sonc.com/look/?p=2263> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> >>> Sonny >>> http://sonc.com/look/ >>> Natchitoches, Louisiana >>> >>> USA >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Tina Manley, ASMP >> www.tinamanley.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > >