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Subject: [Leica] OT NOLA Katrina
From: s.jessurun95 at chello.nl (animal)
Date: Sun Aug 28 13:23:40 2005
References: <000101c5ac0d$ddc98110$5540e344@newukolbqveo9i>

All the best.
simon jessurun
amsterdam
the netherlands
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffery Smith" <jls@runbox.com>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 10:19 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] OT NOLA Katrina


> Thanks, Ted. I can't leave my wife behind, and she has faith in God that
> we'll be safe. I don't see any of us dying. We may lose a roof, but we
> are on high ground (relatively speaking). I'm below sea level, but I
> have a second floor. The problem with evacuating is that the freeway is
> moving at 5 mph and there is very little gasoline anywhere down here. If
> I lived anywhere else in New Orleans, I'd have left. Most of my
> neighbors have no cars and cannot leave. There is Live Oak Middle School
> about 8 blocks from here. If I lose my roof, we will probably trudge
> down there.
> 
> Keeping my fingers crossed.
> 
> 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 Ted
> Grant
> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 1:51 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT NOLA Katrina
> 
> 
> Jeffery,
> Like others have posted, leave if at all possible! Don't try to second
> guess 
> Mother Nature! Certainly this time. Why! Simply because we are
> experiencing 
> weather conditions around the planet like never in the past or as
> violent 
> these days. Quite often fooling even the most experienced weathermen and
> 
> their electronic gadgets.
> 
> In the event you stay and as callous as this may sound under the 
> circumstances...... make sure you get pictures! Certainly without 
> endangering yourself.
> 
> May the Great Spirit give you and family comfort and safety.
> 
> ted 
> 
> 
> 
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