Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeffery, you are causing me, and I'm sure... many others to feel quite helpless and frustrated... we sit safely removed, see the ominous developments, and know you as a friend... Many are going to die as a result of this storm, so leaving God out of the equation for a moment, move your family out while you can. Please don't put your hopes on a school 8 blocks away, you are likely to drown before you could ever get to the school... last call, Steve On Aug 28, 2005, at 1:19 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >