Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think that the handwriting in on the wall. But for those who are in undamaged areas, their real estate may have increased in value since they CAN survive a category 4 hurricane. ----- Start Original Message ----- From: Doug Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> Subject: Re: [Leica] I'm baaaaack > on 9/3/05 6:41 PM, Jeffery Smith at jls@runbox.com wrote: > > > My wife and I were deeply touched (maybe overwhelmed) by the level of > > concern > > you all expressed for us during this past week. I just bought a laptop > > at a > > Houston Best Buy store. Camera-wise, I planned to flee with an MP + 50 > > 'lux > > but accidentally grabbed the M6 + 35/2 Zeiss (sorry). > > > > Thank you, all of you, for your prayers. I made out far better than most > > of > > the people in my city. The parts of the city that you remember most are > > still > > okay. I wanted to be able to take pictures of the post-Katrina > > devastation, > > but matters degenerated very quickly to a state of martial law. The now > > notorious WalMart looting was about 6 blocks from Chris and me. That was > > the > > beginning of the end for us, and we fled later that day (Wednesday). I'm > > quite > > sure that the elderly lady who lives next door to me is dead by now. She > > was > > too frail to move about, and there was literally no decent place to take > > her. > > Nobody answered our 911 calls. She would not have lasted a day in the > > Convention Center. We had to leave our pets behind (two labs and two > > Siamese > > cats). That was very difficult, and it still haunts me. > > > > The Texans have been wonderful to us. Thank you, Houston!! > > > > I was glad to read that the others in my neck of the woods made it out > > okay. > > God Bless you all. > > > > Jeffery (from a Best Western motel somewhere in Houston). > > Jeff, It's good to hear the you and Chris are OK, and it's disheartening to > hear of your elderly neighbor, your pets and of (what seems) the vast > majority of New Orleans. I hope life gets back to normal for you soon, > though I suspect that's wishful thinking. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > ----- End Original Message -----