Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good luck to you and all our best wishes: good to have you back. I don't think I should mention your pooches to Helen. Hope to hear more of your experineces and return to home soon. Cheers Jeffery Smith writes: > 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). > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Alastair Firkin www.afirkin.com www.familyofman2.com