Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/05

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] I'm baaaaack
From: jls at runbox.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Mon Sep 5 14:29:12 2005

I suppose that I'll be looking for a new place to work. We hate to drive
away from the south with everything still in our house (unless it was
looted), but there seem to be no right answers. Very awkard. Thanks for your
concerns and prayers. :-)

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Frank F.
Farmer
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 4:09 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] I'm baaaaack

Jeffery,

I'm glad to hear that you and your wife are safe.  Sorry about your 
huge sacrifices - you and your family will remain in my thoughts and 
prayers.  As will all others who faced this disaster.

Frank Farmer
Jackson, Miss.

On Sep 3, 2005, at 8:59 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:

> 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 -----
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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



Replies: Reply from summicron at bellsouth.net (Frank F. Farmer) ([Leica] I'm baaaaack)
In reply to: Message from summicron at bellsouth.net (Frank F. Farmer) ([Leica] I'm baaaaack)