Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Steve, as always. It is strange being a refugee in a motel filled with refugees. The odd thing is that there is a bond that we all have, but nobody wants to talk about what happened to us all. My wife is not doing well tonight after watching the dying pets on TV. She feels personally responsible for not getting gas in the truck the day before the storm. Thus, she feels responsible for leaving the cats and dogs behind. I wish they would let us in for an hour to get food and water to them, but the authorities say no. I understand their reasoning, but it is still frustrating. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Steve Barbour Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 8:20 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] I'm baaaaack Jeffery... I am so glad you are alive, out and safe...the week of despair has been agonizing.... I am touched by what you wrote below... during these days I constantly wondered what became of you... Steve >> 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