Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeffrey, the more I read about you, the more I stand in utter awe for your incredible courage. I wish you all the best and am sure you and yours will overcome this tragedy. > From: Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 21:37:13 -0500 > To: 'Leica Users Group' <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: RE: [Leica] I'm baaaaack > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >