Dear Nathalie and MOPO, Thanks so much for everyone's concern and good wishes. You are the best and that's all!
Now-- the latest as I know at 11 PM (2300) Thursday night Sept. 1 I just got two good indications that my two closest friends (and my best one, Sister Mary Agnes the Cat) are probably okay. First-- I got an email saying that another friend was safe in Baton Rouge and that his house was just fine. That house is in the same block where one of my good friends lives and in the building I was considering (until Monday, believe me!) moving to. Second-- I just saw a TV report filmed late this afternoon at Napoleon Ave and St. Charles Ave in New Orleans. That is about six blocks from where I live and it was without standing water. This leads me to believe that water in my house may not have occurred or may have been contained on the first floor. I can only hope. I have appended to this note the letter I wrote Style B a few hours ago before I learned the above. I can only say that the horror story going on in New Orleans right now is not to be believed nor excused. The Federal Government has NOT responded properly to this situation. Why heavy military presence for both security and help reasons has not been deployed is not an answerable question. Please respond to any pleas to help the unfortunate folk in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast. Mississippi is devastated and much of the state is still without power. The beautiful Gulf Coast has been truly wiped out-- from the waterline in a long way. However I've seen a moving and inspiring site in all that destruction on the Gulf Coast-- a small lighthouse that has been a Biloxi (bih-LUX-ee, pleeeeeezeee!!!) landmark for many many years! Amidst the debris the lighthouse still stands!!!!! Thanks to you all. Joe Bonelli > > From: Steven Yafet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/09/01 Thu PM 09:15:19 EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOPO] Joe Bonelli (off topic) > > Hi, > > Thought that MoPo folks would want to know that Joe is safe - 600 miles > away in Wichita Falls, Texas. However - as of Monday - his two friends > and their dogs and Joe's own cat are still there. No word yet as to > whether or not they were evacuated or were able to leave. > > I have been trying for a few hours now to find out what ward or parish > the two houses are in since that's the only way to find out the level > of flooding in the area. I have even posted two messages to a blog and > have not had an answer. > > If anybody knows how to get this information, the two addresses are: > > 2317 Jena Street, New Orleans, LA 70115 and 726 Frenchmen Street, New > Orleans, LA 70116 > > Please share any information with the group (or email me directly if > you want to) about flooding in those areas. > > Thanks loads for any help! > > Nathalie Hi from Joe Bonelli. I am dry and safe in Wichita Falls,Texas, about 600 miles from the terrible site of tragedy. I arrived Monday night. ....I found that my friend's computer was in the shop. It has just been returned and I am fighting his wretched AOL connection to try to write this. Here's my saga:' First, as of Monday night-- about 12 hours after the storm struck, my housemate Tom, his old dog (ailing and probably not to make it) and the redoubtable Sister Mary Agnes, were still okay in the house in uptown New Orleans. If anyone is interested to look on Mapquest and find out where it is-- the address is (or was!) 2317 Jena Street New Orleans, LA 70115. My other friend David was in the same block as my old address-- 726 Frenchmen Street, NO, LA 70116 (I think the zip is correct). Tom is stubborn and says that if he can't take his dog he won't leave. Personally I don't think the old dog, a nice little terrier of some sort, will make it. He is blind and Tom says he's suffering from the heat. I hate to say this but it will be a blessing if the old dog passes away so Tom will look to his own life. I've told him that if he can leave and pets cannot that he is to allow Sister Mary Agnes to fend for herself. I think that's best. BUT----- I believe that they are probably alright on the second floor, where I live, of the two-story duplex-- an old house with high ceilings. The best I can figure is that water is probably up in the first floor. I've heard reports from six or eight blocks away in either direction and I believe that it's possible that the water is not so deep as to have gotten way up that high in the house. Watching tv is really trying as it's frustrating not to be able to identify lots of areas which are being photographed. Anyway, I am certainly blessed. Had I not had the part-time job in Ms. I might not have left. But I believe I would have done. This one was just too big to ignore. I left for Mississippi on Friday afternoon before it was known that the storm would probably turn toward New Orleans. Had I known I could have evacuated Sis Mary, Tom and his dog and my friend David and his dog. But such was not to be. It's very sad. I wonder about Ed and Sue on the Westbank of New Orleans and how they fared. I haven't even looked at a website. {I have heard that they are fine, thank heavens.) So I am in Wichita Falls for the moment. I am going to stay here for awhile and decide what to do. It's possible that my possessions-- collection included-- are okay. If the second floor of the apartment has not been flooded then I will probably be able to salvage collection that is there-- mostly under a bedspread on a bed used strictly for storage. I have a couple of tvs and the computer and dvd & cd players that would likely be stolen I doubt scavengers would even look for or at "paper." The other items are in a storage unit-- on a second floor inside and climate controlled. Though it is in a flooded area these items might be okay. We'll see. Thankfully, when I obtained the storage unit after the tree in the house incident during TS Cindy, I obtained insurance and so if these things are lost I can console myself with that help. Of course I thank God for my safety and pray for the safety of my friends, Sister Mary AGnes and indeed everyone still in the affected area. I am okay and will be fine. I'd like to thank the several folk who sent money ..... {but} massive aid is need to pour into this area. Folks-- there ain't nothing left!! Two weeks ago I looked at two nice apartments in a quaint Coast city called Long Beach. Today neither the apartments nor the town exist!!! It's beyond belief!! Just terrible. I urge you to not only offer your appreciated prayers but to contribute whatever you can to this relief effort. And more so, to INSIST that the Federal Government stop paying lip service and get some troops with relief supplies on the ground in New Orleans NOW!! The poor people in the Superdome and at the Convention Center are desparate. I can see they are not criminals. They feel abandoned and indeed that is what they have been. It's time for the Federal Government to IMMEDIATELY land massive troops and food and medicine into New Orleans. Anyway, I'm rambling. Thanks again to you all for caring and being the good friends you are. I'll be back to you soon. You can reach me by using the several emails: My main email is " [EMAIL PROTECTED] " Alternate email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Richard's computer is working again. It's an RR account which is new but it's AOL so God knows how it will work. Thanks again. I'll be back in touch soon. 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