Looking forward to hurricane photography. -T On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Tanya Love <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey everyone! > > I am here and safe and well! We are at least 9 hours drive away from the > cyclone thus far. My kids Dad on the other hand, lives directly in its > path, and I am thanking the Gods > the kids are now back safely with me as they just spent the last 4 weeks > with him! > > Project flood photos went well, and I've done two return trips and another > planned for tomorrow. It is all coming together really well, just still > trying to source a distributor, but the artwork is looking great and website > should be up very soon... > > Can't show you any images just yet, they are all under wraps for now... > > On a personal note, it was SO hard returning home, I just didn't want to > leave them out there. :( I wanted to pack everyone in my car and bring them > home for a big home cooked meal. I can't begin to explain the devastation. > The worst part is that people like us can go out there, help out and return > to nice comfy homes. Even the Army only goes out there for 7 days at a time > and then is replaced by a "fresh" unit, so that they can have a break. But > the families, are living it 24/7 and don't get any respite. It is a sad, > eerie, haunting place out there.... > > I have had a hard time tolerating my own kids since returning - their > squabbles just seem so trivial compared to what the Grantham kids are > dealing with. I keep getting so short tempered with them as I compare their > lives with the kids out there... :( There were 5 funerals this week, 3 of > which were kids less than 6 years old. On Monday, they laid to rest a > family of two kids, and their mum, leaving only their Dad and one other > sibling surviving, both of whom witnessed the rest of their family drown. > Such a sad time for them... > > Anyways, I am safe and well, just up to my neck with editing and preparing > for the big AIPP event this weekend (http://www.hotd.aippblog.com/)... > > Thanks so much for all of your concerns, it is nice to feel luuuuuurved! :) > > Tan.x. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of P. > J. Alling > Sent: Wednesday, 2 February 2011 1:07 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT: Thoughts with Queenslanders (TC Yasi) > > They probably spent the last three years praying for rain. You should > always be careful of what you ask for. > > On 2/1/2011 8:18 PM, Brian Walters wrote: >> On Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:10 -0600, "Darren Addy"<[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Australia's "Katrina": http://tinyurl.com/3k839 >>> >>> Quote: >>> THIS IMPACT IS LIKELY TO BE MORE LIFE THREATENING THAN ANY >>> EXPERIENCED DURING RECENT GENERATIONS. >>> >>> Peak gusts of 174mph and landfall near high tide (15-18 hrs from now) >>> are feared. Yasi is now Category 5 and will not encounter cooler >>> water as it approaches the coast. >> >> >> Yeah - I don't know what the Queenslanders have done to anger the >> weather gods but, after this hits, virtually the whole state will have >> suffered some sort of major flooding and storm damage in the last month. >> Apart from the wind strength, the cyclone is expected to cross the >> coast coinciding with high tide. >> >> I'm not aware of any PDMLers directly in the path of Yasi - both John >> and Tan are well south. >> >> >> >> >> Brian >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Brian Walters >> Western Sydney Australia >> http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > -- > Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! > > --Marvin the Martian. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. >
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