Glad to hear you're okay and it sounds like things will be alright for you. Sad to hear about the other issues.
Ken On 10/4/05, Pierre Bombardier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just talked to our landlord, and the house we are > renting came out ok, just a few shingles lost. the > big magnolia and front and the two pecan trees in back > survived. so it looks like we were quite lucky. the > dog kennel in back and the garage where the landlord > stores some of his stuff took a fair amount of damage. > the yard is strewn with trash that blew in from tghe > neighborhood. All in all, pretty good. We'll just > have to see what blew away when we get bakc. Mr. > Manning, our landlaord, came back early to take care > of the many rental properties he has around town. > > Now the bad news. There are fish kills all over > southwest Louisiana. there are fish kills in Lake > Charles, Prien Lake and Calcasieu Lake reported. this > is presumably because of decompostion in the > waterways. There is not a lot lefdt in Cameron parish > south of Calcasieu parish where Lake Charles is > located. You probably have seen pictures of the town > of Cameron and possibly of Holly Beach . where I > usually go fishing on the gulf is 11 miles to the > west near the town of Johnson Bayou. From the > pictures I've seen, there is not much left of the > area. I've been able to recognize a lot of the > roadways and beaches and many structures are just > gone. > > At McNeese where I work, there is mainly roof damage. > Kirkman Hall where the math, computer sci and > chemistry departments are took only mild roof damage, > and is one of the least damaged buildings on campus > (which was expected since it is a brikd faced steel > framed building). Today I have to go try to pick up > my paycheck from a Western Union office up here in > Texarkana. Everyone is still waiting for power to be > restored to Lake Charles so we can return and clean > up. We know we have a smelly job ahead of us, with a > refrigerator and a deep freeze to clean out > completely. But at least they are still there. > > Mark Delaney > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail.yahoo.com >
