Yes, keep us posted and let us know if we can help you out with anything. Warm Regards, Deb
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rene Zillmann Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 3:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] Aftermath of Hurricane Rita on Lake Charles Mark, I'm glad to here that your situation isn't so worse. We has even here heard a lot about Lake Charles, and I was a lot thinking about you and your family. Keep us updated, all the best from Germany Rene Pierre Bombardier 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 > > >
