Glad to see things improving, please keep us posted. Jimi
t's cleaned out now...it wasn't pleasant.It took about 5 minutes before I > could control; the gag reflex when I got to the bottom...then I became > immune to the smell... > > Tomorrow we have to go to the grocery and see if we can find some food...we've > been eating take out today, but that's got to stop.; Also need a few more > cleaning supplies to take care of a little bit of mildew from the minor > roof leaks. The leaks didn't drop any water in the house, but I've got a few > ceiling tiles beginning to mildew. Need to replace a couple of things we > used up clenaing out the back porch where the freezer is. > > I'm pooped. But I took some pics of ou house and yard, and tomorrow I go > around town and take a few more pics and put them up on a web site. I was > going to do that tonight, but I'm just way too tired to do that. > > The landlord put a tarp on the roof today over what seems to be the major > leak, which wasn't where he thought it would be. This house was built in > the 1930s and although built on piers, it is built really well. The > outside walls have asbstos tile over wood walls over substantial framing, > and then the inner walls are wood, which has since been covered with > drywall. So there is lot more structure to the house than a modern > house. This is the > second essentially category three hurricane it has survived (Audrey > in 1957 came through the Cameron/Calcasieu area, previous hurricane to hit > here before that was in 1918). > There is stuff blown into the yard that I have no idea where it came > from and it must have come from several blocks away and crossed the > elementary shcool's althletic fields about a block to the south of > us. > Lake Charles is extremely busy, with lots of people trying to repair things > and get things back to normal. It looks like I may get to go back to > teaching at McNeese State University the week of October 24th; but no > definitive word yet. > The local schools are going to start October 25th. That means everything > will have been suspended for just about a month. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.1/135 - Release Date: 10/15/05
