Klarinet Archive - Posting 000592.txt from 2003/09

From: Nancy Buckman <eefer@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Fwd: Re: [kl] storm
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 21:18:18 -0400

>
>At 01:42 PM 9/21/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>>Hey Nancy
>>
>>are you out there??? How did you make out in the storm. We did OK over here
>>on the penisula. did you have any flooding?? I think you said you had a
>>generator. did you have use it??
>> how did every one else make out??
>
>
>Heeellloooo,
>
>It's 8:30 PM on Sunday and we finally have power. What a mess this place
>is. The Chesapeake Bay overflowed its banks. I have never seen that in
>my lifetime. The generator was used to power three houses (ours and the
>neighbors on each side of us) and is now on the way to my daughter's
>house. She still has no power and no water. I am waiting for the hot
>water to heat up and then I am going to take a long shower. I feel like I
>have a year's worth of crud on me.
>
>My home is a zoo. My daughter, son-in-law and two granddaughters have
>been staying here because most of their area is wet from the
>flooding. There was no water in their house fortunately. There is a
>family down the street from them though, who moved in last weekend and
>their house was a total loss because of the flooding. Along the bay
>front, the piers are gone and so is much of the bulk-heading and rip-rap
>jetties. On the creek side of our peninsula, the boats are piled up on
>the beach like match sticks.
>
>93% of my county was without power for at least 12 hours. We still have
>120,00 people, in this county alone, without power tonight. There are
>trees down everywhere and snapping power lines. Traffic is a mess - no
>signals. No baths or clean clothes. We had no sewer service for a while,
>so you couldn't flush. The pumping station was underwater. The damage
>to homes from the wind is astounding. My husband was nailing our gutters
>back down in 60 mile an hour winds up on a ladder.
>
>Autumn is just arriving and it will be interesting to see how the trees
>look as they change color. Most were semi-denuded and there are little
>pieces of leaves stuck to everything. The city of Baltimore's Inner
>Harbor area (the tourist trap) was flooded out (never has happened before)
>and the dock in Annapolis was under 7 feet of water. Cars are parked
>everywhere and can't be moved until a tow truck comes for them, as they
>cannot be driven. Schools remain closed.
>
>My brother lives in Virginia Beach, where everyone is under curfew. He
>was out searching for gas today to power his generator. Yesterday he was
>trying to light a lantern and it caught fire. If it's not one thing, it
>is something else. And I haven't heard from any of my friends on
>Hatterras Island in NC, although I did just receive a post from friends in
>Ocracoke. They are very wet, but alive.
>
>Here's hoping everyone else on these lists, who dealt with this storm, is
>well and safe.. It appears that the most damage was done to places along
>the coastline and the inland waterways. Inland in this area, apparently
>there are a lot of trees down from the wind. The storm surge was just
>tremendous along the shoreline. We have had some nasty storms pass
>through, but never anything to equal this. My family is lucky, minimal
>damage. The people across the street from me have lost everything.
>
>Well, I am tired and dirty. I'm going for that shower now and then to
>bed. It will be nice to sleep without the drone of that blasted generator
>for a change! Nitey-nite.
>
>Nancy
>
>Nancy Buckman
>Principal Clarinet / Orchestra AACC
>eefer@-----.net

Nancy Buckman
Principal Clarinet / Orchestra AACC
eefer@-----.net

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Klarinet is supported by Woodwind.Org, http://www.woodwind.org/