Andrew:
Glad your safe. I should have checked CTV news as well as CBC, but I'm mostly
a CBC junky.... although I'll watch ANY station that broadcasts a Leafs game.
Colleen couldn't get on to do the weather for at least part of this morning as
the CBC studios lost power during Newsworld. Someone on Newsworld compared the
widespread nature of the destruction to the harbor explosions in 1917.
People have pulled together and are working hard from everything I see, like
good Atlantic people always do.
I will really be looking forward to seeing your shots. How do you process your
TX? You can reply off list if you wish.
Earl aka Canoeman
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On 9/30/2003 at 10:47 PM Andrew Dacey wrote:
>Well I'm just now starting to get back online after being hit by Hurricane
>Juan Sunday night/Monday morning. The hurricane made landfall pretty much
>right on Halifax and there's been quite a bit of destruction. I had
>initially heard that it was a class 1 hurricane (lowest class) but I'm
>hearing that this is being re-evaluated and it may have even been a class 3
>hurricane (sustained winds of 180km/h). My house still has no power or
>telephone (phone line was pulled off the house) and power may not be
>restored until Friday (although I've heard different rumours about this).
>Fortunately, we still have clean running water (but no hot water). The
>community has really pulled together though. I've been pretty fortunate in
>that I do have a barbeque with a fairly full propane tank. We've been using
>that for hot water and cooking and have been sharing that with the
>neighbourhood.
>
>I may have made the CTV national news standing with a reporter next to the
>tree that was uprooted and fell through my neighbour's driveway and into my
>backyard. Obviously I didn't catch the news cast myself.
>
>Living in Nova Scotia, I'm not used to this kind of destructive weather
>(last hurricane this bad was 40 years ago). I haven't seen the downtown
>waterfront area personally but the pictures I've seen have been pretty bad.
>One of the tall ships in the harbour (the Mar II) is completely submerged
>(only the tops of the masts are visible). The public gardens has been
>completely destroyed. Obviously cleanup is going to take a long time.
>
>OM content, I went around my neighbourhood on Monday with my OM-1n with a
>50/1.4 and 35/2 and shot 2 rolls Tri-X of the damage in my neighbourhood. I
>should have these processed in the next few days and will try to get them
>up
>online.
>
>Andrew "frugal" Dacey
>frugal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>http://www.tildefrugal.net/
>
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