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Subject: [OM] Re: A wee bit busy
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:17:44 -0400
I hope you can stay dry and safe.  I've seen a few tornados and 
waterspouts but nothing like an F5.

Chuck Norcutt

AG Schnozz wrote:
>> Not fun, mister, I don't envy your job.  Business is one thing,
>> loss of personal property is another.  I hope Joel escapes this 
>> with little to no damage.
> 
> I phone-tagged with Joel.  They evacuated several days ago.  In
> another day or two you could probably use the upstairs deck as a boat
> dock.  He took the family treasures with him including the OMs and
> lenses.  For those who understand the reference, this is worse than
> 1993 there.
> 
> By some miracle, we were able to actually get the phone switch almost
> totally working.  So you CAN powerwash electronics.  The
> fiber-terminal went up in flames when the water hit it.
> 
> We had been working around outdoors, wading in chest deep water not
> knowing that there was a huge washout just inches away from where we
> were walking.  To get the pictures, I was carrying my E-1 above the
> water and trying to keep the water out of my waders.
> 
> Meanwhile, the situation is still developing.  We're sandbagging that
> office AGAIN and we have a half-dozen others bagged and wrapped.
> It's not that we are stupid and locate these buildings in the lowest
> parts of town, it's just that some of these towns just happen to be
> located in historical floodplains.  It's just that the history of
> flooding in some of these locations predates the presence of western
> civilization.
> 
> Oh, and Parkersburg... I went through there three times yesterday.
> Terrifying what a "little" EF5 tornado can do.  That's a 1/2 mile
> wide EF5 tornado.
> 
> AG
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