On Saturday, December 9th, 1995 - Larry Black wrote:
 
LB> said is  close to accurate. I DID think to cover most of my equipment 
LB> before the  hurricane hit. Good thing I did.
 
But what did you cover it with?  Plastic sheeting to keep the water out, 
or concrete blocks to keep it from blowing away?
 
 > are going to move away from the hurricane zone?
LB> I am thinking about it. But I found the further one gets out of the 
LB> hurricane zone, the whiter the winters are. The only white I am used 
LB> to  seeing, is the beach sand and one doesnt need shoes to walk in 
LB> beach sand. 
 
Well, I'm happy I don't live in a flood plain or hurricane zone, but I
do sympathize with you.  I would have a hard time moving away from the
sun.  But there MUST be some happy medium - some point between Siberia
and Hurricane Alley.
 
 > P.S. I'm assuming it was your Atari that survived.  What
 > about your PC?
 
LB> You got it backwards, believe it or not. The atari is going to need 
LB> some  extensive work. I DID have to take the PC apart and clean all 
 
Ouch.  I forget which Atari you used, I think an 800XL or 130XE with the 
memory pumped up?
 
LB> the water out  of it. It seems to have affected the BIOS a bit. I 
 
I shudder to think what became of your Atari disk drives.  :-(
 
LB> know one thing though. The Red Cross are a fine  bunch of people. 
 
Amen to that.
 
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