Hi ROger,

On Sun 2036-Sep-28 05:19, Roger Nelson (1:3828/7) wrote to Richard Webb:

 RW> Yep, in our place it would have been the same size, but oaks.  

RN> We have those, too, and I've see a few uprooted in this area.  Many,
RN> many of them when Katrina hit.

OUr whole area was well forested.  sO much so that at night, being that our
area had no street lights on most routes it
was virtually pitch dark when you went outside at night.
ONe of the first things I did when we moved in was install
one of those motion lights out front so that as soon as we
pulled in with the van it came on.

 RW> tHe big oak crushing the back end of our house was the reason it 
 RW> caught fire when they activated the power grid again.

RN> Same thing happened to the fellow across the street from me in
RN> Mandeville, remember?  He hadn't shut off the main switch at his
RN> electric power box, so when power was restored, his place burned
RN> from within.  He told me he was going to sue the power company and I
RN> wished him good luck, but told him it wasn't their fault.

THat's as I figure, and had I known where the mainshutoff
outside the house was would have killed it.  AS it was, in
scrambling to head into the hospital a day earlier than
planned (NEw ORleans was shutting everything down inbound
later that SAturday) I forgot to have another look.
WE'd just moved in about 3 weeks before then, and were still getting
settled actually.
RN> You were in Slidell at the time, weren't you?

YEp, had just moved there three weeks before.  wE'd quit
managing the apartment complexes we managed in inner city
NEw ORleans when the management company that we worked for,
(Kathy actually on the payroll, me just assisting
maintenance man when need arose and I had time) took away
her medical benefits and accrued vacation and were doing
some other unethical things.  WE'd moved into a small
apartment (too small) near WAshington and Broad streets
which was totally inadequate and a friend of ours had this
place in SLidell available which he'd inherited from his
dad.  WE were considering buying it in fact.


Regards,
           Richard
... A good captain is hoisting his first drink in a bar when the storm hits.
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+