Roger Nelson (1:3828/7) wrote to Steven Horn at 11:12 on 08 Sep 2008:

 RN> Let me just say that we didn't dodge anything.  We took a direct
 RN> hit, but the eye of the hurricane was all over the place when it
 RN> came ashore, so it's difficult for me to say what happened where. 
 RN> I did hear one story that the eye passed over Morgan City, which is
 RN> about 45-miles due west of here.

As long as you are hale and hearty and your home is in one piece, you can
say you dodged the bullet.  We acknowledge that the hurricane hit Houma. 

 RN> We had electric power restored over the weekend.  That's just in
 RN> this neighborhood.  There are some sections of the city without
 RN> electric power.  Last Monday after the Sun came up and the
 RN> visibility was good, I went out on the front porch to watch debris
 RN> of all sorts flying down the street.  The house faces almost due
 RN> south, so the sustained winds and the gusts were blowing right past
 RN> us.  It felt kind of good, until one of those blasts tore off a
 RN> section of the porch screening and that hit me in the face.  I'm
 RN> unharmed.

Well, that ;s good to hear. :-) 

 RN> A friend of mine two doors down took off for Dallas without even
 RN> saying goodbye. (-:  As it turns out, they aren't coming back until
 RN> this next one passes (Ike) and according to the projected path by
 RN> the computers, it's headed directly for Houston and if that's so,
 RN> then we'll catch some heavy rains and some gusty winds as it passes
 RN> to the south.  So, if I were him, I'be be heading east right now.

I'd agree with you.  We've been watching footage of Ike coming ashore all
day. Were you hit by the projected rains and gusts? 


 RN> I like her and found her to be (I watched her speech) a breath of
 RN> fresh air, which is just what the politics here in Baja-Canada
 RN> need.  (-: 

I think Ms. Palin is just a bit too naive for a vice presidential candidate
but she sure is interesting.

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven.horn{at}northwestel.net)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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