Re: well??
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  • Subject: Re: well??
  • From: J* S* <i*@q.com>
  • Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:36:08 -0700
Good to here from you Auralie. We were worried about you. Many around
you, it seems, had it far worse. I have some friends up there who are
still without power.



"You know you're getting older then the funeral parties start getting smaller."--Ventura Huerta

On Aug 31, 2011, at 3:14 PM, Aplfgcnys@aol.com wrote:

> No real structural damage here, but lots of limbs and stuff down, and more 
> water
> running everywhere than I can ever remember.  The pond is right up into the 
> lawn,
> and everywhere is soggy - to say nothing of a couple of inches in the 
> basement.
> We were thinking we had escaped the worst when the power went off in the 
> middle
> of the night on Saturday, and didn't come back on until about 4:30 this 
> afternoon.
> To complicate matters, I was running a Horticulture School which was 
> scheduled
> for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  Well, first of all on Friday we were 
> told 
> that Lasdon Park & Arboretum, where we hold the school would be closed on 
> Monday in anticipation of weather problems.  We could have our school on 
> Tuesday,
> Wednesday and Thursday.  First of all I determined that we would keep our 
> Tuesday
> schedule the same as planned, even though it would have been better 
> sequence to
> have it the second day.  Then I had to see if I could get Monday's speakers 
> lined up
> for Wednesday.  Two could adjust, but one could not, so I had to find a 
> replacement.
> That I was able to do.  Next it was necessary to notify all the students of 
> the change.
> This was only about 20 people, only half of which had email. Well, we did 
> it.  
> The school went off very well, and there was only one no-show.  Tomorrow 
> will be
> the written exam for those taking the course for credit, but that's no 
> problem.  What 
> was a potential problem was that I had not printed out the exams before we 
> lost
> power - waiting to see how many I would need.  Thank goodness I had printed 
> out
> all the 17 pages of outlines, etc. that go in the folders ahead of time. I 
> did have an
> unedited copy of the exam, which Chet went out to Staples and had copied 
> this
> morning.  At that point we had no idea when we would have power and if I 
> would
> be able to print them at home. Now, I could have done so, but it was a 
> relief to
> have that done.
> 
> Other people had a worse time - one friend had a tree fall on her roof, and 
> another
> lost a bunch of trees.  I'm very grateful that we really only had 
> inconvenience.
> 
> Auralie
> 
> 
> In a message dated 8/29/2011 8:29:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> gardenqueen@gmail.com writes:
> 
> folks are ok in NE PA.  Hope Auralie & Eva are ok in NY state!
> 
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 7:06 PM, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> I am sure most are still without power, but wondering if anyone has heard
>> how
>> the east coast folks are doing?
>> 
>> Hoping everyone is fine.
>> 
>> Donna
> 
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