Re: Fw: Re: Scottie

No kidding - she's been on my mind.  Thanks!

On 11/4/08, Judy Browning <judylee@lewiston.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for posting this Donna
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
> To: "gardenchat list" <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Cc: <robbinsbaugh@earthlink.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 3:11 AM
> Subject: [CHAT] Fw: Re: Scottie
>
>
>  I thought you would all like to read the message Scottie sent. (See
>> below)
>>
>> Scottie, I am so glad to hear you survived Ike without too much damage.
>> Would
>> love to see you come back to gardenchat.
>>
>> Donna
>>
>> --- On Mon, 11/3/08, Scottie wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Donna, and All at Garden Chat,
>>
>> Thanks so much for thinking about us.  We had very little damage either to
>> the
>> house or the boat.  Gary boarded up all the windows and climbed up on the
>> roof
>> to trim all the limbs from the oak that hung over the house before the
>> storm.
>> Although many boats at our marina sank and others suffered much damage,
>> Betelgeuse came through with flying colors.  She lost her bimini, but it
>> was
>> 15 years old, and I'd been planning to make a new one for a while now, so
>> I
>> guess I'll have to actually get out the Sunbrella and the commercial
>> sewing
>> machine and get to work.
>>
>> At the house, we lost two panels of fence on the east, and two on the
>> south.
>> The two on the east had been leaning badly for a year, and Gary and our
>> neighbor replaced most of that fence, and they repaired/replaced the south
>> fence, and split the cost on that since it was adjoining property.
>>
>> We had no power from Saturday morning until sometime Wednesday, and they
>> picked up the debris early the next week.  The Library was closed for a
>> week
>> because we had no power and no internet connection (libraries are no
>> longer
>> for books, but for computers), and Gary got power back at his job on the
>> Thursday after the storm.  So we had it really easy at our house, although
>> some neighbors lost trees and there are a few blue roofs around.
>>
>> In Dickinson where I work, however, it's a different story.  Many people
>> lost
>> their homes from flooding, many homes were heavily damaged by falling
>> trees, a
>> few still don't have their phones working.  And right next to Galveston
>> Bay in
>> the communities of San Leon, Bacliff, Shore Acres, and Seabrook families
>> are
>> living in tents and cars because their homes were totally destroyed by the
>> storm surge.  FEMA hasn't been as kind to Texas as they were to New
>> Orleans.
>> I was in Galveston last week, and part of it look like a battle ground (or
>> how
>> I envision a battle ground -- I've never actually seen one).
>>
>> I was especially fortunate.  I had planned a trip to Seattle to visit my
>> sister, who I hadn't seen since 2002, and was supposed to leave on the
>> Monday
>> after the storm.  That flight was cancelled, so I left on Tuesday and
>> returned
>> the following Sunday.  I had a wonderful time enjoying the great
>> Northwestern
>> climate and wonderful reunion with Shellie and her family, returning just
>> in
>> time to get back to the Library and get the computer network up and
>> running
>> again.
>>
>> It's good to hear from you and to know that Garden Chat is still going
>> strong.  Maybe I'll sign up again!
>>
>> Scottie
>>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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