Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Much relieved to have you out. I, for one, look forward to the tale of your escape. Stay dry. Ric Carter On Sep 3, 2005, at 9:41 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > My wife and I were deeply touched (maybe overwhelmed) by the level > of concern you all expressed for us during this past week. I just > bought a laptop at a Houston Best Buy store. Camera-wise, I planned > to flee with an MP + 50 'lux but accidentally grabbed the M6 + 35/2 > Zeiss (sorry). > > Thank you, all of you, for your prayers. I made out far better than > most of the people in my city. The parts of the city that you > remember most are still okay. I wanted to be able to take pictures > of the post-Katrina devastation, but matters degenerated very > quickly to a state of martial law. The now notorious WalMart > looting was about 6 blocks from Chris and me. That was the > beginning of the end for us, and we fled later that day > (Wednesday). I'm quite sure that the elderly lady who lives next > door to me is dead by now. She was too frail to move about, and > there was literally no decent place to take her. Nobody answered > our 911 calls. She would not have lasted a day in the Convention > Center. We had to leave our pets behind (two labs and two Siamese > cats). That was very difficult, and it still haunts me. > > The Texans have been wonderful to us. Thank you, Houston!! > > I was glad to read that the others in my neck of the woods made it > out okay. God Bless you all. > > Jeffery (from a Best Western motel somewhere in Houston). > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >