[Leica] I'm baaaaack

[philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)]

Jeffrey, the more I read about you, the more I stand in utter awe for your
incredible courage. I wish you all the best and am sure you and yours will
overcome this tragedy.


> From: Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 21:37:13 -0500
> To: 'Leica Users Group' <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] I'm baaaaack
> 
> Thanks, Steve, as always. It is strange being a refugee in a motel filled
> with refugees. The odd thing is that there is a bond that we all have, but
> nobody wants to talk about what happened to us all. My wife is not doing
> well tonight after watching the dying pets on TV. She feels personally
> responsible for not getting gas in the truck the day before the storm. 
> Thus,
> she feels responsible for leaving the cats and dogs behind. I wish they
> would let us in for an hour to get food and water to them, but the
> authorities say no. I understand their reasoning, but it is still
> frustrating.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Steve
> Barbour
> Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 8:20 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] I'm baaaaack
> 
> Jeffery... I am so glad you are alive, out and safe...the week of
> despair has been agonizing.... I am touched by what you wrote below...
> 
> during these days I constantly wondered what became of you...
> 
> Steve
> 
>>> 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).
> 
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