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Subject: [Leica] Re: I'm baaaaack
From: firkin at balhpl01.ncable.net.au (firkin)
Date: Sun Sep 4 23:00:05 2005
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Good luck to you and all our best wishes: good to have you back. I don't 
think I should mention your pooches to Helen. Hope to hear more of your 
experineces and return to home soon. 

Cheers 

Jeffery Smith writes: 

> 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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Alastair Firkin
www.afirkin.com
www.familyofman2.com 

In reply to: Message from SonC at aol.com (SonC@aol.com) ([Leica] Any Latest News from Jeffrey / Katrina?)
Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] Any Latest News from Jeffrey / Katrina?)
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Message from jls at runbox.com (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] I'm baaaaack)