Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/05

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] I'm baaaaack
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Mon Sep 5 18:19:15 2005
References: <19e.3b003564.304b8f36@aol.com><002f01c5b0ea$a7fda160$1ae76c18@ted><440b792d050903182853c1ae92@mail.gmail.com> <E1EBjW1-0001xS-Fx@fenris.runbox.com> <001c01c5b179$d3367d90$6918c23e@symke>

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).


Replies: Reply from jls at runbox.com (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] I'm baaaaack)
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?)
Message from msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad) ([Leica] Any Latest News from Jeffrey / Katrina?)
Message from jls at runbox.com (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] I'm baaaaack)
Message from s.jessurun95 at chello.nl (animal) ([Leica] I'm baaaaack)