FW: Picked up Sam From Louisiana

I thought you might like to see how our friends are faring in Mandeville, LA
after Katrina hit. - John

-----Original Message-----
From: apertuis@bellsouth.net [mailto:apertuis@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 4:52 PM
To: John H Nye
Subject: Re: Picked up Sam From Louisiana

Glad to hear you made it back safe to Ohio. Things are getting a little bit
better - a few gas stations and grocery stores are beginning to open. The
power companies are doing an unbelieveable job! They certainly are facing
disaster on a scale that has never been seen before.

As of this email, parts of New Orleans and Chalmette are still under water.
My sisters and their husbands have been relocated by their employers to
Kentucky and Tennessee, but mom and dad are able to stay with relatives in
BAton Rouge for as long as necessary. Debbie's entire family from Chalmette
are homeless and jobless. They are going to come and stay with us as soon as
power is restored to our subdivision.

I have very limited access to email and this is the first time I have been
able to check in days. The Hospital survived and we are an island with our
own water utilities and phone system. The large problem is with
communications both entering and leaving the Hospital. Phone service is
pretty screwed. Christwood survived the storm and LCS has sent a bunch of
help and supplies

Just a glance at all of the downed utility poles brings the stark
realization that we will be without many luxuries for some time. Some of the
grocery stores in the area are open, but mostly only have dry goods for
sale. I would kill for a hamburger! There is no telling what I would do
for a steak!

I will try to keep you informed whenever I can access email.

Andy

From: "John H Nye" <JohnHNye@hotmail.com>
Date: 2005/09/03 Sat PM 10:59:23 CDT
To: "John H Nye" <JohnHNye@hotmail.com>
Subject: Picked up Sam From Louisiana