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pepka Inner circle Uh, I'm the one on the right. 5041 Posts |
We're all thankful you and yours seem to be doing OK Bill. Hang in there and keep us posted when you can.
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Faulkner Loyal user New Orleans 249 Posts |
Bill,
We in New Orleans are all praying for Texas. Yesterday I don't think I saw one person I know that didn't have some comment about worring for you guys. Some areas on our coast were flooding (again) just from the surge. Big nasty Ike!!! Mark |
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24315 Posts |
The bulk of the storm is now past. We had minimal street flooding -- not even enough to comment upon. We lost some small branches in our "manipulating" trees. The house is safe and dry.
Three panels came loose from the patio cover, but those can go back on easily. We have no elecricity. My battery is going. More when I get a charge Thabks all for your thoughts abd prayers.
"The Swatter"
Founder of CODBAMMC My Chickasaw name is "Throws Money at Cups." www.cupsandballsmuseum.com |
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ibm_usa Special user In Your Mind, Ky, USA 722 Posts |
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On 2008-09-12 16:28, SpellbinderEntertainment wrote: Walt, now since you brought up that possiblity, I'm kind of scared of Bill now. lol
"You may think that i only talk of things from the past, you know, history, well magic is history"
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
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On 2008-09-13 05:06, Bill Palmer wrote: I'd imagine they'd be using giant wooden German-made balls, while the young trees down the street are playing with Fakinis. Hopefully, most in your area fared as well as you seem to have.
~michael baker
The Magic Company |
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Tom G Inner circle 2895 Posts |
Great news Bill, glad you're ok....
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fortasse Inner circle 1201 Posts |
Bill : glad to hear you're safe and dry. Sounds like it was quite a ride.
Hang in there! All the best, Fortasse |
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acephale New user 91 Posts |
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I tried that a few times as Merlin. Last night we were watching The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao for the umpteemth time and when I saw Tony Randall playing Merlin my first thought was of you. |
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Josh the Superfluous Inner circle The man of 1881 Posts |
Glad all is well.
Just to be safe, maybe Rannie will make you an oar wand. You could jump into an extra jumbo cup and paddle out of there.
What do you want in a site? "Honesty, integrity and decency." -Mike Doogan
"I hate it, I hate my ironic lovechild. I didn't even have anything to do with it" Josh #2 |
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24315 Posts |
It was rough, but we made it. If you don't see any posts from me for a while, don't worry. My battery is about to go on my laptop.
I'll be back when I have more power. Bill Posted: Sep 15, 2008 2:51pm --------------------------------- A friend of mine had an extra generator, which he has lent me. I'm still using the horrible 56 K Modem; however, I can now use a real keyboard and monitor with my laptop, and that makes me feel good. We had a lot of tree debris in our yard. We made curbside piles from about 1/4 of it, but there was a lot more to do. Some people came by last night and offered to do the rest of the cleanup for $650. My wife told them we couldn't afford that, so they came down to $300. Then she called me. I told her to tell them to forget it. Our yard guys did the work today for $80. I tipped them generously and told them to get a decent lunch.
"The Swatter"
Founder of CODBAMMC My Chickasaw name is "Throws Money at Cups." www.cupsandballsmuseum.com |
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walid ahumada Special user sinaloa, mexico 892 Posts |
Calm after the storm.
glad to hear you are ok bill.
“Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.” BEN OKRI quote
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
Hey, Bill... If you can save a small chunk of that tree, I'll turn a cup for you from it when things get back to normal down there.
The news footage coming from Galveston and Houston look bad. Sadly, it also seems too many people didn't learn from Katrina's lessons. Even those who did, or managed to come out with their lives, still lost so much. I'm sure we'll be donating what we can when the local sites are organized. A member of our magic club works for Alabama Power, and he is already down there (with many, many others) working on the problem.
~michael baker
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walid ahumada Special user sinaloa, mexico 892 Posts |
If you wanna do a c&b routine with a hurricane theme,
this is the right time to walk around to find the perfet final loads.
“Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.” BEN OKRI quote
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professorwhut Inner circle Posts R US sold me 1353 Posts |
Glad to hear all is well with you Bill,
Here in Baton Rouge, we got tore up pretty bad from Gustave. I now those folks in Galveston got it worse than we did. Hopefully things will calm down now.
After much soul searching about a signature, I decided not to have one.
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24315 Posts |
I'll see if I can find a chunk of that tree.
I know Gustav made a mess out of Baton Rouge. Things are not quite as bad as the media would make you think, though.
"The Swatter"
Founder of CODBAMMC My Chickasaw name is "Throws Money at Cups." www.cupsandballsmuseum.com |
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BCS Inner circle 1083 Posts |
Bill,
That would certainly be a unique cup to add to your collection. I am glad that you and others have survived. Good luck to you and your family, Bruce |
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Darth Ewok Loyal user Greeneville TN 228 Posts |
Very glad to hear that you're ok. I've only been through one huricane and it was a small one whne I was young. scared me a lot tho
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Bill Palmer Eternal Order Only Jonathan Townsend has more than 24315 Posts |
Houston has a huge advantage over New Orleans when it comes to hurricanes. Most of Houston is above sea level. We are also not directly on the coast. There is a buffer zone of some 30 miles or so on the Southeastern part of the city.
We have several major interstate highways coming into Houston -- 45 from the north and south, 10 from the east and west, and 59 from the northeast and southwest. There are many suitable places for staging zones. By the time a hurricane has passed over the city, at least 65% of the land is above water. 24 hours later, that figure rises to 85%. This was not the case during Katrina. For almost a week after Katrina, there was really no place in town to put the supplies. Actually we could recover very well without any help from FEMA.
"The Swatter"
Founder of CODBAMMC My Chickasaw name is "Throws Money at Cups." www.cupsandballsmuseum.com |
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
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On 2008-09-15 21:40, Bill Palmer wrote: Good thing. News reports are that they have already fumbled the ball.
~michael baker
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Bill Wells Elite user Lexington, VA 457 Posts |
Bill -
Glad to learn you are safe and sound with only minor damage to your place. Let's hope that is the last one in the Gulf for this season. Bill |
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