[Rhodes22-list] Florida and Capt Sheehan

[Steve Alm]

My brother-in-law, his wife and their teenage son live in Ft. Meyers.
Everyone's OK.  They have no electricity or land line phone but we talked to
them on the cell phone.  Their new house suffered little damage except for
the "bird cage" screening around the pool and a few roof tiles.  The house
next door is under construction and the portable "port-a-let" (?) splattered
all over Michael's house.  Yuk!  They're losing the meat in their freezer
and have no stove to cook on--it's electric.  They have no back yard grill
or even a little camp stove, so food is down to the basics.  Michael's the
kind of guy who would have a back-up generator but the house is just
finished and he hadn't had the time or budget to get one.  Peanut butter
sandwich anyone?  He was his own general contractor for his house and
overbuilt everything beyond hurricane specs so he's pretty happy despite the
cleanup.

Slim

On 8/16/04 8:56 AM, "Mary Lou Troy" <mltroy at verizon.net> wrote:

> Thanks Ed, Particularly for the second link. I know of a few people seeking
> information. Because of the massive utility outage it may be a while before
> anyone knows what happened to folks who are just acquaintances - presumably
> relatives will be trying harder to get through. We met a lot of wonderful
> people in Punta Gorda last time we were there 2 1/2 years ago. A couple of
> real good friends winter (maybe used to winter) in what was a real nice RV
> park on one of the canals. When we talked to them Sat., they had had no
> word from any of their friends in the area.
> 
> Let us know if you hear anything.
> 
> Mary Lou
> 
> At 09:27 AM 8/16/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>> You guys have been chattering about list, lee helm and what not.  Has
>> anybody heard from Capt Sheehan?  Or CT? or any other Rhodie in Florida's
>> mess?  Or from Stan?  Or Alex?
>> 
>> See these:
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>> http://www.estrellita.us/_wsn/page2.html
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>> http://home.earthlink.net/~gretchensailing/hurricanecharliephotosfromsailing
>> vesselgretchen/  (this one cuts at 72, so you have to cut and paste to get
>> it)
>> 
>> Ed K
>> Greenville, SC, USA
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