Port St. John, where we live lucked out again.  Power went out at our house
around 2:15 Sunday morning and went back on late Tues morning.  We spent
several days looking for gas because the generator ran too high and ice for
food and coolness.  We couldn't run the generator until Frances passed which
was a long two days for us.  We had a friend and John's dad over during the
storm.  Had fun playing weather man by going out side between rain bands,
figure we need one of those wind gauges.  Played with the flashlights, ate
lots of Oreos.  Luckily had battery powered televisions and radios as the
power flickered on and off a lot before it finally went all the way down.
Lots of trees down.  The Port of Canaveral has lost went from being 47 feet
deep to 27 feet deep.  The beaches in case you haven't seen the coverage are
devastated.  Haven't been to look.
The Vehicle Assembly Building lost 53,000 square feet of metal.  It's built
to withstand 105 mile/hour winds, gusts were clocked at 124 out that way.
The worst part is my dad's house (he lives where the eye went over) lost
it's roof, the ceilings are falling down and he and his wife won't leave.
We friends who have offered a nice clean house, still standing for them to
use at least at night.  I was down there yesterday and had to basically
threaten him to hopefully make him leave.

We figure the Orlando area can now bill itself as the place where 3 out 4
hurricanes prefer to go.  Time to go looking for more water and stress food
<grin>

Beth T.


-----Original Message-----
From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of ken barber
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 12:07 PM
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Subject: how's it going in florida?

good to hear from florida. how is it beth?

my in-laws (in my case out-laws) left about 4 this morning going on back to
bradenton.


--- Elizabeth Thiers <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I believe the trachs they are talking about are the more permanent
> ones that go through a stoma in the neck.
>
> Beth T. the OT