Or contact your nearest Elks lodge and see if they are making up care
packages for the troops. They are looking for both of those kind of
sanitary needs for women.
Kyle, the reports are fascnitating. I know in here in Florida, the few
local radio stations left are our life line after storms. Except when they
run out of diesel to run their generators (almost happened to a Brevard co.
station) The pix out of Galveston are stomach turning. Oi!!
Beth t.
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> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 10:42 PM
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> Subject: Re: I found some irony in Ike
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> Who's going to watch =
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> wow kyle, yes I would say that is surely irony. =0A=0AWho's
> going to watch = your kids when Laura leaves? =0A=0AI have a
> big box of baby wipes and tampo= ns that I sent to Louisiana
> back during katrina, I figured women would stil= l get their
> periods and need to clean up. for reasons I don't know, the
> box= was sent back to me. Do you think red cross would take
> them? =0A=0AStay dr=
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> ----=0AFrom: KE Cleveland <[log in to unmask]>=0ATo:
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> S.ORG=0ASent: Monday, September 15, 2008 1:01:57
> PM=0ASubject: I found some= irony in Ike=0A=0AI just got a
> message from home that the remnants of Ike = came through
> Ohio=0Abetween 4:00 and 8:00 yesterday.=A0 My hometown,
> Powell= , OH experienced 74 mph=0Awinds with substantial
> damage to trees and power = lines.=A0 For the moment,
> my=0Alittle suburban development of about 50 home= s has
> power, but most of the=0Asurrounding community does not.=A0
> The power= lines are underground in my=0A'hood, but that's
> not the case in most areas= .=A0 Laura says we lost two
> very=0Aold, very large pin oak trees that were =
> uprooted--one demolished the=0Aneighborhood picnic gazebo.=A0
> The city fini= shed construction on that about a=0Amonth ago.
> :-(=0A=0AAccording to Laura,= our neighborhood has quite a
> few visitors.=A0 Friends and=0Afamily (ours a= nd those of
> our neighbors) are stopping by to shower and cook=0Ameals
> (lots= of "all electric" homes around here).=A0 Too
> funny!=0A=0AShe said about ha= lf of the homes in the
> Columbus metro area are without=0Apower.=A0 Almost a= ll of
> the corporate tree surgeons like Asplundh and Davey=0Ahave
> their crew= s down here--there's a call out for people with
> chainsaws to=0Aassist the e= lectric companies and fire
> departments.=A0 Laura says there have=0Abeen 4 f= atalities
> in the state and about 1 million homes without power in=0Athe
> sta= te.=A0 We are committed down here in Houston with a lot
> of assets in=0Aplac= e.=A0 It would be a nightmare for us to
> try to re-deploy back home=0Aimmedi= ately, so we are trying
> to figure out if there are troops available in=0AOh= io to
> help with the cleanup.=A0 Still, we are pushing to get the
> process=0A= started, if at all possible.=A0 The problem is
> finding transportation back= =0Anorth.=A0 Just about every
> vehicle in the inventory is down here=A0 =A0 = If
> this=0Aain't irony, I don't know what is.=0A=0AThe situation
> here is pre= tty chaotic.=A0 We have set up an aid station
> in=0Acooperation with the Red= Cross.=A0 Their assets are
> running very low, so we=0Aare handing out HUMRA= TS
> (humanitarian rations) and water.=A0 I don't know what=0Athe
> water situa= tion is like, but I do know that we have been
> forbidden to=0Ashower--even w= ith cold water.=A0 We are
> making do with baby wipes and talcum=0Apowder at =
> present.=A0 We deployed with three sets of the new ACU
> uniforms, but=0Amine= are absolutely filthy.=A0 Many of us
> brought along our old BDU uniforms=0A= and black boots out of
> habit, even though the Army has phased them out.=0AC=
> ommander's have the option of allowing their troops to wear
> the BDU if they= =0Ahave them.=A0 Some commanders are
> allowing this, some aren't.=A0 Fortuna= tely, my=0Aboss has
> given the thumbs up, so I have a stack of nice, clean u=
> niforms that=0Ashould (hopefully) last the duration.=A0 I
> don't have enough= brown t-shirts,=0Abut I bought a couple
> of green ones from a Marine Reserv= ist.=A0 I doubt
> that=0Aanyone would care, at this point.=0A=0AThings don't =
> seem to be drying out much.=A0 I would say that there is
> probably=0Aa lot m= ore water damage than wind damage--at
> least in the areas that I've=0Abeen i= n.=A0 I flew over
> downtown Houston yesterday.=A0 There were lots of=0Awindo= ws
> blown out in the skyscrapers, but I couldn't see much more
> than=0Athat.= =A0 We were going pretty fast.=A0 I do know
> that there was no electricity= =0Adowntown.=A0 Come to think
> of it, I haven't seen a lightbulb yet that wa=
> sn't=0Aconnected to a generator.=A0 We flew east over the
> ship channel and = there was=0Alots of debris, but I didn't
> see a whole lot of damage from the= height we=0Awere at.=A0
> The chemical plants looked ok, but I didn't know w= hat I
> was=0Alooking at--just a bunch of tanks and pipes.=A0 The
> fires had b= een=0Aextinguished by the time we got
> there.=0A=0AWe flew over the bay and = swung southwest to
> follow Galveston ilsand from the=0Aeast.=A0 The number o= f
> aircraft in the air ware terrifying!=A0 It looked
> like=0Aswarming bees.= =A0 I couldn't tell if there were any
> news helipcopters, but=0ACoast Guard,= National Guard,
> Police and Medical helos were everywhere.=A0 Lots=0Aof fix=
> ed-wing planes here and there, as well.=A0 Galveston is
> pretty much=0Agone.= =A0 I didn't see a single street that
> was dry.=A0 It was actually neat, in= =0Aa weird way, to see
> boats tooling around like cars.=A0 Must be what Veni= ce
> is=0Alike.=0A=0AHaven't seen any death yet, thankfully.=A0 I
> hope it sta= ys that way.=A0 Tomorrow=0AI'm heading out with
> a Chaplain to see what we c= an do for the
> local=0Afaith-based charities.=A0 Oh, and Laura leaves for
> Is= rael tomorrow morning at=0A7:00.=A0 I'd hope I would have
> made it home befo= re then, but it just didn't=0Awork
> out.=0A=0AMore later.=0A=0AKyle=0A=0ASen= t from Kyle
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