Bob's story Fw: [Hawkwind] floods

[Jill Strobridge]

This just arrived on the Yahoo groups board so I'm forwarding it
here as well in case there are those concerned about him who don't
get access to that group.
jill
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Jill Strobridge <jill at theta-orionis.freeserve.co.uk>
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----- Original Message -----
From: <hawkwinder at aol.com>
To: <Hawkwind at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 9:13 PM
Subject: [Hawkwind] floods


> Hello,
> I was typing my last message off to the list about having to go
move my cars
> away from the coming flood. I got knocked off line cause the
phones went down
> just as I was clicking the send button.
> I am at a friends house right now who let me use the computer.
> I'm only on for a few minutes because I have to head back and try
to get
> inside the police line and attempt to salvage some personal
belongings.
> I haven't had time to read any emails  yet so if you don't hear
from me for a
> while, I have no place to go for now, and the neighbors place
we're staying
> at temporarily has no power or phones (or hot water).
> we're staying close to the scene to grab the first oportunity to
get in and
> at least save some clothes to wear.
> I was forcibly evacuated saturday night (or early sunday morning)
because we
> were under water and the building a few yards away exploded and
went up into
> flames.
> they wouldn't let me even put on a pair of shoes so I was walking
around
> barefeet with muddy pants and a soaked t-shirt until last night.
> I saw myself on tv (the next morning at someone's house) hanging
out a window
> dropping into a rubber rescue boat.
> Andy Warhol's 1/15 of a second of fame i guess.
> we lost almost everything. all furniture &  clothes etc, and
thankfully most
> cd's are safe several hundred records did go under though.
> My son lost all his clothes, toys and video systems/games.
Although his
> cartoon videotapes survived. So kids out there the lesson to be
learned here:
> clean your toys off the floor when your done playing.
> yesterday I defied the police and rescued my 3 cats and a
neighbors cat and
> got written up and chastised by them for going behind police
lines.
> They are treating it as a crime scene until they prove it was an
accident, so
> we're not able to cross the yellow tape for now.
> All my shit is sitting in water and growing spores or something.
> we are all safe and eating. I took a nice cold shower last night
so I'm now
> not covered in sewage water.
> I had no idea when I'd get a chance to get online so thanks to
Mike & Dave
> for posting a message for me.
> If my computer survived I'll be back on regularly in a few weeks
(hopefully)
> when we're able to move back in. Until then ...we'll see.
> Although I didn't want to do it, my neighbors asked me to video
tape the
> plight of the elderly people in the next building crying for help
while their
> building was burning. They insisted because when they called 911,
the
> operator was rude and not helpful. I think they wanted "evidence"
of what 911
> was blowing off. The video is pretty scary and I'm not giving it
to the tv
> stations, I don't think anyone should see it.
>
> The fire department coudln't get to the scene because that
building was under
> 15 foot of water.
> several people are still missing and they've found a few bodies
that they
> can't identify.
> One of the 3 buildings is completely gone, the other 2 are burnt
down.
>
> I'll check in the next time I am near a computer.
> so long and thanks for all the fish
> bob
>