9/21/08 04:47 pm - ...ikedate saga again...Yesterday we got moved to my brother's house in League City. He has electricity. I now have a Verizon broadband aircard so no matter who or where we get moved to, I don't have to keep trying to redo the wireless connection. Also I have a new PC TV card so when we get back I can get news even if the cable is out. The room I am in was painted the day we arrived for use as my new nephew's nursery...he won't need it until sometime in November. I have a blowup bed and bought a sheetset today. There is a great fishtank and chuy is adjusting pretty well. We didn't make it to the island today. Now we will try Monday. I am at peace with whatever I will find. If I got 6 in of water that means new sheetrock at least halfway up & flooring, new fridge, freezer, wine chillers, wii, ps3, couch, bed, almost all furniture, maybe new kitchen & bathroom cabinets, all new clothes, a loss of many books. Anything that was near the floor has to be thrown out when hit with that type of floodwater. All cloth in the house after this long will be mildewed & unsavagable. It's a chance for a huge new start with many new items...again. 25 years ago, I had a similar re-boot with Hurricane Alicia. 25 years ago I learned that stuff is just stuff. This will be much easier. Pictures are on saved computers, lessons learned are remembered. Mom & Dad had to leave 2 cars & lost both. Todd & Dad's boats are both ruined. My pool & Dad's unfinished pools are trashed. We know all this without getting there yet. Insurance claims have been started & EVERYTHING was insured. Dad is even excited with getting a new car & boat already. We are all in high spirits - we are all together & safe! |
9/21/08 11:21 pm (UTC) -
rminct
9/22/08 12:48 am (UTC) -
swimjew
9/22/08 01:02 pm (UTC) -
dr_kipper
We will try again today to get on the island, I talked to a police buddy of mine & he told me exactly what to say to get on. All we wanna do today is go look so we know how many crew to bring to get started on day one.
9/22/08 12:58 pm (UTC) -
dr_kipper
I have your 40th birthday present to me in a safe dry place well out of harms way; I moved it from the office where it's on my desk every day & put it way up high in the kitchen china cabinet - Things like that would be real losses, and I don't think I will have any of those.
9/21/08 11:24 pm (UTC) -
czarrie
Just saying.
9/22/08 01:11 pm (UTC) -
dr_kipper
On a community level, The majority of the homes lost in Galveston to the water were older homes (not historical) that were not well maintained & not particularly well built. The ones that were, are still there. (Bolivar had no chance...it was simply wiped clean & I can't begin to fathom that level of pain & this statement does not apply to them). Galveston will rebuild better than it was because the best still remains and we can replace what should have been replaced piecemeal all at once now. That may sound callous, but it's one good thing to find out of what Jim Cantore has brought....lol
9/22/08 01:54 am (UTC) -
oshkindt
9/22/08 01:24 pm (UTC) -
dr_kipper
Galveston itself gets to start with a relatively clean slate now as well. I am content with all the work being done infrastructure-wise to bring us back quickly. And the Bolivar peninsula to our east is a really clean slate.
9/22/08 04:07 am (UTC) -
incu_jess
9/22/08 01:34 pm (UTC) -
dr_kipper
I talked to my police buddy & I know what to say to get through the checkpoints today. All we wanna do is confirm what we have been told on M&D's & my personal homes & then leave. We aren't going to go look at any of their rental properties, my rental property, the office, their shopping center, their boats, etc. Others have had good access to those & reported back enough that we didn't want to be in the way of the amazing amounts of progress that they are making getting the infrastructure back up & running. (we might have power, sewer & water behind the seawall by wed!?) Before our crews start removing floors & fridges full of rotting food (ugh) we need to get whatever small CAN be saved out and take pics for the insurance guys...We ahve filed but they haven't called...it seems they might be a bit busy...lol
9/22/08 09:43 pm (UTC) -
lakeguy