There will be those who have literally lost everything. All their personal
possessions, mementos, family and wedding photos. Irreplaceable, even if
covered by insurance.
Bit like those in the Bangladesh floods. They will have lost everything
too.
But of course they won't have lost much.....
Guy
----- Original Message -----
From <DLancer7676 at cs.com>
Subject: Re: Charley
> In a message dated 8/17/04 4:29:04 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> soavero@yahoo.com writes:
> I just returned home to Tennessee this afternoon after working cleanup for
4
> days on Ft. Myers Beach. They are digging out--there are piles and piles
of
> wet garbage and junk along the roadways as people pull out the ruined
> appliances, clothing, furniture, personal items, and anything else that
was on the
> ground floor. Many, many things impressed me while there, not the least
of which
> was the resolve of the people, the waves of armies that kept sweeping
though
> to help (National Guard, Red Cross, Power and Light guys from all over the
> Eastern half of the US, a convoy of dump trucks pulling end loaders, local
> establishments providing free food, water, ice, and more, to mention a
few), and the
> resiliance of the building structures themselves. The sea-stench is bad,
but
> improving, and we were involved in scraping, liquifying, and shop
vacuuming
> out the stinking sludge the surge that swept over the island left in the
ground
> floors. Lots to do there, but they will be back.
>
> I heard the comment many times, as the residents with whom I talked looked
to
> the north, about how lucky they were, in a comparative sort of way.
>
> --David C.
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