I hope you can stay dry and safe. I've seen a few tornados and
waterspouts but nothing like an F5.
Chuck Norcutt
AG Schnozz wrote:
>> Not fun, mister, I don't envy your job. Business is one thing,
>> loss of personal property is another. I hope Joel escapes this
>> with little to no damage.
>
> I phone-tagged with Joel. They evacuated several days ago. In
> another day or two you could probably use the upstairs deck as a boat
> dock. He took the family treasures with him including the OMs and
> lenses. For those who understand the reference, this is worse than
> 1993 there.
>
> By some miracle, we were able to actually get the phone switch almost
> totally working. So you CAN powerwash electronics. The
> fiber-terminal went up in flames when the water hit it.
>
> We had been working around outdoors, wading in chest deep water not
> knowing that there was a huge washout just inches away from where we
> were walking. To get the pictures, I was carrying my E-1 above the
> water and trying to keep the water out of my waders.
>
> Meanwhile, the situation is still developing. We're sandbagging that
> office AGAIN and we have a half-dozen others bagged and wrapped.
> It's not that we are stupid and locate these buildings in the lowest
> parts of town, it's just that some of these towns just happen to be
> located in historical floodplains. It's just that the history of
> flooding in some of these locations predates the presence of western
> civilization.
>
> Oh, and Parkersburg... I went through there three times yesterday.
> Terrifying what a "little" EF5 tornado can do. That's a 1/2 mile
> wide EF5 tornado.
>
> AG
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