I talked to Nolan

Ron Berry ron@berrypiano.com
Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:28:02 -0500


I talked to Nolan this morning.  He is well but has no power.  A major line 
from the power plant is down so the whole area is out.  He has a generator 
and is able to run the small airconditioner at night during this hot weather.  
He said they drove about 100 miles to Lafayette to get some gas.  The local 
stations don't have power to run the pumps.  However, there are no 
shipments coming so when they empty their tanks that will be it for a while.  

Nolan said they had some downed trees but no flooding.  The future of piano 
service business doesn't look good when people don't have homes to put 
the pianos in. He didn't know about other LA techs except for Dave 
Doremus who had gone to Florida.  He said he couldn't make contact again 
because Dave had a New Orleans cell phone and the whole area code 
seems to not work. 

Nolan and family are in better shape than many and have food and water.  
He commented on how bright the stars were when there are no lights.  

Ron

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ron@berrypiano.com 
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