---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I thought I'd forward this that came to our faculty this morning. Jeff U of SC Begin forwarded message: > From: Joseph Eller <jeller@mozart.sc.edu> > Date: September 1, 2005 3:22:30 PM EDT > To: music@mozart.sc.edu > Subject: Fwd: [NAMESU] Gulf Coast > > > Colleagues, > > This is a forwarded message from the Dean of the LSU school of =20 > music regarding the situation at LSU as it pertains to the =20 > hurricane aftermath. Given many of you have LSU ties, as I do, I =20 > thought you may be interested in reading it. Very sad. > > Joe > > Begin forwarded message: > > >> From: "D. Ray McClellan" <mccleldr@uga.edu> >> Date: August 31, 2005 1:03:55 PM EDT >> To: Joseph Eller <jeller@mozart.sc.edu>, "Erica S. McClellan" =20 >> <mcclellans@charter.net>, Timothy Shafer <tps1@psu.edu> >> Subject: Fwd: [NAMESU] Gulf Coast >> >> tragic >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> From: Donald Lowe <dlowe@UGA.EDU> >> Date: August 31, 2005 12:59:47 PM EDT >> To: UGASOM-FACULTY@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU >> Subject: Fwd: Re: [NAMESU] Gulf Coast >> Reply-To: Donald Lowe <dlowe@UGA.EDU> >> >> Dear Colleagues, >> >> I am providing the note below regarding the situation in >> Louisiana. The note is from the Dean of LSU School of Music. >> >> I thought you might appreciate the personal insights. >> >> Best, >> >> Don >> >> ---- Original message ---- >> >>> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:28:02 -0500 >>> From: Ronald D Ross <rross@lsu.edu> >>> Subject: Re: [NAMESU] Gulf Coast >>> To: NAMESU@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU >>> >>> John et al.: >>> >>> Conditions "on the ground" are actually worse than what you >>> >> see on CNN, >> >>> etc. On local news last night, one of Louisiana's >>> >> congressmen predicted >> >>> there would soon be 100,000 "refuges" from the flood and >>> >> devastation >> >>> deposited in Baton Rouge. Many of them will be accommodated >>> >> on LSU's campus >> >>> (at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center [basketball facility, >>> >> known locally >> >>> as the "PMAC"], old Fieldhouse, natatorium, etc.). No one is >>> >> being allowed >> >>> back in New Orleans. Baton Rouge is the closest major >>> >> metropolitan area. >> >>> People who made it to Texas or farther west or north, will >>> >> travel back >> >>> through Baton Rouge only to find that they will not be >>> >> allowed very far >> >>> down I-10. So, they will come back to Baton Rouge. Others >>> >> who left New >> >>> Orleans stopped here first. Motel and hotel rooms in this >>> >> city were thus >> >>> filled two days before the Hurricane hit. Baton Rouge >>> >> hospitals are >> >>> accepting the overflow of patients from New Orleans, even >>> >> for routine >> >>> treatments (radiation therapy, etc.). >>> >>> Classes will not resume at LSU and at other university >>> >> campuses in this >> >>> region until after Labor Day, at the earliest. Schedules >>> >> (concerts, plays, >> >>> doctoral exams) will be affected. We must adopt a flexible >>> >> approach to >> >>> moving through the rest of the fall semester. >>> >>> I don't wish to make light of any of this, because it is >>> >> absolutely >> >>> devastating. But, to give you an idea of the seriousness of >>> >> the situation, >> >>> the opening LSU football game was postponed. Part of the >>> >> reason for this >> >>> decision was that many of the football players are from the >>> >> New Orleans >> >>> metropolitan area. Their families had to evacuate the city >>> >> and environs. >> >>> Many are living with their sons/football players in the >>> >> latters' dorms, >> >>> eating with them in the cafeterias. It is difficult to focus >>> >> on strategies >> >>> for "the game" when your family has lost everything it has >>> >> ever owned. The >> >>> enormity of the grief and displacement is just beginning to >>> >> settle in. >> >>> >>> I have not heard from or about Ed Kvet or David Swanzy, Ed's >>> >> predecessor as >> >>> dean at Loyola (and a personal friend of mine for almost 40 >>> >> years). I can >> >>> only hope they got out before the storm hit. It is useless >>> >> trying to >> >>> contact anyone. Cell phone service is unreliable. Land lines >>> >> are down. >> >>> Internet service is spotty. We were advised yesterday to >>> >> stay off the cell >> >>> phones so that emergency personnel could use them. Sending >>> >> text messages is >> >>> a possibility. >>> >>> There are 4,000 power line men and women moving into South >>> >> Louisiana, by >> >>> the caravans. We are advised to stay off the major >>> >> thoroughfares so that >> >>> these energy trucks and tree removal teams can move about >>> >> unimpeded. >> >>> Hundreds of thousands of people are still without power. >>> >> Some South >> >>> Louisiana parishes are totally under water. The water >>> >> continues to rise in >> >>> New Orleans because of breaks in the levee, allowing Lake >>> >> Ponchartrain to >> >>> flow unchecked into the city. It's a mess! >>> >>> To give you one graphic, many of the people being rescued >>> >> from housetops >> >>> and attics in New Orleans are being air-lifted or bussed to >>> >> LSU. They are >> >>> being deposited outside the PMAC on sheets and blankets >>> >> until shelter can >> >>> be found. The downtown River Center (convention center) is >>> >> also being used >> >>> as a temporary shelter. No one has a clue how long these >>> >> conditions will >> >>> persist or how much more severe they will become. >>> >>> It will be months, even years before the State of Louisiana >>> >> recovers from >> >>> this storm. Some individuals, businesses, and agencies will >>> >> never recover. >> >>> >>> Thanks for inquiring about our plight. >>> >>> Ron >>> >> Donald R. Lowe >> Professor and Director >> Hugh Hodgson School of Music >> University of Georgia >> 250 River Road >> Athens, GA 30602-7287 >> Telephone (706)542-3737 >> dlowe@uga.edu >> >> >> >> >> _______________ >> D. Ray McClellan >> Associate Professor of Clarinet >> Hugh Hodgson School of Music >> University of Georgia >> www.arches.uga.edu/~mccleldr >> >> Co -Artistic Director and Co-Host >> Clarinetfest=AE 2006 >> Atlanta, Georgia, USA >> www.clarinet.org >> >> contact: >> 250 River Road >> Athens, GA >> USA >> 706.542.2799 o >> 706.425.1858 h >> mccleldr@uga.edu >> >> >> > Joseph Eller > Assistant Professor of Clarinet > University of South Carolina > School of Music > 813 Assembly St > Columbia, SC 29208 > 803.777.4728 phone > 803.777.6508 fax > jeller@mozart.sc.edu > www.music.sc.edu > > Co-Artistic Director and Co-Host > International Clarinet Association's > ClarinetFest 2006 > August 9-13, 2006 > Atlanta, GA USA > www.clarinet.org > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/25/ce/d0/14/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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