---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment On Sep 20, 2005, at 9:07 AM, Avery Todd wrote: > it was suggested that one way we might be able to protect the =20 > pianos was to cover them in a plastic We're not as near the coast, so the winds generally aren't as strong =20 here when hurricanes come through (well, I wasn't here for Hugo, and =20 they say it was pretty rough here, still nothing like at the coast), =20 but after hurricane Floyd dumped enough water to cause a leak into a =20 new U3 on the third floor, we've been covering the pianos and the =20 organ on the 2nd & 3rd floors with plastic when a strong storm comes =20 through. I do agree with Wim, though, that for hurricane preparations, really =20 there is only so much you can reasonably be expected to be =20 responsible for. It's not like a tornado, which is over in a matter =20 of seconds. If windows are blown open in a hurricane, there's not =20 much you can have prepared for to protect a piano in the room. =20 Leaking roofs is about all you can protect against. If I were in =20 Charleston, I'd probably do the same thing -- cover the pianos with =20 plastic and hope the building protects the rest of everything. > If I have to wait until Friday, I imagine I'll be pretty well =20 > "stuck" here even though I could head north to the Ft. Worth area =20 > where a sister lives (& have already been "instructed" by her to do =20= > that, if necessary) :-) Maybe its just me, but I tend to put things in perspective. I =20 usually get out of here early on snow days and sometimes even when =20 there is an expectation of heavy thunderstorms (people here drive =20 like nuts in rain, much less snow). Automobiles are not cheap, and =20 insurance is already high enough. It just isn't worth the risk to =20 hang around. The safety of my family is much more important than =20 hanging around and trying to protect a bunch of pianos. > > Does anyone have any other ideas/suggestions about preparing for =20 > the potential of something like Katrina hitting here? Rita isn't =20 > expected to be anywhere near that strong, Katrina didn't look so menacing as it came around the Keys either. =20 That's why so many people didn't get out and are dead now. I'm not =20 trying to paint a picture of impending death and disaster. But human =20= life is more important than a bunch of pianos. dave porritt wrote: > My son-in-law told me that he once worked for a manager who =20 > expressed the idea that =93we=92re all here to get the job done.=94 = He =20 > then said =93If you ever say =91that=92s not my job=92 then it really = won=92t =20 > be your job!=94 > > When bad things are happening I think specific job descriptions =20 > become a moot point, and saving the assets of our employers (or =20 > anyone else=92s assets for that matter) becomes everyone=92s job. > I'm sorry Dave. That's the same line of thinking that created the =20 situation in LA and MS. Hanging around to protect their "stuff" is =20 what gets people killed by hurricanes. I'd have my bags packed, and =20 as soon as I had an idea that thing was headed my way, I'd have my =20 family in the car headed for somewhere safer. But as soon as it was =20 past, I'd be one of the first ones back to try to help others, =20 salvage what was possible, and get back to work. Jeff Jeff Tanner, RPT University of South Carolina ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/d0/25/91/1a/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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