<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">No current, little real damage, a few fences. out where there is current. Hard to get gas<BR><BR>--- On <B>Sat, 9/13/08, Avery Todd <I><ptuner1@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: Avery Todd <ptuner1@gmail.com><BR>Subject: Re: [CAUT] For Les and Avery<BR>To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org><BR>Date: Saturday, September 13, 2008, 5:04 PM<BR><BR> <DIV id=yiv1883896597> <DIV dir=ltr> <DIV>Hi Wim & others. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I don't know about Les but I actually left Houston last Wednesday AM while Ike was not even forcast to hit Houston. Came to my sister's place in Bedford, between Dallas & Ft. Worth. Now, I'm VERY glad I did! <grin> Even though almost all of Houston with above ground transmission wires lost power, my condo complex only lost power about 5 times last night (Friday) for no more than 1-2 minutes each time while Ike was going through! It may be weeks before power is totally restored to everyone all the way down to Galveston. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm going back home as soon as the streets there are safe to do so, since I know I have power. Maybe Sunday, but probably Monday. Hope Les & all the others along the Gulf Coast are safe, too! That blasted thing was app. 600 miles wide! Huge! </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks for asking. <BR>Avery Todd<BR></DIV> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Willem Blees <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:wimblees@aol.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>wimblees@aol.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Les & Avery<BR><BR>Please let us know how you're doing as soon as you get this message. I'm sure I speak for everyone on this is list when I say my prayers are with you. <BR><BR> <DIV style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>Honolulu, HI<BR>808-349-2943<BR><A href="http://www.bleespiano.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>www.bleespiano.com</A><BR>Author of <BR>The Business of Piano Tuning<BR>available from Potter Press<BR><A href="http://www.pianotuning.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>www.pianotuning.com</A></DIV> <DIV><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL,; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> Looking for spoilers and reviews on the new TV season? <A title=http://television.aol.com/feature/fall_tv?ncid=aoletv00050000000037 href="http://television.aol.com/feature/fall_tv?ncid=aoletv00050000000037" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Get AOL's ultimate guide to fall TV</A>.</FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table>