<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3395" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=630440116-15092008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Friends on the list,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=630440116-15092008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=630440116-15092008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>As a few of you know (but most wouldn't), I am originally from Houston and my eighty-year-old mother has a lovely house which she has lived in for thirty years in the Galveston Bay area.  I have her safely ensconced at my house in Central Texas.  We have received news from friends and emergency workers in that area.  Just to add some confirmation of the news stories, etc. my Mom's house had a five-foot surge of water running through it!  I suppose the good news? is that the house is still standing; the bad news is that everything she owns is pretty much ruined.  There is floating debris everywhere and of course there is no water or power.  Her refrigerator was floating on its back in the living room!  Also, snakes are a problem... Yes sir, it is indeed a real mess!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=630440116-15092008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=630440116-15092008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Life goes on,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=630440116-15092008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Craig <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Craig Waldrop, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Staff Piano Technician</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Baylor School of Music</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>254.710.1723</FONT></DIV></FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Avery Todd<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 15, 2008 10:39 AM<BR><B>To:</B> College and University Technicians<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] For Les and Avery<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr>Thanks, Jeff. <BR><BR>Glad to hear that you're pretty much OK. Actually, I've heard that mostly, in the Houston area, the problem with gas isn't the supplies. It's the lack of power to run the pumps. I heard yesterday that over 2 million people still don't have power. I've decided to stay at my sister's until at least Friday or Saturday. I heard from David Porritt today that there are highway signs around up here advising people not to try to return to Galveston or Houston because of the gas problem. They're not even letting people IN to Galveston yet and it may be several weeks before they do. No power, gas, water, ice, supplies, etc., etc. Most of the 20,000 or so idiots who decided to stay there are now sorry they did and are trying desperately to get out! It's a real mess in that whole area! <BR><BR>Avery Todd<BR><BR> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 8:25 AM, Jeff Tanner <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:tannertuner@bellsouth.net">tannertuner@bellsouth.net</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"> <DIV bgcolor="#ffffff"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Les Bartlett wrote:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Hard to get gas."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Same here.  Somebody started a rumor Thursday that the next shipment of gas to SC would be $6/gallon, and that it would be $4.50 or $5.00 on Friday (it wasn't then, but by Sunday it was) and so there was a run on gasoline Thurs, Fri and Sat.  Some stations were selling at $5.69, and people were actually buying gas there to avoid long lines.  Now, there's no gas here, either.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, some stations have premium.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Great to hear you guys are in good shape.  Prayers go out to everyone in that area.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jeff Tanner</FONT></DIV><FONT color=#888888> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>South Carolina</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>