<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>I got news today that as far away as Indianapolis,there were major messes- one elementary school had 3 feet of water in it. The had 50 mph winds from the same storm. I have a friend in the Detroit area, but her address is on my desktop, and of course Sprint PCS has lived to its reputation- HORRIBLE  I've got a lot of messages, but can't get to them. What a lovely mess. The psychologial stuf is pretty stuff, but our bad natures are to be for a week or so. There are folks who have to put up with this, and then go back to nothing.   I have some seen some TV, and they're showing all the wealthy houses on the beach, but little of the "normal" where the normal people live.  So for us without power- we have it marvelous. With gas heat we still have warm water, and our grill works so we can cook a bit, but beenie weenies can be eaten right out of the can...........</DIV> <DIV>les<BR><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 9/15/08, Avery Todd <I><ptuner1@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV> <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: Monday, September 15, 2008, 10:39 AM<BR><BR> <DIV id=yiv1225874882> <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" target=_blank rel=nofollow>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> <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></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table>