<html> <body> At 09:44 AM 9/20/2005, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">On Sep 20, 2005, at 9:07 AM, Avery Todd wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">  it was suggested that one way we might be able to protect the pianos was to cover them in a plastic </blockquote> We're not as near the coast, so the winds generally aren't as strong here when hurricanes come through (well, I wasn't here for Hugo, and they say it was pretty rough here, still nothing like at the coast), but after hurricane Floyd dumped enough water to cause a leak into a new U3 on the third floor, we've been covering the pianos and the organ on the 2nd & 3rd floors with plastic when a strong storm comes through.</blockquote> I just heard that after doing a LOT of checking, out theatre manager said there was already no plastic available. I also heard that there aren't any more D batteries, either & the highways heading north are already pretty well packed. Avery <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Jeff Jeff Tanner, RPT University of South Carolina </blockquote> <x-sigsep></x-sigsep> _______________________ Avery Todd, RPT Moores School of Music University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-4017</body> </html>