Hi, THEY ARE PREDICTING ANOTHER CATAGORY 5 !!! GET OUT OF THERE!!! PUT YOUR CATS IN A LARGE TOTE AND GET OUT A BRICK HOUSE IS NOT GOING TO HOLD IN A CATAGORY 5...IF THE SUPERDOME TOOK A BEATING AND ALL OF THOSE CEMENT AND BRICK HOMES, HOTELS AND STORES WENT DOWN THEN WHAT IS TO SAY A HOUSE IS GOING TO WITHHOLD. HAVE Y0UR MOM GO WITH YOU....GO WHILE YOU CAN IF THE WAVES GET AS HIGH AS THEY ARE PREDICTING AND WITH THE LAND ALREADY SATURATED YOU DO NOT STAND A CHANCE. THEN YOU WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR NOT ONLY YOUR CATS BUT YOUR MOM AS WELL. IF SHE IS AN OLDER PERSON YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP HER ABOVE WATER. PLEASE, PLEASE, LEAVE WHILE YOU CAN. DON'T GET STUCK IN A HOUSE WITH THE WATER COMING UP AND NOWARE TO GO. REMEMBER IF YOU GO INTO THE ATTIC IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET ON TO THE ROOF UNLESS YOU HAVE A LADDER AND A CHAIN SAW TO GET THROUGH THE ROOF. YOU ARE GOING THROUGH PLYWOOD, TARPAPER AND WHO KNOWS HOW MANY LAYERS OF SHINGLES. PLEASE, PLEASE LEAVE!! ESTELLA P.S. DON'T FORGET YOUR INSURANCE PAPERS, BIRTH CERTIFICATES AND PERSONAL PAPERS AS WELL AS ANY PRESCRIPTIONS AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS YOU AND YOUR MOM NEEDS ALSO SOME WATER AND FOOD TO KEEP YOU GOING FOR A DAY OR TWO ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 2:36 AM Subject: [OHLORAIN] Hurricane Rita > I've been on this list for a few years now and I know that this is off > topic, > but just last week I moved from Parma, Ohio to Corpus Christi, Texas and > with > this new hurricane bearing down on us here, I'm getting a little nervous > about it and am asking everyone on this list to please keep us in your > prayers. > I'm not even done unpacking yet and now I have to pack up again and > move > what I can out of my house. If Corpus Christi gets a direct hit, chances > are > that my house will be badly damaged or even gone. I'm in a rental house > and > the landlord won't board up my windows. I just spent like $3,500 between > moving and renting a house, so I'm financially tapped at the moment and > haven't > even had time to go find a job yet, so I can't afford to go buy the lumber > needed to board up the windows myself. I'm having to leave a lot of my > belongings > here in the house and of course we not only have to worry about the high > winds, but flooding and looting also. > They have issued a mandatory evacuation order for the city, so most > people are boarding up and getting out. Unfortunately, I'm not able to > leave > because I have my 2 cats that I refuse to leave behind and because I just > spent all > my money to move here. I will be staying at my ex-mother-in-laws house, > which is a brick house and hopefully I'll be safe there. I'm sending my > 17 year > old daughter out of town with people from the church, so at least she will > be > safe. I will however be taking my computer with me where I go and I'll be > online until the power goes out, if it even does. My prayer is that the > hurricane > turns a little and has mercy on this city! > Thanks, > Joyce > > > ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Lorain County Genealogy page > http://www.centurytel.net/lorgen >