Oil lamps, and if you are out in the country extra water for flushing the toilet. Keep an eye open for those who are alone so that in the event of another event such as this you will have an idea who might need assistance and perhaps lend such assistance if phones are off too. --- Ms2001@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 9/23/2003 12:21:03 PM > Eastern Daylight Time, > emaress_nova@yahoo.com writes: > > > > Put > > together non-perishable pantries of canned > goods > > against ice storms or other disasters. Stock > > bottled water the same way. > > > > And a manual can opener! Some paper plates and > plastic utensils are good too > - you can't wash dishes! > > Bev > > > ========Original Message======== > Subj: Re: [VAROOTS] Isabel & things to think > about, Kristina > Date: 9/23/2003 12:21:03 PM Eastern Daylight > Time > From: <A > HREF="mailto:emaress_nova@yahoo.com">emaress_nova@yahoo.com</A> > > Reply-to: <A > HREF="mailto:VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com">VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com</A> > > To: <A > HREF="mailto:VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com">VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com</A> > > Sent from the Internet (Details) > > > > You were fortunate to be in a neighborhood > where > people at least shared food and talked to each > other. Here in the rural areas we were totally > alone. Me and my cat (who was frightened beyond > belief). You have no idea how dark it gets in > the > country - like being in the bottom of a coal > mine. Finally got 3 kerosene lamps that acted > more or less as nite lites - the cat cried > piteously without them, and glued himself to me > even in the daylight. Toilet flushing was a > real > problem . For 2 days I ate mostly crackers and > peanut butter and drank a 2 litre bottle of > warm > gingerale. No one to talk to. Thankfully I am > healthy - I shudder to think of the frail older > people who were also alone in the dark. > My name is Mary Sias. I live in Prince Edward > County, VA. The eye of Isabel came right thru > the > middle of us - fortunately no damage. I was in > Manassas in 1972 when Hurricane Agnes hit and > much of Manassas was underwater - but it was > still not as demoralizing as Isabel was. > Anyone reading this - if you dont know your > neighbors - knock on their doors and make > yourself known. Better late than never. Put > together non-perishable pantries of canned > goods > against ice storms or other disasters. Stock > bottled water the same way. > Thanks for listening. > --- FRMRNYR@aol.com wrote: > > Yes, it was not fun not having TV, or > Computer, > > But it was worse not having a > > Fridge. > > Most Held Big cook outs and every one cooked > > the contents of their fridges on > > Friday. > > Easier to Share than throw out all that food. > > Having too cook everything on the barbecue > was > > not too hard. > > During the day you could read, and do yard > > work, but at night, there really > > wasn't much to do. The radio was your only > life > > line. > > HOWEVER, what was really bad was that there > was > > no PHONES, WITH Electric not > > working the phones didn't work. And Even the > > cell phone towers run on > > electric. And even when they started working > > you couldn't call a LAND line because > > they had no electric and their phones weren't > > working. > > Trying to find ice and water here was > horrible. > > And gasoline for cars? you > > should have seen the lines............. > > The pizza place on my corner never lost > > electric (they were on same grid as > > electric company) was serving coffee at am > > Friday. > > But worse was that none of the traffic lights > > worked, so they were telling > > people to stay home, you don't realize how > much > > traffic lights save lives, until > > u don't have them. > > Walmart was stripped bare of all it's > > necessities, home depot was selling > > generators, saws, water, etc., before they > even > > put it on the shelves. > > But what's really bad is that we saw COMPLETE > > HOMES go into the Atlantic > > ocean, JUST FLOAT AWAY. We saw trees in > peoples > > houses, we saw one tree come into > > a house while the guy was in bed, and the > tree > > stopped a foot from his face. > > My biggest pet peeve, is the fact that they > are > > going to rebuild kitty hawk, > > (outerbanks) 13 million dollars, I mean it > was > > washed away, completely, (my > > prayers go to those 300 people) who are stuck > > in the middle of the ocean, > > completely cut off from the entire world. > > And they want to do it in 90 days because of > > the celebration of the first > > flight. > > They got to replace all that sand, and build > > new hotels, considering 4 were > > also washed away, > > Again thanks for everything, I need to get > > working on myweb site, after we do > > laundry, etc. > > Schools are still closed and it's raining > > again, all those people with no > > roofs. > > Kristina > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 > billion > > online genealogy records, go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! 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