"D. Norton" wrote in message
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Got a call from Doc last evening ,the reception was terrible to say the
least. As stated earlier he and Sue & the dogs are fine. They were in
their
house in Arcadia when the hurricane hit. Had tried to make it to the
community shelter. But found out that the shelter's roof had been blown
away. As it was they made the right choice in staying put. Doc told me
that
of the three house on his street that was left standing, his was one of
them. Unfortunately all of his beautiful old live oaks came tumbling down.
He told me that that house was lifted completely off the foundation. They
are turely blessed !

Thank goodness they're ok. I know it's old cliche, but it is still true, at
least they are ok. The material things can be replaced.

They will not have power restored for 4-6 weeks, but Family has kicked in
and a generator should now be on site providing minimal power. At least to
run his well pump, and a few other things. It is odd to me, since my wife
and I were in Arcadia with Doc and Sue this past April. I was there on
business, and had we had a delightful
time,albiet short. What is really freakish to me is ,had I made a
different
choice back in April, Connie and I would have found ourselves smack in the
heart of Charlie! Yeah we actually were contemplating a relocation to
Englewood, Fla. just minutes from "Punta Gorda" . Go figure!

Wow! 4-6 weeks!! After Fran blew through here in 96 (here = central NC) we
went without power for 8 days and that was terrible, I can't imagine a whole
month...not in August-September, not in hot/humid southern FL anyway. We
could'nt leave our neighborhood for 6 days after Fran due to all the trees
and lines down across all major roads, including interstates in our area.
(We now keep (2) 5.5k generators and 25 gallons of fuel on hand, ALL THE
TIME now as a result).

We should find out if their generator can pull a small window unit A/C and
see what we can do to get them one, at least, if the power is really in that
bad state of affairs. One can deal without TV, or even lights to a great
extent, but sleeping at night in hot weather is a tough thing to do,
especially after surviving something like a major hurricane.

Good luck to ya Doc, Godspeed on the recovery. Like Dave here says, let us
know if we can help, those of us that have gone through similar situations
can certainly relate and would help how we could.


Our thoughts and prayers go out to Sue & Doc, and should there be anything
we can do. Well Doc knows our number.
--
Dave Norton
The RodMaker
Millennium Custom Rods