[23927] in APO-L
Re: [APO-L] Hurricane Isable Update
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rachel)
Fri Sep 19 22:38:16 2003
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 19:37:38 -0700
Reply-To: Rachel <iceangel99@yahoo.com>
From: Rachel <iceangel99@yahoo.com>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <20030920014539.4409.qmail@web20501.mail.yahoo.com>
I live on the border of sections 88/89 (NY state) and
Syracuse just experienced a ton of wind, supposedly a
storm thurs night (i slept through it but then again i
could sleep through a full blown hurricane). lots of
leaves, small brush, a few minor power outages and
some rain. numerous rural schools closed because
flooding was predicted but never came (much of that
concern was near the finger lakes region) hope all
are safe and sound to the south...i am thoroughly
annoyed by people here complaining of losing power for
an hour when others lost homes, valuables, and even
lives....
Rachel Kuhn
89 staff
zeta delta alum
--- Derek Cashman <derek_cashman@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Just wanted to let everyone know that there are
> still
> 11 Regions (Region III - VA/NC/MD/DC is still here,
> albeit somewhat of a disaster area right now).
> Virtually every part of this tri-state/DC area was
> affected by Hurricane Isabel.
>
> I can't really speak for those in other parts, but
> as
> for the Richmond area, we got quite a storm. Isabel
> gave us Tropical Storm Force winds in the range of
> 40
> - 60 mph, and it's possible that several funnel
> clouds
> touched down as well. Large sections of the area are
> still without power, and at least in Virginia,
> approximately 1.8 million customers have no
> electricity. Another problem in Richmond is running
> water; a lot of the major pumping stations serving
> the
> city and surrounding counties shut down, so there's
> basically no running water.
>
> The roads are not in good shape (although most of
> the
> main roads are clear now. Many secondary roads have
> been blocked by uprooted trees of as much as 3 feet
> in
> diameter, and there is brush everywhere. The death
> toll has so far reached 17 (from what information I
> have).
>
> There also appears to be long lines at gas stations.
> I
> haven't had to fuel up yet (since I was smart enough
> to fuel up BEFORE the storm), but I imagine this is
> due to the lack of electricity and the limited pumps
> available to those needing gas.
>
> I still don't have power or internet at home. I was
> able to travel downtown to the Biotech Park, which
> fortunately has electricity (but unfortunately still
> no running water, toilets, or a/c).
>
> Slowly, things are returning to normal. I expect
> Virginia Commonwealth University to open up again
> monday (as most other schools in the Richmond area).
> Hopefully power will be restored this weekend,
> although they're saying it could be as much as a
> week.
> The lack of water seems a more critical problem (I'm
> not sure I want to stick around in a city where no
> one
> has been showering for a week - sad attempt at humor
> in this situation - LOL).
>
> From what I am told, Hampton Roads got hit much
> worse.
> Massive flooding and major damage. The cost could
> easily climb into the millions. As for North
> Carolina,
> I haven't really heard yet. But I would expect
> things
> to be on the same scale as Virginia, perhaps worse,
> since landfall occured on the coast of NC. Although
> I
> do know of major flooding on the Potomac and in
> Baltimore's Inner Harbor, so the disaster has
> extended
> further.
>
> If anyone wants to help out, the American Red Cross
> is
> in desperate need of cash. Their Disaster Relief
> Fund
> is pretty much depleted (although they have funds in
> the WTC Disaster Fund, those funds can only go to
> victims of the 911 WTC Terrorist Attacks). So they
> are
> really in need of assistance. The website is
> www.redcross.org.
>
> Well, that's all for now! We'll keep you posted as
> things progress,...
>
> Cheers!
>
>
> =====
> Derek J. Cashman (derek_cashman@yahoo.com)
> (derek.cashman@vcu.edu)
> Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Medicinal Chemistry
> MCV Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University
> Technology & Electronic Communications (TEC)
> Coordinator
> National Media & Technology Committee
> Alpha Phi Omega; Region III
>
> "A Drug is any substance which, when injected into a
> rat, produces a publishable, scientific paper."
>
> __________________________________
> Do you Yahoo!?
> Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site
> design software
> http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software
http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
