I texted AJ
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:53 pm
He's OK. No power or water, but safe.
I put this in beebs' thread, but realized it deserved its own thread.
I put this in beebs' thread, but realized it deserved its own thread.
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Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:58 pm
Another country heard from! Yay!
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:59 pm
Thanks for checking, and for giving us the update.
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 10:13 pm
Good to hear he is OK. I noticed his soccer team the Dynamo was in San Jose, far from the storm, they played to a 1-1 tie this evening.
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:15 pm
Glad to hear it. So far so good for everyone.
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 2:29 am
Good to hear! Thanks!
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:56 am
Thanks to Rexer for getting in touch with me. I realized yesterday that I didn't have any BBs in the address book of my new cell phone. Dumb, dumb, dumb.
I hope everyone else made it through OK. It looks good from what I've read of the bored.
Still no water or power at my apartment but everything else is OK. MinuteMaid Park across the highway has power which I can sort of understand since it is new and downtown has mostly underground power but the MinuteMaid parking lots which are on my side of the highway and right next to my apartment complex have power. That's kind of irritating to look out across the darkened warehouse district and see the lights blazing over a huge empty parking lot. Oh well.
I walked across downtown to get to the courthouse this morning. Power, water, and AC here which is nice. I'm going to take a shower, soak up the AC and then head back to my place.
The biggest hazard downtown is the glass and metal everywhere. There are crews working on the trees and on the glass right around the Chase Tower which has the most damage. I have no idea when our courthouse will reopen. I'm sure some of the judges are planning to open on Monday. They didn't want to close on Friday.
I hope everyone else made it through OK. It looks good from what I've read of the bored.
Still no water or power at my apartment but everything else is OK. MinuteMaid Park across the highway has power which I can sort of understand since it is new and downtown has mostly underground power but the MinuteMaid parking lots which are on my side of the highway and right next to my apartment complex have power. That's kind of irritating to look out across the darkened warehouse district and see the lights blazing over a huge empty parking lot. Oh well.
I walked across downtown to get to the courthouse this morning. Power, water, and AC here which is nice. I'm going to take a shower, soak up the AC and then head back to my place.
The biggest hazard downtown is the glass and metal everywhere. There are crews working on the trees and on the glass right around the Chase Tower which has the most damage. I have no idea when our courthouse will reopen. I'm sure some of the judges are planning to open on Monday. They didn't want to close on Friday.
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:02 am
Great to see you, aj!
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:04 am
Yay!!!!
Now all we have to do is hear form BiT, which is something I never thought I'd say in an election year....
Now all we have to do is hear form BiT, which is something I never thought I'd say in an election year....
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:41 am
Hey! I resemble that remark.minimetoo26 wrote:Yay!!!!
Now all we have to do is hear form BiT, which is something I never thought I'd say in an election year....
Posted just a second ago. We are O.K. Have water, phone, and electricity. No cable or high-speed internet.
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 12:04 pm
More good news!
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 8:45 pm
More news to be thankful for!
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 7:50 am
AJ is back!
Power (and water) returned to my apartment on Monday night. My TV and internet service returned this morning. Hurray!
Still several million people for the power company to work on but they fixed me up.
Part of my family back in the Midwest is without power though. The remnants of Hurricane Ike and other storms knocked out the power for my sister in Southeast Indiana, for my aunt and uncle in East Central Indiana, another aunt and uncle in Northeast Indiana and for my cousin in central Illinois. My friends (practically family) in Michigan also had power outages but they are back.
I had no idea about any of this until this morning. Being cut off from the normal flow of news and email will do that to you.
Power (and water) returned to my apartment on Monday night. My TV and internet service returned this morning. Hurray!
Still several million people for the power company to work on but they fixed me up.
Part of my family back in the Midwest is without power though. The remnants of Hurricane Ike and other storms knocked out the power for my sister in Southeast Indiana, for my aunt and uncle in East Central Indiana, another aunt and uncle in Northeast Indiana and for my cousin in central Illinois. My friends (practically family) in Michigan also had power outages but they are back.
I had no idea about any of this until this morning. Being cut off from the normal flow of news and email will do that to you.
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 7:55 am
Three cheers for AJ!andrewjackson wrote:AJ is back!
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 7:56 am
Welcome back, AJ!
The wind was still pretty strong when it passed through this area, Sunday night, and it caused scattered power outages. I can only imagine what it was like when it was still hurricane strength!
The wind was still pretty strong when it passed through this area, Sunday night, and it caused scattered power outages. I can only imagine what it was like when it was still hurricane strength!
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:16 am
I am glad that power, television and internet are back for you and that you are safe.