At 06:16 AM -0400 10/27/2005, Tim Collier wrote: > >We went to bed last night with no power. > [snip] > > Good to hear you and yours are ok, Tim! :) > > My friend Jim lives just N of Miami. He's also without power, but he > and his neighbor are sharing a generator. It's enough to keep two > small refrigerators and all their computer equipment running - Macs, > PCs, and servers. A big old tree from the neighbor's yard flattened > his fence. The top of the tree is about 2' from his house. > > What's the deal with people that buy way-overpriced plywood before > each and every hurricane, then throw it out after? Jim says there > are "scavengers" that collect the wood before the regular trash > pickup - then resell it to people door-to-door?! ...Jim and his > neighbor keep their plywood; they have some sort of brackets > installed to make putting 'em on/off easy. > > - Dan. > (who lives in the mild climate of South Jersey)
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