Re: MI Hello from "FLoyd" State

[Miguel Iturralde]

Let's not forget our prayers for the folks in the Bahamas also.  Every year many of the small island-nations throughout the Caribbean get pummeled, but they don't make the big headlines.   If you are enjoying your favorite drink, with plenty of ice, imagine going for almost three months without electricity (no power for cooking, or pumping water or gasoline) and a newborn baby.  No income because the restaurant where you worked was blown off, and you have to wait for the owner to collect his insurance and come back to re-build (he is not a native of the island and waited a while until the infra-structure was sound in order to return).   This happened to a young woman from Anguila in 1995 (back to back Hurricanes Luis and Marylyn).   I know the subject of the message is off-topic.  PLEASE don't interpret it the wrong way; just count your blessings.   Regards,   Miguel Iturralde [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Quan, Sheila To: 'Cathy Galgano' ; mapinfo-l (E-mail) Sent: Tuesday, 14 September, 1999 11:00 AM Subject: RE: MI Hello from "FLoyd" State We are lucky, so far in England not to suffer from hurricanes and tornadoes. But for you all out there, batten down those hatches and take care! Sheila Quan Senior GIS Analyst Steer Davies Gleave > -----Original Message----- > From: Cathy Galgano [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 14 September 1999 14:39 > To: mapinfo-l (E-mail) > Subject: MI Hello from "FLoyd" State > > In case you don't read (or surf) the news...the state of Florida is under > a > major hurricane warning from Tuesday through late Wednesday.  Just wanted > to let fellow "listers" know that me and my MapInfo (and some GIS too) > will > be riding out the storm in Orlando's Emergency Operation Center.  We are > running PC's and laptops stand alone (and networked until...???).  The > Public Works/Safety Departments will "feed" the incident info to us and we > > will plot as we go to begin documentation of damage as well as on the stop > > problems with flooding etc..  This is a great test for all of us who have > been preparing GIS data for many years.  We can only hope that we are > ready, but time alone will tell. > Wish us luck, we may need it.  I'll make a report (or you can all watch > the > news) after Floyd blows on through to the other side. > Watch our Georgia and South Carolina...he's coming. > > Cathy > > Catherine Galgano > GIS Analyst > Orlando Fire Department > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put > "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]