Re: [lace-chat] Hurricane Isabel -- safely past (long)
We are OK - only about 4 inches of rain in 4 hours Thursday night and winds about 40 mph. I had no power outage, but there was some in the city and adjacent counties due to trees down on power lines. The coastal areas of North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware received the full force of the storm which hit them as class 2 hurricane. All of the barrier islands and beaches were evacuated. There was much wind damage and storm surge flooding on coast. DH and I drove down (2 hrs) to Richmond, capital of VA., Sat afternoon to take my entry to State Fair and most of city and surrounding area was without power and many without water, as the municipal water system uses electric pumps. The main streets have been cleared of downed trees, but still stacked on edges. Traffic lights not working and saw a few fender benders at intersections. ( We know that the car on the right has the right of way, but which is the right one when there are cars at all 4 points ?) There was no power at the fair grounds, but the hard working volunteers were set up near the front window and door, taking in the entries as usual. (We had to get a flash light from the car in order to use the toilet) Washington, DC shut down at noon on Thursday as the Metro (Bus and underground) closed to avoid high winds over turning buses and trains getting stalled between underground stations, (as happened in NY City when they lost power several weeks ago. They probably won't start up until Mon. There was widespread power loss in area. DD is still without power in VA suburb. Across the Blue Ridge Mt. in the Valley of Virginia they had 9 inches of rain in a few hours. As it has been a wet summer the ground was already saturated and the runoff caused serious flooding. More flooding is expected in the next few days down river as the water makes its way out to the sea. This storm started as class 5 hurricane, but weakened as approached land. Most Atlantic storms move up the coast and swipe the edge of land and then follow the gulf stream out to sea. This one hit head on and moved inland, ending up in Ontario, Canada. This is equivalent to the distance from southern Spain to Scotland ! So many more areas were affected than is usual. Fortunately, there were relatively few deaths, (about 23, I think, overall,) considering the amount of physical damage. Florida, which is frquently in the path of hurricanes, was spared this one. So we have survived another storm. We had good warning for this one and were able to prepare. It is a good idea to have an emergency kit supplied at all times, as stores sell out of batteries, propane gas canisters, lamp oil , and even candles in days before predicted storms. I couldn't find propane for camp stove we haven't used for over 10 yrs, so just laid a fire in fireplace. Didn't lose power, but have cooked over grate fire many times, so wasn't worried. Louise in Central Virginia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] viruses
In a message dated 20/09/2003 17:36:00 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We have been having problems with viruses, yes we do have a virus checker, I always update before I even download. DH has phoned BT because of the problems we have to be told they are awash with viruses. I have had six messages saying that my messages could not be sent, as I had not sent any messages I knew something was wrong. DH has had many more of the same messages. Jean in Newbury Jean and the spiders, Last week I was sending emails direct from aol (rather than from my account by via the web) - and I kept being told that my email was taking too long to send. Suddenly this just stopped I was led to believe that there was too much traffic at that one time, so now I tend to go on line when it's more quite - it also stops mum and dad moaning about me being on the phone all evening. Regards Liz To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] secret pal
A huge thank you to my Secret Pal, What a wonderful surprise parcel. The calendar and the souvenir book of Las Vegas are very special and are a really lovely reminder of the nice side of our stay in Las Vegas. It is an amazing place. My son enjoyed the lollipop - we'ed not seen one quite like it before, needless to say it didn't last long. I just love the writing set, itis such a pretty design - shall use it tonight to write to my cousin who I have recently discovered and will meet for the first time in about two weeks time. As for the really cute squirel - well he is hanging onto the side of a plant pot in my lounge so I can keep an eye on him, we know what mischief they can get up to after our trip to Yosemite. Hope that you all had a wonderful time at your daughters wedding. I'm really looking forward to next months revelations! Thank you for being such a special secret pal. Nicky To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Battle of Britain Lace Panel
Hi spiders It has been a very hectic week or so. Alice, I haven't forgotten about doing a write up about the trip to America - it really has been hectic - son getting married, daughter moved to Leicester, husband demolishing our cloakroom, teaching, helping with the organising of our lace day yesterday (Saturday with Veronica Main which was hectic but a good day) and a few other matters to boot including the exhibition of the Battle of Britain Lace Panel at The Forum, Norwich, (Norfolk, England) all last week. It was a fantastic week, beginning with the RAF Central Band and a Guard of Honour from RAF Coltishall parading outside City Hall in Norwich, there was then a flypast by a spitfire over the city before the parade made its way escorting the Lord Mayor of Norwich to The Forum, the Colours were presented and the Mayor unveiled the Lace Panel. Reg Sheppard then gave a talk on the history of the Battle of Britain and the lace panel. Reg did a magnificent job of displaying the lace panel. Two thousand exhibition brochures were printed and these had gone in two and a bit days, a further 1500 were produced overnight! Reg was overwhelmed at the response of the various lace groups/guilds who contributed to his appeal to help fund the exhibition. He told me that had it not been for the response of the lacemakers the exhibition would probably have not been able to go ahead - and asked me to pass on thanks to all those who responded. It was a very emotional time for him a dream come true, (by the way Reg is fine, he was kept in hospital overnight as a precaution, but was back Wednesday giving his talk twice a day). Thank you lacemakers. Several thousand visited the exhibition during the course of the week, many were lacemakers, and many came out of curiosity having seen publicity about it in local press etc -everyone thought it stunningly beautiful. The lace panel is absolutely exquisite, quite breathtaking. I have never seen machine lace of such superb quality. There were also press photos taken during the bombing on display, and it was these photos that Harry Cross used for designing many of the sections of the panel. I particularly loved the image of Bow Church which has the reflection of St Paul's Cathedral in its window. It was lovely to meet Jean, the owner of the panel, she inherited it from her father John Sloman, who had been behind the panels tour of Britain back in 1946-48, when Reg Sheppard accompanied it around the country. Bill Rowe (who has written a book about it called The Battle of Britain in Lace)and his wife, Evelyn also travelled up to Norfolk for the week and it was great meeting them as Bill has helped me with information about the panels that I have used for various articles that I've written and am about to write!). We enjoyed lunch on the Monday with Jacqui Barber - Chairman of the Lace Guild who came up for the day, and it was great to talk to the various lacemakers who came Carole Morris and friends from Burwell lacemakers, Audrey from Littleport Lacemakers, Sheringham Lacemakers, Norfolk Lacemakers, Suffolk Lacemakers etc etc (excuse me for any I've missed). I was also able to get some really fantastic photos of the panel with the digital camera I bought in America - I got an album put together Friday night so that it could go on display at our lace day on Saturday and I hope to add a page on Suffolk Lacemakers web site in the near future (have a few gremlins to sort out on that thanks to that nice bug that did the rounds a few weeks ago). If you get a chance to see the panel do, photos just don't do it justice. It is beautiful. Nicky in a lovely autumnal but sunny Suffolk, where I hope to touch ground soonOr I shall be in need of another holiday - dream on. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
