June Perry on fri 17 sep 04
Dear Joyce and fellow clayarters,
It's been an interesting time to say the least. We've survived three
hurricanes so far, and now Jeanne is headed our way. We lucked out with some plant
damage, a few loose roof tiles and a lot of debris to clean up; but the house,
dock and boat survived up until now.
My sister in law, who lives in New Smyrna, an hour north of us, lost over 20
trees and has roof damage to deal with, but she was closer to the eye of the
storm. We were a bit more east, which I think was our saving grace.
When we finally got home, the power was still out (two neighbors lines went
down and a tree fell on one neighbors roof. It's still sitting there! and we
only had to rough it for about three more days.
The food stores still haven't gotten full restocked. They probably had to
throw out all the frozen and cold foods, which is what we had to do when we got
home.
We've put those storm shutters up and taken them down twice already and we're
hoping that we're done for the season.
With Frances we headed out of town to North Carolina and wound up staying
longer than we thought, because we were able to push up the closing of the house
we were buying there. Well, Frances followed us up there and we checked the
new house the day before closing and were happy to find that the house was dry,
including the basement.
We live off the same road as Gay Smith, and it looked like the bridge over
Cane creek to her house was getting ready to go. The water was going over it and
there was a huge amount of debris pushed up against it. I hope that she fared
OK. Shane Mickey, who lives further down the road had some flooding in his
studio, so please say a prayer that the rain from Ivan won't do any further
damage to the area.
Highwater clays new location in Asheville got a bit of water coming in during
the last onslaught, and may have more of the same this time.
I just heard on the weather channel that 9 roads in that county are
impassable, so it sounds like western N.C. mountains are getting hit hard again.
We're heading back up there in a week. Hopefully things will have settled
down here in Florida and in N.C. :-)
Warmest regards,
June
Antoinette Badenhorst on fri 17 sep 04
Thanks for the update June. Most of us do not really understand what is
involved with such storms. I understand that the stinking of rotten
foods can be terrible! I hope things will return to normal for you guys
soon and that Jeanne will be gracious to you guys all up the eastern
coast.
We were very fortunate to just get some rain from Ivan. Today is sunny
again.
Antoinette Badenhorst
105 Westwood Circle
Saltillo MS
38866
662 869 1651
www.clayandcanvas.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of June Perry
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 8:19 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: June in Florida checking in
Dear Joyce and fellow clayarters,
It's been an interesting time to say the least. We've survived three
hurricanes so far, and now Jeanne is headed our way. We lucked out with
some plant
damage, a few loose roof tiles and a lot of debris to clean up; but the
house,
dock and boat survived up until now.
My sister in law, who lives in New Smyrna, an hour north of us, lost
over 20
trees and has roof damage to deal with, but she was closer to the eye of
the
storm. We were a bit more east, which I think was our saving grace.
When we finally got home, the power was still out (two neighbors lines
went
down and a tree fell on one neighbors roof. It's still sitting there!
and we
only had to rough it for about three more days.
The food stores still haven't gotten full restocked. They probably had
to
throw out all the frozen and cold foods, which is what we had to do when
we got
home.
We've put those storm shutters up and taken them down twice already and
we're
hoping that we're done for the season.
With Frances we headed out of town to North Carolina and wound up
staying
longer than we thought, because we were able to push up the closing of
the house
we were buying there. Well, Frances followed us up there and we checked
the
new house the day before closing and were happy to find that the house
was dry,
including the basement.
We live off the same road as Gay Smith, and it looked like the bridge
over
Cane creek to her house was getting ready to go. The water was going
over it and
there was a huge amount of debris pushed up against it. I hope that she
fared
OK. Shane Mickey, who lives further down the road had some flooding in
his
studio, so please say a prayer that the rain from Ivan won't do any
further
damage to the area.
Highwater clays new location in Asheville got a bit of water coming in
during
the last onslaught, and may have more of the same this time.
I just heard on the weather channel that 9 roads in that county are
impassable, so it sounds like western N.C. mountains are getting hit
hard again.
We're heading back up there in a week. Hopefully things will have
settled
down here in Florida and in N.C. :-)
Warmest regards,
June
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