12 Sep
2004
12 Sep
'04
1:14 a.m.
In message <025a01c49852$d9c31ec0$0a4f0945@thegoodw>
"Glen Goodwin" <acme(a)gbronline.com> wrote:
Another Charlie/Frances survivor signing in . . . if
Ivan rears his
ugly head around here, I think it will be time for me to seriously
consider moving to a non-hurricane-infested locale . . .
Good plan.
Since Charlie hit, we have been without electricity
for a total
of 11 days -- and most of those days temps were in the mid
90s (F).
Mmm. Sunbathing weather :)
(just kidding)
At this moment in time, my ADSL connection is running again (after two days
spent going up and down like a jack-in-the-box) - the question is 'how long
will it stay up for?'... Two failures in two days, all related to the same
thing - a "major equipment failure" at the local exchange. One can only
wonder what BT's policy on preventive maintenance is. I'm guessing somewhere
along the lines of "Waste of time". Gits.
So, no hot water or cooking facilities, two
refrigerators
full of spoiled food, approx. 80 gallons of debris I've fished out of
our swimming pool (so far) . . . one more hurricane and I'll call it
quits on Florida.
Kinda puts the torrential rain we've had in the UK in perspective....
On a more positive note -- we are still alive!
And that's the important thing :)
Later.
--
Phil. | Acorn Risc PC600 Mk3, SA202, 64MB, 6GB,
philpem(a)dsl.pipex.com | ViewFinder, 10BaseT Ethernet, 2-slice,
http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/ | 48xCD, ARCINv6c IDE, SCSI
.... Earthquakes are Earth's way of saying, WAKE UP !!!!!!!!!!