[tcb] Re: Homeless in Siberia
- From: singlecabboy <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:47:55 -0800 (PST)
I,ve got my legs crossed for you.
Paul Smith
2009 Zone Tour 1999-2009 ,10 years of Trucking
H.B.B
T.C.B
Transporters at the Point 6 October 9,10,and 11, 2009
--- On Fri, 1/30/09, Katrina Martin <k.d.martin@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Katrina Martin <k.d.martin@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Homeless in Siberia
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, January 30, 2009, 8:28 PM
> Dan & I did it for 2 weeks. It sucks but, hey what about
> all the great stories like Chuck said...
> Is the generator loud? Did you get enough oil?Is there a
> gas station open? Is there a line to get gas,since everyone
> is getting gas for their generator(s) & car also?No
> internet sucks. But electricity is so much more important! I
> feel your pain. I have my fingers crossed that ya]ll get the
> electricity turned on soon. Even my toes are crossed!
>
> Katrina & Dan Martin
> 71'bus "Homer"
> http://web.mac.com/danandkatrinamartin
> http://ical.mac.com/danandkatrinamartin/Volks32Shows
>
>
> On Jan 30, 2009, at 12:42 PM, coocoo@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > I am almost dead. I am sitting in a coffee shop using
> their Wi-Fi, one of the few places that are open and have
> internet. The entire city of Springdale is dark. There is in
> inch of ice on everything. The ice crystals are growing UP
> from the grass. I have never seen that.
> >
> > The power went off three days ago, but using
> Gerald's big orange battery I could still get internet.
> We refugeed to Brad and Claudette's in Rogers, where
> only half the town was dark. but they had no Net. Then they
> lost power and my house now has no internet.
> >
> > We had to crash the Element through the hanging ice
> from the bent over trees. And then we lost traction going up
> the road to Nob Hill and it slid sideways into a ditch. We
> abandoned it and I walked back for the truck, but by then
> two or three trees and fallen and blocked our driveway, so I
> had to just plow through the woods, knocking down small
> trees.
> >
> > Then it got worse.
> >
> > Driving from Brad's, 12 miles or so, fighting my
> way down the road, machete, bow saw and small chainsaw, fed
> the dogs, checked on everything, going to the only grocery
> store open, stopping at the liquor store (it's not
> really open, just the drive-thru window. They have a laptop,
> take cash and go find what you want with flashlights) then
> arrive back at Brad's was 7 hours.
> >
> > Yesterday we went with a big chainsaw and it took
> about two hours to cut our way to the house. More trees keep
> falling.
> >
> > The neighbors, who are old and weak anyway, were
> suffering quietly when I went and checked on them. She chain
> smokes and had been out of cigs for two days and they had no
> toilet paper. I gave them by cell phone because their phone
> was dead. They had never worked one. When we were on our way
> back there I called to ask what they might need and she
> asked for two cups of coffee. Their stove is elect rick, so
> they hadn't had anything hot for two days. I gave them a
> cook top and a propane bottle. They still couldn't make
> coffee, cuz Mr Coffee won't work, so I went home and
> brought them a drip setup.
> >
> > We got the Element out of the ditch.
> >
> > I have borrowed a small generator from a guy who went
> and bought a bigger one after he found that he couldn't
> fun his furnace, freezer, fridge, plasma TV and his Mr
> Coffee with the little one. I supposedly will be able to
> plug this into my furnace and my projector TV.
> >
> > Well, I have delayed it about as long as I can. At
> least I need to feed the dogs.
> >
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