[tcb] Re: Homeless in Siberia

  • From: theresabuckner@xxxxxxx
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  • Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:50:37 -0500

Hey does this mean Dennis will have plenty of firewood for Physco blooie ? Just trying to look on the bright side , on yes was nt the temp here wonderful . uupps sorry Dennis The more trees you knock down , the safe er Murry is Terry R



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From: Chuck Blue <sukchew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 4:44 pm
Subject: [tcb] Re: Homeless in Siberia


I think it's all just research for campfire stories.He had a perfectly good place that he had to leave so he could do reasearch. 
oleblue 
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Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 11:50 AM 
Subject: [tcb] Re: Homeless in Siberia 
 
That sucks! Stay warm! Its gonna be 70 tomorrow. Were campin! 
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Sent: Jan 30, 2009 1:42 PM 
Subject: [tcb] Homeless in Siberia 
 
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 days20and 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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