Subj : Rita Cleanup
To   : All
From : Sam Alexander
Date : Mon Sep 26 2005 11:41 am

Hey Guys --

I just talked to my brother, and he and I are heading to Southeast Texas to 
help family with cleanup this Friday through Sunday.  The family down there 
lost the roof on one house, a tree fell on another garage crushing the 
family car, and every family member down there has damage of some kind.  
ALso they're saying weeks before power or water is restored.

They live in Silsbee, which is about 20 miles from Beaumont.  Here's an 
article I found talking about the state of the town:
http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/13617428p-14459494c.html

We'll be taking a tent, plenty of water, enough gas so we don't need to 
fill-up (it's about 500 miles roundtrip from Waco), food, camping gear, etc.  
They're bringing my great-grandmother (98 yo) to Silsbee to stay with my mom 
since the heat is too unbearable for her.  

Any thoughts on other stuff to take?  THis is my home town, so I'm really 
not looking forward to seeing it like this.  I'll also take some pictures 
while there.

It's a crazy world we live in...

Sam

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