Subj : Re: We didn't get any eva
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Chaya
Date : Thu Sep 08 2005 02:37:12

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Finnigann wrote:

>   To: Chaya
> -=> Chaya wrote to alt.tv.farscape <=-
> 
>  Ch> From Newsgroup:
>  alt.tv.farscape 
> 
>  Ch> Nick wrote:
> 
> > Chaya wrote:
> >
> >> Well, our area sent down buses loaded with stuff to Baton Rouge,
> >> but no one wanted to come up here to Michigan (too far, they said).
> >>  The volunteers who went down said a lot of people are still in
> >> shock. 
> >>
> >> One family followed the buses up in their own car.  They got a free
> >> suite at a local hotel, clean clothes a local business gave the dad
> >> a job.  I think the kids have started school, but they say they
> >> aren't going to stay too long.
> >
> >
> > Well, it is a really long way.  Maybe they will end up staying.
> > Maybe when they see the beginnings of a Michigan winter they will be
> > back down here before the snow hits the ground.
> 
>  Ch> Could be.  I'm sure we'll be sending more stuff back down there. 
>  There Ch> were a few hundred people flown in to Battle Creek a few
>  days ago. 
> 
>  Ch> Michigan winters can be a drag, but we rarely have severe
>  weather. Ch> Hurricanes never make it up this far--the jet stream
>  pushes them into Ch> Ohio every time (I was actually hoping for some
>  rain from Katrina), and Ch> we don't have earthquakes, mudslides, or
>  tornados.  I'll take the Ch> winter...
> 
> Where do you live again? the UP? I have seen a few tornados in
> Michigan. 
>  latitude 41.9 N x longitude 85.0 W



Lansing.  We get some very small ones every now & again, but it's too
hilly for anything big.

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