Subj : Re: We didn't get any eva To : alt.tv.farscape From : Chaya Date : Thu Sep 08 2005 02:39:25 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Finnigann wrote: > To: Nick > -=> Nick wrote to alt.tv.farscape <=- > > Ni> From Newsgroup: > alt.tv.farscape > > Ni> 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. > > > Ni> Well, it is a really long way. Maybe they will end up staying. > Ni> Maybe when they see the beginnings of a Michigan winter they will > be Ni> back down here before the snow hits the ground. > > > I used to drive from Houston to Detroit in a day. [1288 mi in 22 hrs] > I've done Lansing to Tampa in 22 hours, and we did Dallas to Ft. Wayne in that time once as well. .