[AT] test, hurricane

[Gene Waugh Elgin, Illinois USA]

Al, when I saw the following, MY mind went back to Hurricane Hazel, 
1954, if my mind serves me correctly!  We lived outside of Raleigh a 
ways---Dad was a Dept Head at NCS College (at the time).  We were out in 
the country; IIRC, it was about two weeks for power to be restored, and 
longer than that for the phones.  We were very popular in the 
neighborhood; we had an old dug well, while most had drilled wells.  
Hard to use a bucket in them!!

Gene
Elgin, Illinois USA

Al Jones wrote:
> <...snip>  And you are right-- Raleigh learned about hurricanes the hard
> way.  They had a big mess after hurricane fran in 1996--I thought I could
> go back up there after the storm (I was still a student at NCSU at the
> time) and enjoy such luxuries we didn't have after the storm at home, stuff
> such as running water, electricity, and air conditioning.  WRONG!  Didn't
> take me long to figure out that DH Hill Library and a lot of other
> on-campus buildings had back up generators though.....
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> Al
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