[AT] Catching up, Bo Hinch and Hurricane Laura and the antique tractor community in general

Thu Aug 27 10:04:33 PDT 2020

 I rode out Ike in Houston Tx.  I live in a wooded area and live in a corner house.  I was lucky no damage to my property. But two houses across the street had big pine trees across them.
I happened to be one of the only neighbors that had a working chain saw. I spent three days cutting out sections of pine trees and pulling them to the side of the road.  Could not get out for two days.  The third day cars could get into most of the neighborhood.  I have about 25 big trees on my small property so I was very lucky.
On the forth day We cleaned up my property. My wife My self and two exchange students from Germany and Georgia. I got about 20 pick up loads of limbs and pine pine cones put out for the city to pickup.
Without power for about three weeks.  I ran a generator a few hours a day to keep the freezers cold.  Burnt about 60 gallons of gas.  Thank God for the Chevy Suburban in the drive way with 40 gallons of gas.  Plus my storm stash we were able to get by before they got the gas stations operational.
It is quite an ordeal and we had no real damage. 

There is an army getting ready to go east to help with clearing the roads and doing repairs.  But it is going to take a while. 

    On Thursday, August 27, 2020, 11:49:41 AM CDT, Bo Hinch <bohinch at gmail.com> wrote:  

 It's pretty bad in my area so much so that trees and power lines are across the roads with so much debris you can't walk let alone drive  .
On Thu, Aug 27, 2020, 11:28 AM ustonThomas Mehrkam <tmehrkam at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

 Just watched a news report on hurricane damage.  They were in Sulfur LA.  Lots of trees and power lines down.  Some buildings blown apart.  

Lot of cleanup and reconstruction going to be needed. Hope there is not too much damage to Bo's place.

    On Thursday, August 27, 2020, 10:44:21 AM CDT, szabelski at wildblue.net <szabelski at wildblue.net> wrote:  

 Hopefully there are a lot more who are as fortunate as you. Hate to see anybody lose everything or wind up with major damage to their possessions. I can’t imagine what going through insurance and federal assistance must be when an entire area gets hit, has to be a major headache.

Take care and stay safe.

Carl

----- Original Message -----
From: Bo Hinch <bohinch at gmail.com>
To: Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 09:29:20 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [AT] Catching up, Bo Hinch and Hurricane Laura and the antique tractor community in general

Just a quick update on Sulphur Louisiana from Slidell Louisiana which is
230 miles away  . My brother said my house and shop is still intact with
minimum damage as for the best that he can see  . There is so much debris
that  he cannot walk around in the yard  . Light poles and wires and limbs
makes it impossible to walk anywhere  . It seems like I am doing better
than most within miles of where I live  . I will post more when possible
.I LOVE THE ANTIQUE TRACTOR GUYS and what they mean to me .

On Wed, Aug 26, 2020, 9:36 PM <szabelski at wildblue.net> wrote:

> Charlie,
>
> To minimize the eye strain from your monitor, try looking away every 15 -
> 20 minutes and stare at something 20 - 25 feet away, like something in the
> next room, for about 5 minutes. Even watching TV for a minute or two helps
> due to the movement on the screen. I used to get up a take a walk and BS
> with the other engineers every now and then, also helped with thinking
> about what I was working on. Another thing to try is to sit farther away
> from the monitor. You can also try adjusting the brightness and contrast,
> darker is supposed to be better.
>
> Some of the disciplinary aides (secretaries) I used to work with would use
> a screen filter to cut down the glare from the monitor. Some people say
> that wearing a good pair of polarized lenses helps.
>
> The reason you don’t have as big an issue with you phone is because of the
> screen size and the lower amount of emitted light.
>
> Carl
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> To: Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 19:42:51 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: [AT] Catching up, Bo Hinch and Hurricane Laura and the
> antique tractor community in general
>
> Thanks Mattias.  Yes I just saw that message.
> It’s good to hear from all of you but looking at this computer screen gives
> me terrible headaches so I don’t.  I can do stuff on my smart phone pretty
> well
> but the computer hurts.
>
> Charlie
>
> From: Mattias Kessén
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 5:32 PM
> To: Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Catching up, Bo Hinch and Hurricane Laura and the
> antique tractor community in general
>
> Hi!
>
> Good to hear from you Charlie.
> No earlier said that they were evacuating, so I believe they're safe but
> worried over their property and belongings.
>
>
> Den ons 26 aug. 2020 23:29charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> skrev:
>
>  Hi gang.
>
>  I hope everyone is well.  I’m doing fine but looking at computer screens
> bothers my eyes enough
>  that it’s no fun to be online.  I can drive and function ok.  There are
> just some things that bother
>  me enough to discourage doing them.  E-mail is one of those.
>
>  I’m worried about Bo Hinch.  Has anyone heard from him?  Some of you
> probably know
>  he lives very near Lake Charles  (Sulphur), LA which, under some
> forecast models is possibly ground
>  zero for hurricane Laura.  I think the elevation of his whole town is
> about 16’ above sea level
>  and it’s only a few miles inland from a bay that empties into the gulf.
>  I haven’t been able to get up with him.  I hope he and anyone else in
> this family who is in the
>  path of this storm has their antique tractors put away and is headed for
> high ground.
>
>  If I don’t see your reply John Hall and Al Jones know how to reach me.
>
>  Charlie
>
>
>
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