Guest guest Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Just noticed this post from last week & was wondering whether anyone has had contact with Dick Ford.... Angela > > Hurricane Katrina will be passing over our county later today; we > expect > power will be out for days. My house has a lower floor with very strong > 12 " > concrete walls; it is a tornado shelter where we've gathered my nearby > family, including my elderly grandmother. We expect to be ok. > ... > Be kind. Be of good cheer. > Dick Ford > www.dick-ford.com > > > > > > laurie > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 He posted on the MS vegetarian group that he has internet service, a generator and food and water but that he must conserve his battery backup on his computer. Therefore he isn't posting anywhere else at the moment. I am originally from Pascaoula, MS and plan to make a trip there this weekend. Does anyone on this list know of someone there that might need help with food items not widely available there? For instance, nutritional yeast. I would like to help if I can. My family has lost absolutely everything and I am taking them supplies. Because of this, I can't restock a pantry for someone but I would like to help in some way. I was reading the list of foods the USDA has sent to the area and realized I would be very hungry for a very long time if I had to depend upon them. Thaks, Carrol -- In , " mamacrocs " <angelas2@c...> wrote: > Just noticed this post from last week & was wondering whether anyone > has had contact with Dick Ford.... > > Angela > > > > > Hurricane Katrina will be passing over our county later today; we > > expect > > power will be out for days. My house has a lower floor with very > strong > > 12 " > > concrete walls; it is a tornado shelter where we've gathered my > nearby > > family, including my elderly grandmother. We expect to be ok. > > ... > > Be kind. Be of good cheer. > > Dick Ford > > www.dick-ford.com > > > > > > > > > > > > laurie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Dick's son is on my veggie_tweens list. I have heard from him. He thankfully posted to the kids list because my daughter was very worried about his son. They are ok. They have food and water. They just went home from where they were staying and home has no electricity but it is still standing. His tone (if you can read that in an e-mail) seemed good. It sounds like they may have had some damage but he is taking it in stride and is happy that his family is ok. I'm sure he will post soon. mamacrocs <angelas2 wrote:Just noticed this post from last week & was wondering whether anyone has had contact with Dick Ford.... Angela > > Hurricane Katrina will be passing over our county later today; we > expect > power will be out for days. My house has a lower floor with very strong > 12 " > concrete walls; it is a tornado shelter where we've gathered my nearby > family, including my elderly grandmother. We expect to be ok. > ... > Be kind. Be of good cheer. > Dick Ford > www.dick-ford.com > > > > > > laurie > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 We have electricity now, since 3pm Wednesday. A powerline crew from north Alabama did the work to connect our line; we are the last houses on the line and it was down in several stretches between us and the source. It feels grand to have air conditioning again, even though Adam's room and the basement never got above 77; it was humid down there. This morning I hooked up computers for the internet again. It required re-doing the temporary patch I made last week when the phone line leading to the house broke. Now we have something that gives all our phones back, but I know the patch will be a source of laughter when the phone technicians eventually arrive to return the line to their standards. Today we go to Jackson to get my grandma and my mother. It is Adam's birthday, so we need to do something special for him also. I haven't been able to buy him anything yet; he doesn't know what he wants. Now the cleanup can begin. Adam shouted with glee when the power came back on. He turned on his computer, then the tv. What an electronic boy. During the 10 days without power, we only opened one can. We could have gone much longer with all the canned and dried foods in the pantry. Mostly we ate out of the freezers as they thawed. I didn't lose much. The minute power was lost, I wrapped my deep freeze in many layers of blankets and foam. It was still frozen several days later when shared generators became available. We made big pots of freezer soup to share with the neighbors; I didn't stress to them it was all vegan. Many chicken farms were damaged; we saw thousands of chickens wandering around where the owners must have turned them out to fend for themselves, rather than letting them die of suffucation and lack of food and water in the chicken houses. One chicken owner bulldozed the chickens in a mass burial; half were still alive. They were due to be taken to the chicken factory, but the factories shut down from lack of power. Many animals were displaced; there is no knowing about animal suffering during the hurricane. I met some people who had fled New Orleans with their horse on a trailer; they had no place to return to, so they sold their horse to my auctioneer cousin here. Along with the military, Red Cross, utility and FEMA convoys, I saw many animal feed trucks headed further south into the worst disaster area. My website has photos of the tornado that destroyed my son's school last spring; there are images of trees down and buildings damaged. Now most of Mississippi looks like that, with increasing intensity as toward the coast where everything has been erased. Thanks to everyone for their prayers and good wishes. .... Be kind. Be of good cheer. Dick Ford www.dick-ford.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Dick, I guess you guys were eating a lot of fruit what part of town do you live in? My friends in Humma are fine too. But I have friends in Metarie , I have not heard from . Lynda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2005 Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 Dick, so glad to hear that you and yours are safe and sound. My husband is leaving here (OK) for ponts unknown in LA on Sunday; he is a police officer. I wish you all the best as you begin cleaning up and trying to move forward. Happy Birthday to Adam! Chessie - Dick Ford Thursday, September 08, 2005 9:11 AM Re: Re: hurricane - Has anyone heard from Dick Ford? We have electricity now, since 3pm Wednesday. A powerline crew from north Alabama did the work to connect our line; we are the last houses on the line and it was down in several stretches between us and the source. It feels grand to have air conditioning again, even though Adam's room and the basement never got above 77; it was humid down there. This morning I hooked up computers for the internet again. It required re-doing the temporary patch I made last week when the phone line leading to the house broke. Now we have something that gives all our phones back, but I know the patch will be a source of laughter when the phone technicians eventually arrive to return the line to their standards. Today we go to Jackson to get my grandma and my mother. It is Adam's birthday, so we need to do something special for him also. I haven't been able to buy him anything yet; he doesn't know what he wants. Now the cleanup can begin. Adam shouted with glee when the power came back on. He turned on his computer, then the tv. What an electronic boy. During the 10 days without power, we only opened one can. We could have gone much longer with all the canned and dried foods in the pantry. Mostly we ate out of the freezers as they thawed. I didn't lose much. The minute power was lost, I wrapped my deep freeze in many layers of blankets and foam. It was still frozen several days later when shared generators became available. We made big pots of freezer soup to share with the neighbors; I didn't stress to them it was all vegan. Many chicken farms were damaged; we saw thousands of chickens wandering around where the owners must have turned them out to fend for themselves, rather than letting them die of suffucation and lack of food and water in the chicken houses. One chicken owner bulldozed the chickens in a mass burial; half were still alive. They were due to be taken to the chicken factory, but the factories shut down from lack of power. Many animals were displaced; there is no knowing about animal suffering during the hurricane. I met some people who had fled New Orleans with their horse on a trailer; they had no place to return to, so they sold their horse to my auctioneer cousin here. Along with the military, Red Cross, utility and FEMA convoys, I saw many animal feed trucks headed further south into the worst disaster area. My website has photos of the tornado that destroyed my son's school last spring; there are images of trees down and buildings damaged. Now most of Mississippi looks like that, with increasing intensity as toward the coast where everything has been erased. Thanks to everyone for their prayers and good wishes. ... Be kind. Be of good cheer. Dick Ford www.dick-ford.com For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2005 Report Share Posted September 9, 2005 I am so happy ot hear that you are ok. Happy birthday to your son! This will be one birthday we be *never* forget! Thanks for letting us all know you are ok. You have a wonderful community online here and I hope you feel the all the love and care coming to you across the miles. Faith Dick Ford <dickford wrote: We have electricity now, since 3pm Wednesday. A powerline crew from north Alabama did the work to connect our line; we are the last houses on the line and it was down in several stretches between us and the source. It feels grand to have air conditioning again, even though Adam's room and the basement never got above 77; it was humid down there. This morning I hooked up computers for the internet again. It required re-doing the temporary patch I made last week when the phone line leading to the house broke. Now we have something that gives all our phones back, but I know the patch will be a source of laughter when the phone technicians eventually arrive to return the line to their standards. Today we go to Jackson to get my grandma and my mother. It is Adam's birthday, so we need to do something special for him also. I haven't been able to buy him anything yet; he doesn't know what he wants. Now the cleanup can begin. Adam shouted with glee when the power came back on. He turned on his computer, then the tv. What an electronic boy. During the 10 days without power, we only opened one can. We could have gone much longer with all the canned and dried foods in the pantry. Mostly we ate out of the freezers as they thawed. I didn't lose much. The minute power was lost, I wrapped my deep freeze in many layers of blankets and foam. It was still frozen several days later when shared generators became available. We made big pots of freezer soup to share with the neighbors; I didn't stress to them it was all vegan. Many chicken farms were damaged; we saw thousands of chickens wandering around where the owners must have turned them out to fend for themselves, rather than letting them die of suffucation and lack of food and water in the chicken houses. One chicken owner bulldozed the chickens in a mass burial; half were still alive. They were due to be taken to the chicken factory, but the factories shut down from lack of power. Many animals were displaced; there is no knowing about animal suffering during the hurricane. I met some people who had fled New Orleans with their horse on a trailer; they had no place to return to, so they sold their horse to my auctioneer cousin here. Along with the military, Red Cross, utility and FEMA convoys, I saw many animal feed trucks headed further south into the worst disaster area. My website has photos of the tornado that destroyed my son's school last spring; there are images of trees down and buildings damaged. Now most of Mississippi looks like that, with increasing intensity as toward the coast where everything has been erased. Thanks to everyone for their prayers and good wishes. .... Be kind. Be of good cheer. Dick Ford www.dick-ford.com For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2005 Report Share Posted September 10, 2005 Lynda said: I guess you guys were eating a lot of fruit what part of town do you live in? My friends in Humma are fine too. But I have friends in Metarie , I have not heard from . I live in Mississippi 100 miles north of New Orleans. We didn't have flooding; we had tornados and Category 2 hurricane winds which put out the power and water for most of Mississippi and knocked down many thousands of trees and houses. The eye wall passed over us between 3 and 4 pm Monday August 29 after about 10 hours of increasingly intense waves of storm bands. We were without power for 10 days; many places still have no power. As freezers began to thaw, we cooked big pots of vegetable/vegan soup and shared it with the neighborhood. If New Orleans hadn't flooded, and if the Mississippi gulf coast hadn't been dramatically erased, the rest of Mississippi would have been a major, news-worthy disaster. We hear stories about friends and family near the coast who got power many days before we did. There are many different power companies serving Mississippi; they all worked as hard as they could on their own service areas. Mississippi Power covers the coastal counties and much of the eastern third of the state almost up to the Tennessee line. They reported very nearly 100% power outage with much of the infrastructure completely destroyed. I recommend having plenty of bottled water plus canned and dry food on hand. The head of FEMA said on the news it's up to state and local governments to take care of themselves in disasters; now all the state governors realize they can't rely on FEMA if they have a disaster in the future. I have no idea what the mission of FEMA is now; it doesn't seem to have anything to do with managing federal emergencies. We have to be prepared ourselves. .... Be kind. Be of good cheer. Dick Ford www.dick-ford.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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