Hurricane Mathew etc.

[Rodney Mills]

This has been a tragic week for me.* A few hours before Hurricane Mathew arrived in South Carolina my youngest of three sons telephoned me to tell me that his brother and my middle son had*died in his sleep. He was 52 years of age.* It was a massive heart attack.* Both of my sons live in Missouri and were business partners in a real estate appraisal company.

Three hours later we were visited by "Mathew."* We had*a foot of rain in roughly three hours, then it stopped (thank goodness) and the wind followed.* We lost*roof shingles and are facing* having *a new*roofing laid.* A company is arriving tomorrow to lay protective tarpaulin, then it's "take a number," as*in the development, in which we live, of*350 houses I guess 100 homes*are needing roofing work.

We lost*electricity, telephone, and water for five days.* Sandwiches by candlelight sans showers gets a bit old after a couple of days.**Curfews were in effect, many bridges were compromised,*roads tore up, and with*dams*collapsed, along with airport closures made it impossible for us to attend my sons funeral.

As you can guess it's hard to concentrate on draining the swamp when your up to your ass in alligators.* However, I have good insurance coverage and so far the insurance company has been extremely helpful.* When I get a bit of free time I will log-on to see what's going on.

Till later, Rodney.** ( I do not understand these asterisks appearing, please excuse I have no time to remove).

[Captain Kong]

Rodney, I am so sorry to hear of your family Tragedy. It must have been an awful shock.
The house repairs are nothing compared with that.
My condolences to you and your family.
Brian.

[Keith Tindell]

Hi Rodney, my condolences, I can only guess how you must feel, truly awful,kt

[Ivan Cloherty]

Rodney sorry to hear your sad news, I feel sure that all on site will join me in offering their condolences for your loss, although we may not be able to help you physically we are with you in spirit Ivan

[Dennis McGuckin]

Rodney, so sorry to hear about the demise of your son.
All of the other stuff can be replaced.
My thoughts are with you.

We are now receiving the tail end of the hurricane, but nothing like you suffered in Carolina..
Take care mate.
Den.

[Dennis McGuckin]

Apologies. Got myself mixed up.
Ours is a Pacific storm. High wind and 200 mm of rain expected.
Nothing like poor Rodney.

[happy daze john in oz]

Rodders you can repair and replace with your house, but sadly you son you cannot.
My deepest condolences to you and yours.

[gray_marian]

My sincere condolences Rodney to you and your family at this time.

[Chris Allman]

So sorry to hear of your very sad loss Rodney. My sincere condolences and my best wishes to you and your family.

[vic mcclymont]

So sorry to hear of your loss Rodney. Sincere condolences to you and your family.
Regards
Vic