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[Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

I have been sort of looking in as I get the chance in the 
evenings.  Driving around Enterprise Alabama today this thread came to 
mind.  I drove through a poor part of town that was particularly hard hit 
by the tornado.  I saw where people who had almost nothing lost even 
that.  Churches have clothing donation drop off sites in the parking lots 
and people are hauling away what they can carry.  I could not help thinking 
about this thread when I saw those people.

It has been an experience.


Don Bowen              Awl Knotted Up                       KI6DIU
http://www.braingarage.com
My travel journal
http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html

I am omnivagant.  
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At 3/9/2007, you wrote:
> It has been an experience.

After I wrote those words I replied to another email from a friend.  I 
started to break down as I wrote the reply above and did completely while 
composing a similar message to my friend.  It has been a week of hard 
work.  I have been driving back and forth across the destruction looking at 
destroyed homes, seeing clothing and children's toys in the fences but I 
kept busy.  It is much easier to think about where is that radio?  Do I 
have enough to get them back on the air?  What problems await back at HQ?

All week long I have been hearing that the waitresss' cousin was killed at 
the high school, someone's friend was there, I see black ribbons on the 
monument, I see lots of things but kept most at bay because I had a job to 
do.  Tonight I am thinking about what I am seeing and for the first time in 
a week I broke down.



Don Bowen              Awl Knotted Up                       KI6DIU
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Hey all,


I just got up, having been awakened from a sound sleep by my dog, who was
going NUTS. There was a truck in my lane. A guy got in the truck as I peered
into the darkness. My brain finally woke up enough to realize I might have a
problem. I grabbed my gun and checked for load. I flipped on a light
outside. He got out of the truck and approached my front door and looked on
past to where my bedroom light was shining out the windows. He had a very
large flashlight. I did not recognize him. I took off the safety. He did not
knock on my door, he just looked around. I waited. He got back in his truck,
backed down my lane, and drove slowly down my road. No clue what he was
doing here, but I'm too alert to go back to bed. That has not previously
happened since I lived here. No clue why someone would show up at my house
after midnight, and wander around outside without coming to the door and
knocking, but his intentions were not good, I'm sure! I sure love dogs, as
I'd not have known about my "visitor" absent my dog. My dog will get extra
goat milk in the morning!

Gloria



On 3/9/07, Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net> wrote:
> I have been sort of looking in as I get the chance in the
> evenings.  Driving around Enterprise Alabama today this thread came to
> mind.  I drove through a poor part of town that was particularly hard hit
> by the tornado.  I saw where people who had almost nothing lost even
> that.  Churches have clothing donation drop off sites in the parking lots
> and people are hauling away what they can carry.  I could not help
> thinking
> about this thread when I saw those people.
>
> It has been an experience.
>
>
> Don Bowen              Awl Knotted Up                       KI6DIU
> http://www.braingarage.com
> My travel journal
> http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html
>
> I am omnivagant.
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