| Subject: actually, Derlie lives in Beaumont, close to Louisiana, if i'm not mistaken. i think she got lucky. congrats on the new truck! don't you just love it? you'll never go back to any other kind, i promise! |
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Date Posted: 15:33:27 06/07/04 Mon
In reply to:
Liz
's message, "Wow, Chrys, yikes! while all that was happening to you, I bought a new truck! I'm glad your family is ok though. Tornados are scary. They're horrible this year, from what I understand. They can only get worse from here. I'm so glad that nothing else major happened to you or your family. Have you heard from Derlie yet?" on 07:24:33 06/07/04 Mon
>>want a kick in the head?
>>
>>a tree fell on my truck on June 1st when those
>>tornado-like storms ripped through the DFW. i was on
>>the 4th Floor trying to get our pts out of their
>>rooms and into the hallways because a tornado was
>>spotted not far away from the hospital. it was just a
>>shitty, shitty night. the electricity was sputtering,
>>we'd have 10-15 intermittent periods of complete and
>>total darkness. the bloody generator eventually broke
>>down. we had to spend hours in the dark with with a
>>flashlight(i had an effin blue penlight, LOL) and the
>>pt's bathroom light(no idea why that one was the only
>>one working) and in the heat and humidity because the
>>airconditioner was of course dead. one elevator broke
>>down and then 2 code reds happened(fire) at the
>>outpatient area.
>>
>>when it finally calmed down for just a bit, they paged
>>for the owner of the description of my truck with its
>>license plate numbers. i was in the middle of
>>admitting a pt in the dark on the laptop with my
>>penlight under my chin because i could not see the
>>blasted keys. i swear, i could've swallowed that pen
>>when i heard that!
>>
>>the tree's trunk broke in half and landed on the hood
>>and windshield of my truck. it looked worse than it
>>really was. after washing it, there are cracks in the
>>windshield and scratches and chips of the paint. there
>>are no visible dents. nothing like a truck,eh?;)
>>
>>you know what's weird? my truck's original name was
>>Charlie(it's been Spike for a long time now
>>though)---the guy that talked to me and was in charge
>>is also called Charlie. LOL, it's like my truck found
>>its voice, LOL! i actually cracked up when i saw my
>>truck in its state. i mean, seriously, of all the
>>trucks and of all the trees, it had to be bloody me,
>>LOLOL. i'm really not auspicious at all. LOL
>>
>>i found out later that my mom was all alone with
>>Casey, our dog at home---everyone was working. the
>>whole thing was terrifying really but i had a sense of
>>control since i was preoccupied with keeping our pts
>>safe. my poor mom had to endure the thunder and
>>lighting and howling winds alone. the thunder sounded
>>like huge big rigs speeding down a surface street,
>>very unnerving. the winds were blowing down trees and
>>structures, heck, there was even a hangar whose light
>>planes got turned over. when i drove home, there were
>>a lot of trees down. until now, there are thousands
>>of people without electricity. we ended up getting
>>pt's with heat exhaustion and dehydration the
>>following days because to go without airconditioning
>>in Texas is just detrimental to your health.
>>
>>DFW easily became incapacitated just for this weather,
>>imagine how bad it could be once we get hit with the
>>kind of tornadoes that the midwest experiences!
>>nothing like mother nature to humble you, eh?
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