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Liz
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Date Posted: 19:24:41 06/07/04 Mon
In reply to:
chrystynne
's message, "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!" on 15:33:27 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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