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        <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Experienced 44 mph winds and much rain on but no property damage.  This is the first hurricane I stayed in my home -- due to fine weather service forecasts.  Did receive a Tornado Warning (150 mph) in the late afternoon so I sat in Bob's walk-in closet with the sliding doors shut for 30 minutes -- while my close friends (whom I telephoned) just chuckled.</div><div><br></div>
        
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                        On Saturday, September 28, 2024 at 06:17:52 AM EDT, Judi White via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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                <div><div id="ydpd0acb2adyiv0775338904"><div><div>Walters are safe. They are 30 mis. In from the coast. Asheville gor heavy floods - hopefully colleagues there are on hills, including Larry and Peggy. East Coast experienced tropical storm. <div> </div></div><br clear="none"><div class="ydpd0acb2adyiv0775338904gmail_quote"><div id="ydpd0acb2adyiv0775338904yqtfd10268" class="ydpd0acb2adyiv0775338904yqt1634871905"><div dir="ltr" class="ydpd0acb2adyiv0775338904gmail_attr">On Sat, Sep 28, 2024, 3:26 AM Isobel and Jim via OE <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;" class="ydpd0acb2adyiv0775338904gmail_quote"><div>Thank you for keeping us in touch with this. We’ll be grateful to hear of Rob and his family and Marshall- all we  hope, are safe.<div><span>🙏 </span></div><div><font>Isobel </font></div><div><font><br clear="none"></font></div><div><font><br clear="none" id="ydpd0acb2adyiv0775338904m_3602623391542256247lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"></font><div dir="ltr">Isobel Bishop<div>Mob.  0412 129 425</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite">On 28 Sep 2024, at 12:46 PM, Bill Parker via OE <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Thanks for the reports and we are relieve you were spared from major damage. Randy, Ellen, and Lynda, it’s good to hear from you and does anyone know about Rob or Marshall? What about Penny Portman? Are you ok, Penny? What about other colleagues affected by this massive storm? <br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr">Bill Parker <div><br clear="none"></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 27, 2024, at 8:11 PM, Lynda C via OE <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">






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<p class="ydpd0acb2adyiv0775338904MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Davidson, NC, north of Charlotte, checking in.  The Cock family is high and dry.
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<p class="ydpd0acb2adyiv0775338904MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Lots of heavy rain and high winds, but our area seems to be ok.  Over 1 million people in Mecklenburg Co. without power, but we didn’t lose ours.   Davidson is the northern edge of Mecklenburg County which
 is predominately Charlotte.  With all the warnings, we had a bag packed In case of tree/roof  damage .  Asheville is about 3 hours west of us, but its mountains and creeks and rivers were greatly impacted.  Swannanoa, which was named in the news clips I saw,
  is where Rob Work lives.   Marshall Jones may be in Maggie Valley, near Asheville in those same mountains.  Our college grandchildren near Raleigh and Burlington checked in ok.  Heard from Mary Lou Vergara near Raleigh who was checking in on us. 
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<p class="ydpd0acb2adyiv0775338904MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Grateful for the many warnings sent out prior to the storm that reminded us to be prepared for this.   Thankful for the service workers in place throughout the south and coming from the north to help with
 downed lines, etc.  <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="ydpd0acb2adyiv0775338904MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Thanks, Bill and Mary Lou, for checking on us. 
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<p class="ydpd0acb2adyiv0775338904MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Lynda and John Cock<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">OE <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> on behalf of Randy Williams via OE <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>><br clear="none">
<b>Date: </b>Friday, September 27, 2024 at 6:19</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;">PM<br clear="none">
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<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Oe List ...] What do we know about Helene?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="ydpd0acb2adyiv0775338904MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">We’re about 3 miles from the beach but high enough above sea level that the storm surge didn’t get to us. So we’re safe and no property damage. The barrier islands west of us, as in Clearwater Beach and St.
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> On Sep 27, 2024, at 5:53</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">PM, RICHARD HOWIE via OE <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">
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>> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">How are those of you caught in the floods and storms? Rob, are you ok in Ashville? What about you in Florida and Georgia?<br clear="none">
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