<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII" http-equiv=Content-Type>
<META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19328"></HEAD>
<BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" id=role_body
bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 rightMargin=7 topMargin=7><FONT id=role_document
color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>
<DIV>Just chiming in from S. Jersey that the bassets and I survived, We didn't
lose power or any trees- just a lot of small branches. Fortunately I had done my
winter storm stock up a week earlier and my regular bottled water delivery
was last week so we didn't need anything at all. I fixed up the back of my
Outback with rugs, comforters, dogbeds, bowls, pillows and blankets and had food
and water ready to load so we could go at a moments notice. But we lucked
out and snuggled on the couch watching the big trees dance in the wind and
checking the basement periodically. The bassets loved it because I have been
home now for three days as my state office is closed. What they did not love was
peeing in the rain so I have been mopping for four days. When the winds were at
the worst, I was afraid to let them out incase a big branch fell but would give
them about two minutes. Loki loved getting drenched and would only come in
for a cookie. Jordan would go out for a minute and then back in. Crackers
said NO WAY most of the time.</DIV>
<DIV>And of course they would dry themselves on the covers of the furniture so I
got to do a lot of laundry also. Hearing a lot of chainsaws in the neighborhood
and seeing a lot of big branched being dragged to the curb at other homes so we
lucked out. </DIV>
<DIV>Sending prayers for those folks in NY who got burned out.</DIV>
<DIV>Kathy with Crackers, Loki and Jordan all warm and
dry</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>