From: bruce C. Beattie (bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu)
Date: Tue Sep 06 2005 - 10:54:14 PDT
Welcome back Sarge!
You certainly are a hero in our eyes taking off like that.
Bruce
Sarge wrote:
>List, Sarge speaking.
>After Biloxi, Gulfport and New Orleans, I am home in Texas.
>I will write a full after action report and post it in a day or two.
>The bottom line is, every single person made a difference.
>The situation was a hundred times worse than the worst news reports.
>I am safe, unlike the many thousands I met.
>I need a few hours to calm down.
>-Out
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>> Sarge wrote:
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>>>Hello list, it's Sarge speaking.
>>>Any of you vets know that friendships in the military can last
>>>until the grave. You also know that you probably have a "Best
>>>Buddy". He's the one whose life is as important to you as your own
>>>life.
>>>I live in Austin, Texas. My Best Buddy lives in Biloxi,
>>>Mississippi.
>>>I have watched the news for the last 24 hours. I have tried
>>>calling him almost non-stop. I know him well enough that I know he
>>>would not evacuate.
>>>This list knows me as a man of words. Now it's time for action. I
>>>spent the last 6 hours prepping and loading the M35 for the trip.
>>>I bought $200 of diesel fuel. In a few hours I am going to the
>>>local HEB (Mega grocery store) and I will ask the manager for
>>>help. If he decides not to help, no sweat, I will use my credit
>>>card.
>>>I want a pallet of drinking water and a pallet of canned food.
>>>I'm figuring on a couple of thousand bucks. Plus about another
>>>thousand on fuel. I plan on helping any possible way I can for a
>>>week or so.
>>>Hey, it's cheaper than Vegas.
>>>It's O-dark-30 right now and I need a couple of hours sleep.
>>>Then off to the grocery store. I will stop back and check my e-
>>>mail before hitting the road.
>>>Any tips?
>>>Any advice?
>>>Am I an idiot?
>>>I cannot sit on my fat butt and watch the news any more.
>>>Wish me well,
>>>Sarge out.
>>>
>>>
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