Wish me luck.

[faustian bargain]

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As much as I care about clothes, what really matters to me: pictures (especially family pictures) are all categorized and copied onto digital format and stored in two separate locations, in a family members house on another continent, and a bank safety deposit box in another state. A bit much? Maybe, but I can always get new clothes; but how do I pass down pictures of generations past to future generations?
My family traces back 24 generations, and all the family documents are purportedly kept in the ancestral village.
santa monica?

 

[imageWIS]

If I may ask, where do Floridians go during hurricane evacuations. Over here, you'll find the entire population of southern Louisiana moves to the central and northern parts of the state. My family always makes a trip to my grandparents' house when forces of nature zero in on us.

On a side note, I never really thought about the possibility of looters -- never heard of any cases either. Maybe I've been missing something?

There are hurricane shelters that are reinforced and can withstand category 4 hurricanes (and sometimes even category 5's). If not, normally a hurricane will hit along side a particular coast, the west coast in this case, thus many people evacuate to the east coast; and vice-versa when the tables are reversed.

Pardon the expression, but you have to be a ******* moron to go around looting during a category 3 hurricane. Material possessions are not worth more than life.

Jon.

 

[LA Guy]

santa monica?

LOL. No, a small village in Guangdong province in China famous for its bitter melon, apparently considered a delicacy. It is *really* bitter.

 

[Classic]

Best of luck, and our well wishes are with you.

Classic

 

[imageWIS]

Here is how the East Coast looks (updated every 2-3 minutes) http://www.wunderground.com/data/nid...f?t=1027873231 Jon.

 

[rws]

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santa monica?
LOL. Â No, a small village in Guangdong province in China . . . .
And the records survived the Cultural Revolution? A Chinese friend of mine, now resident in a safer place (New York.), saw his mother forced publicly to burn the unique family record stretching back seven centuries (about 24 or 25 generations). Â He tells me that that was usual -- for the few families fortunate enough to have kept their records intact during the preceding two decades of Communist rule. By contrast, those of us of Western European origin have been blessed. Â Despite numerous wars and some natural disasters, a family record of a thousand years or more isn't terribly unusual.

 

[faustian bargain]

here's the tracking map of hurricane charley. if it lasts, new york will get hit on sunday.

 

[imageWIS]

Even better radar link: http://www.intellicast.com/Local....id=none Jon.

 

[LA Guy]

And the records survived the Cultural Revolution?

They were apparently intact in the 80's, so yes. The people of Guandong province are notorious (among other Chinese) for their street cunning, mercantile skill, and generally ability to weasel some benefic from an otherwise dire situation. Guess that was my people.

 

[mistahlee]

Thanks for the good wishes, gentlemen.  

The storm turned East and, thus, did not destroy my house.  However I cleverly fled the projected storm path to the actual one.  Ha ha ha.    

Anway, the thing that prompted my post was the decisive moment: What to take with limited space (aside from essentials)?  What really matters?  Sort of a summing up of one's material self.  

It turned out to be a few dozen books that never will see print again, cameras and a musical instrument. But the rest was watches, glasses, cufflinks, two pair of shoes (C&J not EG or Lobb), a Vuitton envelope, shoulder bag and travel blanket (like the one mentioned in Bernhardt Roetzel's book), a Brioni jacket and some custom garments.  I thought:  "Is this what matters to me?"  I guess it is.

 

[STYLESTUDENT]

Glad all is well. Welcome back.