--Bruce Stallsmith
on the Tennessee
Huntsville, AL, US of A
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>Willy,
>Thanks for the well-wishes. The lab did amazingly well through the
>devastation that hit MS and LA. Here's an update that John sent out today.
>Hope you and your family are doing well.
>Brian
>
>My house luckily sustained no damage...unfortunately Steve had about 4ft of
>water in his.
>
>
>---------- Forwarded Message -----------
>From: "John Dindo" <jdindo at http://www.disl.org>
>To: labwide at disl.org
>Sent: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 19:22:12 -0400
>Subject: [Everyone] [Labwide] sea lab status
>
>I am sorry if you have tried to reach me, the cigular cell service on
>Dauphin Island is worse than ever, the tower may have been turned. Like
>most of you I have had no power in Mobile and no phone. The lab made it
>through Katrina in great shape. There was no water in the building other
>than what blew under doors. All roofs are intact with a few shingles
>missing from DHP, Horizon and Galethea. The rotap room under Galethea
>blew
>out and debris is scattered along the edge of the road and up to Dr.
>Croziers house. Generators are running on Wet Lab, MSH and Estuarium.
>There are 3 power poles over the water that are snapped off and two poles
>up
>near heron bay bridge that are broken. WE have no word on power yet but
>water should be at the east end by Friday or Sat. At this time Dr. Crozier
>does not want anyone to come back to the lab. With no power there is
>really
>nothing that can be done. The Wilson, and small boats are back but the
>status of the Verrill is unknown. I am flying tomorrow to see if I can
>find
>the vessel in the Pascagula River. I have asked maintenance to come in for
>a half day tomorrow and maybe Friday to clean the debris from the parking
>lot behind Dr. Crozier's office. As soon as I get a status report on power
>to the island I will let everyone know. The west end of Dauphin Island is
>unbelievable. There must be over 200 homes gone and many more that are
>over
>50% destroyed. The west end where the house are has multiple cuts where
>the
>what blasted through and a mile beyond the houses the island is cut and
>it's
>over a 1/2 mile across with the rest of the island flatened.
>
>one last item, the large sand dune that was south of the basketball course
>is now on the basketball course, even Dr. Aronson could dunk the ball now
>
>thanks for your patience
>
>John Dindo
>
>Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org)
>------- End of Forwarded Message -------
>
>
>__________________________________________
>Brian Jones
>Estuarium Senior Aquarist
>Dauphin Island Sea Lab
>Dauphin Island, Alabama
>http://estuarium.disl.org
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