[Magdalen] Whew!

[Ginga Wilder]

Grateful for this good news, David.
Ginga Wilder


On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 10:56 AM Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
> My spouse, Wilfred[o], was born and raised on Saint Croix, USVI.  As
> all may recall, Hurricane Irma hit Saint Thomas and Saint John, USVI,  and
> largely spared Saint Croix.  Then along came Maria (if I can keep  these
> hurricane names straight), with a direct hit @ category 5 for Saint  Croix.
>
> Wilfred's mother, sister, and brother still live on Saint Croix, and we had
>  no
> word from them for over a week.  It turns out there is a radio ham
> operator
> (remember those?) in their neighborhood, and yesterday we got the  basic
> report:  they are all all right.  Authorities are predicting that  it may
> take
> SIX MONTHS before full power is restored to Saint Croix.
>
> Other details, such as how well their home survived the storm, are not
> known at this time, but at least the relatives are all right.  Wilfred  was
> at that location for Hugo, another category 5 storm some years ago.   They
> have one reinforced concrete bedroom where all hunker down for the
> worst of such storms.
>
> In any case, TBTG.
>
>
>
>
> David S.
>