[Magdalen] Whew!

[Jay Weigel]

TBTG, indeed. We are waiting for news of son-in-law's relatives in Puerto
Rico. Some have been able to check in, others not. It's a big family.

On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 11:41 AM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
> >
>