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Hurricane Ike - Update
iamartsy:
--- Quote ---Hi artsy. I hope u don't mind me commenting on your unofficial blog, thereby mucking up your flow.
Is there anything you need help with now?
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Thank you, but I think I am okay, and I hate to ask others for money. I really was about to plan a vacation but that got ruined by the storm. As for FEMA, I have had to swallow a 500 - 1000 dollar bill for clean up and food replacement. My FEMA worker had been drinking and appeared "comfortable" when he came here to do his assessment. I am debating another run to the food pantry as i have not made one since I left Austin and am still using that. Mostly, it sucks that the FEMA guy said I would get 500-700 without a problem, and that did not happen. $600 has set me back a fair bit, but I am grateful that my home is cleaned up again and now I just have to focus on moving forward and recouping my losses, through my artwork. If you want an anit-palin shirt let me know. Or some handmade jewelry for someone.
Sincerely,
Iamartsy
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: "iamartsy" ---
--- Quote ---Hi artsy. I hope u don't mind me commenting on your unofficial blog, thereby mucking up your flow.
Is there anything you need help with now?
--- End quote ---
Thank you, but I think I am okay, and I hate to ask others for money. I really was about to plan a vacation but that got ruined by the storm. As for FEMA, I have had to swallow a 500 - 1000 dollar bill for clean up and food replacement. My FEMA worker had been drinking and appeared "comfortable" when he came here to do his assessment. I am debating another run to the food pantry as i have not made one since I left Austin and am still using that. Mostly, it sucks that the FEMA guy said I would get 500-700 without a problem, and that did not happen. $600 has set me back a fair bit, but I am grateful that my home is cleaned up again and now I just have to focus on moving forward and recouping my losses, through my artwork. If you want an anit-palin shirt let me know. Or some handmade jewelry for someone.
Sincerely,
Iamartsy
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Hope you are doing well artsy. Expect a p.m.
iamartsy:
I am hanging in there. Although, I am sick of seeing blue tarps and debris. I want to go to Galveston as I do every fall for the art shows, but it is pretty well off limits due to health concerns. I will probably move in 5 months. My apartment complex is still waiting for insurance money before they fix apartments. they rebuilt the buildings that collapsed, but the roof is still awaiting estimates. The new management is pretty weird. I went into my old apartment the other night and the ceiling is completely brown from water damage.
This is a scary new fact I learned of today: http://texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=2868, while reading one of the many magazines that I subscribe to. Many of us have gotten sick with flu like symptoms, and the news has been saying it is due to stress and rapid climate changes. Gotta wonder. The folks in Galveston are getting even sicker with stomach type symptoms. Most nights, I do start coughing due to whatever pollution is in the air. That is normal in the summer but not in late October.
Ursus:
Sounds like mold spore allergies. You need to get out of there. There are certain species of mold which are extremely toxic to humans, particularly to those who have been over-exposed and are hence sensitized to their presence. These molds especially like to feed on plaster, e.g., dampened ceilings. The dampness can end, but the spores are still there, dropping down into your airspace and aggravating your lungs, and always ready to restart a population surge anytime it rains or the ceiling gets damp again. Symptoms can present like asthma, potentially life-threatening if you are, indeed, allergic and don't already have an inhaler.
iamartsy:
I agree. I paid 600 to have the mold at my place cleaned out. I could not breathe before I left. Unfortunately, the debris in the streets is adding to our poor air quality, and then there is the mold that blows our way from Galveston. That will stop soon with winter approaching. Not a good situation. We are having too many red ozone days. If you want to understand the ranking, go here: http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=stat ... #unhealthy
Part of the illness is mold, some is bacteria in mud (Galveston), and some is exhaustion. When I got sick it was a bit of exhaustion and dirty air. Thanks again .
Ursus I think you should become a research librarian. I am not joking either. You have the brain for it. I unfortunately did too badly on the GRE's so I became an overly ethical social worker, because of what happened to me prior to being a social worker.
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