Re: Re: OT: Hurricane Katrina, 5 Years After

[Guest guest]

At 12:35 AM 8/30/2010, you wrote:

BTW, how many books DID you

save?

Fortunately, our house did not flood. We have around 12,000. And

we're seriously running out of space. That's why I want to build a

kitchen and a library, with some living space attached.

I'm glad your cousins were okay -- you couldn't PAY me to live on a beach

in hurricane country!

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

12000... I'm woozy thinking about it. I have books in every room in the house. Never enough time to read. You don't need a room-you need a wing!!!UC-C 12/09SCD 1/10Daily, CLO, Magnesium, bromelain, acidophilus Mom of 2 crazy monkeys :-)On Aug 30, 2010, at 7:37 PM, "Wizop Marilyn L. Alm" wrote:

At 12:35 AM 8/30/2010, you wrote:

BTW, how many books DID you

save?

Fortunately, our house did not flood. We have around 12,000. And

we're seriously running out of space. That's why I want to build a

kitchen and a library, with some living space attached.

I'm glad your cousins were okay -- you couldn't PAY me to live on a beach

in hurricane country!

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

At 09:17 PM 8/30/2010, you wrote:

12000... I'm woozy thinking

about it. I have books in every room in the house. Never enough time to

read. You don't need a room-you need a wing!!!

Well, yes.... Harry and I have a house plan sort-of laid out, if we could

figure out how to afford the darn thing. SOmething like 1000 square feet

for us, and 2000 square feet for the library. And probably about 500 of

the 1000 would be kitchen and/or food storage!

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

At 09:57 PM 8/30/2010, you wrote:

They all eventually decided

that, too.

Wise....

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Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

At 09:59 PM 8/30/2010, you wrote:

Oh, thank heavens your books

were OK! Books are important. I've always said that a house cannot

have too many bookshelves, closets, or chests of drawers, with

bookshelves definitely at the head of the list. Perhaps what you

need is a decommissioned library to which you can add a kitchen and a

bedroom.

LOL! Like I said, I want to build a library, and a kitchen (with a HUGE

pantry!) with some living space attached!

After all, Harry proposed by suggesting that we merge our

libraries....

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

At 10:28 AM 8/31/2010, you wrote:

Oh, Marilyn, that is so

romantic!!

I thought it was, and it must have worked, 'cause we've been together for

34 years!

On the subject of house

designing, my neighbor growing up had 5 grown (and married) kids, a two

story house with a small kitchen. She always said she wanted a huge

kitchen with little bedrooms attached, because they always ended up all

crowded around the kitchen table. Now, those are GREAT family

times.

Absolutely! See, I need my library and kitchen next to each other,

because I'm in the library most of the time, but when I'm cooking, I run

back and forth. So do visiting friends....

Talked about Katrina this very

AM with some friends spending the night on the way to the airport. They

have a couple of houses in Mississippi that were flooded.

Memories....

I imagine so!

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

At 01:35 PM 8/31/2010, you wrote:

Definitely a huge pantry!

And room for several freezers, and two frigs, and....

With an auto-generator so that if the power goes out, I don't lose

everything. Again.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

Marliyn

I am an A/C technician and we resently had a large class and meeting on selling generators that power the whole home..The example was given of a family of 4 that lived in New Orleans during the storm and the generator took over as soon as power was lost.. They stayed in the home with it run completely by generator power for 30 days..The generator was powered by natural gas.. The gas bill for that month was over 3,000.00 dollars.. The men giving the class said it was cheeper then any hotel and they had the convience of living at home through it all...I struggle with the idea of it being "OK" to have a utility bill of three thousand dollars...

LOL

To: BTVC-SCD Sent: Tue, August 31, 2010 8:59:15 PMSubject: Re: Re: OT: Hurricane Katrina, 5 Years After

At 01:35 PM 8/31/2010, you wrote:

Definitely a huge pantry! And room for several freezers, and two frigs, and....With an auto-generator so that if the power goes out, I don't lose everything. Again.

— Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

At 09:52 PM 8/31/2010, you wrote:

I am an A/C technician and

we resently had a large class and meeting on selling generators that

power the whole home..The example was given of a family of 4 that lived

in New Orleans during the storm and the generator took over as soon as

power was lost.. They stayed in the home with it run completely by

generator power for 30 days..The generator was powered by natural gas..

The gas bill for that month was over 3,000.00 dollars.. The men giving

the class said it was cheeper then any hotel and they had the convience

of living at home through it all...I struggle with the idea of it being

" OK " to have a utility bill of three thousand

dollars...

Well, when you consider that even a cheap hotel room for two is going to

be $70-$100 a night, they're right.

Harry and I were lucky: a friend in Birmingham had an ensuite room on the

ground floor with a a door into a half-acre fenced back yard, and invited

us to stay with him for the entire six weeks before we returned to New

Orleans. He didn't charge us anything; I repaid by cooking dinner every

night. So, 42 nights times $100.... oh, and let's not forget that most

hotels either won't take dogs, or charge as much as $25 per dog per

night.

Add in the fact that due to the lack of power, I lost somewhere between

$5000 and $10,000 in SCD foods (the larger figure if you include the cost

of my work), plus the coat of a new freezer and refrigerator, and six

weeks' rental of a mini-van at $300 a week, and I'd count $4000 for a

natural gas bill cheap.

Now, mind, I'd actually prefer to go solar, and save year 'round, but

they don't yet have really good solar AC systems that are good in a humid

climate.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

Actually lin we took the class 2 weeks ago for the solor panels.. They are about 3feet by 4 feet and they are prefered to be mounted on a full southern exposer roof with no trees blocking it.. I got real excited and said that I wanted my home as a test home for this area..My back roof has total southern exposure with no trees.. Will my company doing all of the work and not even putting the A/C in the loop..just letting the panels go straight to the disconnect it would have cost over 17000 in materials alone..And only gives off about 15 of energy.. (less then 80% of the homes needs) IF I added in the A/C units that are compatiable with these panels it would have brought it to over 22000. With my electric bill only being 150.00 a month it would have taken too many years to gain

the cost back.. Now imagine if someones else is doing it and paying labor and mark up.. OMG.. Too expensive.. Oh and if you lose line power this goes down as well.. they work as a team and do not store energy...so it is of no help during a storm..

To: BTVC-SCD Sent: Wed, September 1, 2010 12:04:01 AMSubject: Re: Re: OT: Hurricane Katrina, 5 Years After

At 09:52 PM 8/31/2010, you wrote:

I am an A/C technician and we resently had a large class and meeting on selling generators that power the whole home..The example was given of a family of 4 that lived in New Orleans during the storm and the generator took over as soon as power was lost.. They stayed in the home with it run completely by generator power for 30 days..The generator was powered by natural gas.. The gas bill for that month was over 3,000.00 dollars.. The men giving the class said it was cheeper then any hotel and they had the convience of living at home through it all...I struggle with the idea of it being "OK" to have a utility bill of three thousand dollars...Well, when you consider that even a cheap hotel room for two is going to be $70-$100 a night, they're right.Harry and I were lucky: a friend in Birmingham had an ensuite room on the ground floor with a a door into a half-acre fenced back yard,

and invited us to stay with him for the entire six weeks before we returned to New Orleans. He didn't charge us anything; I repaid by cooking dinner every night. So, 42 nights times $100.... oh, and let's not forget that most hotels either won't take dogs, or charge as much as $25 per dog per night.Add in the fact that due to the lack of power, I lost somewhere between $5000 and $10,000 in SCD foods (the larger figure if you include the cost of my work), plus the coat of a new freezer and refrigerator, and six weeks' rental of a mini-van at $300 a week, and I'd count $4000 for a natural gas bill cheap.Now, mind, I'd actually prefer to go solar, and save year 'round, but they don't yet have really good solar AC systems that are good in a humid climate.

— Marilyn New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001 Darn Good SCD Cook No Human Children Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund Babette the Foundling Beagle

[Guest guest]

At 06:34 AM 9/1/2010, you wrote:

Now imagine if someones else is

doing it and paying labor and mark up.. OMG.. Too expensive.. Oh and if

you lose line power this goes down as well.. they work as a team and do

not store energy...so it is of no help during a storm..

Actually, it depends on the type of system you have -- there are systems

which DO store energy. In fact, there's a guy in Baton Rouge who ran his

home off solar during and after Katrina. You are, however, correct about

it being terribly expensive. Now, if I had a place with a small,

dependable stream, I'd go with micro-hydro. Much less expensive and much

more productive!

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

Babette the Foundling Beagle