Jim,
It's good to hear that you and your Social Director are OK. What a total
bummer, but you've proven you can break through tough barriers.
The wall problem was to be expected. You live in the south which makes
anything North, suspect.
And don't worry Jim, the salt's not going anywhere. You'll hammer it on '09.
Bryan
Jim Webb wrote:
> OK, so there it sits, a ready to run motor on the shop floor. The truck is
> ready and the motor only needed a little work to make it to World Finals. A
> mouse motor, but a strong one. Ready to go. Then hurricane Ike hit and it
> changed everything. For those of you that don't know, we live on the swamp
> coast, about 40 miles south of Houston. My dear wife and I rode out the
> storm in the house and it was OK, but not too much fun. We spent a week
> running on a generator and many of the nearby neighbors still do not have
> power. The house came through OK, but there were a few evenings of roof
> repair to do - not enough to collect that FEMA money! The scariest part of
> the ordeal was going into the shop around 1:00AM to see the north wall
> flexing WAY more than it should ever move. There is still plenty of chainsaw
> work to do.
>
>
>
> So, the long & the short of it is that we won't make WF this year and man,
> were we pumped. We had set a decent D record in October and came home with a
> hundred ideas (like everyone else!). The motor sits there and will be
> prepped for. something.
>
>
>
> Until next year, and may everyone go fast in October.
>
>
>
> Jim Webb
>
> Choc Full o' Nuts
>
> A/PP B/PP D/PP ?/FL
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