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Sunday, September 25, 2005
UPDATE: our Katrina Refugee, Leslie Ferdinand
I've had a number of emails asking me if Leslie had to evacuate again -- and no, she didn't! She's still in that garage apartment, but although they had very strong winds and tons of rain, there was no flooding near her.
She is really starting to sound much more cheerful. FEMA still hasn't approved her for any housing assistance because -- get this -- an inspector has to declare her house destroyed. That's all very well, but the inspectors can't reach her house in order to inspect it because the mud is too high (water went over the roofs in her neighborhood). So that's kind of on hold, and they're staying in the garage at the moment. Zoe, her 9-year-old, has adjusted well to school in Texas, so that's great.
Everyone has been so generous: three more boxes arrived yesterday. I'm keeping the really heavy things like books until she gets a more stable place to stay. We got a couple of James Bond movies, but if you have any more, Leslie's mom loves her James Bond! And for those of you who asked about more books Leslie used to have, she had collections of Judith McNaught, Jude Devereaux and Joanna Lindsey, and those are all gone, obviously. Thank you all for your huge generosity. The Squawker community is truly awe-inspiring!
Yours,
Eloisa
She is really starting to sound much more cheerful. FEMA still hasn't approved her for any housing assistance because -- get this -- an inspector has to declare her house destroyed. That's all very well, but the inspectors can't reach her house in order to inspect it because the mud is too high (water went over the roofs in her neighborhood). So that's kind of on hold, and they're staying in the garage at the moment. Zoe, her 9-year-old, has adjusted well to school in Texas, so that's great.
Everyone has been so generous: three more boxes arrived yesterday. I'm keeping the really heavy things like books until she gets a more stable place to stay. We got a couple of James Bond movies, but if you have any more, Leslie's mom loves her James Bond! And for those of you who asked about more books Leslie used to have, she had collections of Judith McNaught, Jude Devereaux and Joanna Lindsey, and those are all gone, obviously. Thank you all for your huge generosity. The Squawker community is truly awe-inspiring!
Yours,
Eloisa
Eloisa James, 7:17 AM
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