[StBernard] RE: Conditon of my home

[Westley Annis]

Hi Tina,

I can't really give you definitive answers.

I haven't tried to recover any personal property yet.  But from talking with
others these are the steps that I plan on taking when we return at the end
of the week.

We are going to abandon any dishes. We didn't have any that were worth
anything to begin with, so no real loss for us. For those who have fine
china, it is a different story. Be sure you wash all of the dirt and grime
off of it then sanitize by rinsing it with a mixture of water and bleach (1
teaspoon bleach / 1 gallon water).

For other items it will depend on how much moisture they could handle. I
would wash as much dirt and grime off as possible then rinse in distilled
water.

My home had water up to the ceiling, about 8 feet, at a minimum. I don't
know yet if it made it into the attic.  I'm really hoping it didn't and
there's about another 6-12 inches of space before the water would penetrate
the attic, so we may have lucked out.

I'm not going back till the weekend, so I won't know until then.

Westley 

-----Original Message-----
From: jet971 at cox.net [mailto:jet971 at cox.net] 
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 8:25 PM
To: westley at da-parish.com
Subject: Conditon of my home

Hey Westley,

This is Tina Strickland.  I have a few questions that I hope you have the
answers to that nobody else can seem to answer.

First of all I would like to thank you for all the communication that you
have provided.  It has been invaluable to all of us.

I know that you are in the "Red Zone" just as my property is.  My address is
3908 Chalona Drive.  Were you able to recover any of your personal items
from your house?

If you were able to how were you able to clean those items?

Do you know how much water was in our homes?  

I would appreciate it if you could answer any or all of my questions.  

Thanks for everything,
Tina