Dick Benjamin and the Fires

[lillyvine <lillyvine@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Glad to hear you and your family are ok  ,Dick..... All the best to you and your Imperials...   Mark and Lillian.......
On May 7, 2004, at 4:58 PM, Bob Schmitt wrote:

> Hi List -
>
> I just got a message from Dick Benjamin, as below.  His temp email is included, so write to him directly - I think it's OK.  We just saw Dick last weekend at the statewide meet.
>
> Bob S.
>
> From: "RICHARD FARLAND" <rkfarland@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Dick Benjamin" <dickb@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Bad day at Black Rocks! 
>
>
> We have been evacuated (Monday) and do not expect to be back in and settled for some undefined period.   The power and phone systems are completely destroyed for a 5 mile radius around our home, and we are told that we are very low priority because we are way back on a dirt road.   Our home and shop buildings are OK, and most of the cars are OK, although I did lose 3 of my buildings in which I had been storing parts.  6 parts cars are toast, but compared to what might have happened, we are very lucky indeed.   Our home - made fire supression system worked perfectly, and  I was pleased to be the provider of water to the whole strike team of structure protection engines - about 15,000 gallons!  The battalion commander  told me I was the only reason our whole neighborhood didn't get wiped out - a nice feeling.  Two of our neighbors did lose their homes, though.
>  
> If you would be so kind, would you post this to the IML for me (I will not have access to the IML for weeks, I'm afraid).  I am at my brother-in-law's computer, so the return address will not be familiar to you, but this is Dick Benjamin here!
>  
> Thanks, Bob - it was nice to have seen you and Shannon, and I hope you can stop by and see my new collection of black rocks, smoldering stumps, and melted car parts soon!
>  Dick.