Log #7 September 14th, 2001
What an update I have this time. This is the first update since the
attack in
New York, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvannia. In this update I will
talk
a little bit about that and other ongoing activities in Florida.
First, I thought I'd mention the weather. Tropical Storm Gabrielle
has been
dumping plenty of rain our way as well as giving us quite gusty winds (upto
40 mph and higher). This storm started in the Gulf of Mexico and
wondered
a few days untill it moved Northeast over Central Florida. Here in
southern
Florida it hasn't been too bad, just lots of rain, and wind, but it's not
dangerous. In fact, I plan on doing some activities outside today.
The storm
is expeced to continue East-northeast across Florida, into the Atlantic
Ocean
and strenghten a bit, maybe even becoming a hurricane. We'll have to
wait
and see.
Now, as far as Tuesday, September 11th, 2001. I was at work in the
ware-
house as many of you have heard about in my previous updates. Jeff,
my
boss got a cell phone call from a friend or family member telling about
what
was happening. This occured at 9:25am, I remember looking at my watch
cause I had been at work nearly an hour already. My first reaction
was
something small had happened and it was being over reported as some big
event. I went back to work, but only a few minutes later another call
came
in and then all our cell phones were ringing. This was a big event.
Mark Reno,
Janet Reno's brother (whom, I working with on this project) started calling
family, because she was suppose to fly to New York that day. Anyhow,
that's how I heard about it, the rest you know about. I have been glued
to
the TV and radio. In fact, many people have been, and I've noticed
an high
increase in accidents here in Miami.....I bet because many people are
intently
listening to their car radios, instead of focusing on driving.
In other news, prior to Tuesday, I had traveled around quite a bit. Last
Friday
my nephew Jason W. and I went to Coconut Grove to chill and check out the
scene. Then it was up to South Beach for a cruise along Ocean
Drive and
Washington Streets. It was awesome, and I am hoping to get back to
South
Beach very soon. On Monday, Jason W. and I drove down to the Keys to
do some swimming and sight-seeing. I was rather pleasant, though rain
did
hamper longer swimming excursions. Because of the rain, we did go ahead
and drive all the way to Key West, which was not in the original plan.
Then
we returned home, and from there it was all about the Events from the next
day.
Don't forget to hope and pray....mostly for the family and friends of
victoms,
but also all the resuers, and support people helping everyone where they
can.
God Bless America. |
