From Me= resankh Wimhotep (mka Wendy Wimberley), to all good
   gentles who so gra= ciously offered my lord husband and myself and our
   son, and Lady Pamel= a and son Brandon refuge from the storm, I want
   to extend my most grateful = thanks for your offers of sanctuary from
   the hurricane. I have spoken to so= me of you personally, emailed
   some, and intend to speak with seve= ral more via phone in the next
   day or so. We can not thank you enough for y= our offers of help. I
   have heard that SCAdians are wonderfully generou= s, helpful folks,
   and while I never doubted this, now I have seen it for my= self. Over
   the course of our evacuation we received calls from at least fou= r
   people/ families offering space in their homes, for us and for the&n   bsp;menagerie we had with us (4 cats and a dog), and upon gaining
   access to= my email I found one more offer that I wasn't able to
   receive beforehand.&= nbsp;

        I will not mention = names lest I forget someone, but I have all
   names of those I spoke with and= if I haven't contacted you yet, I
   think you will hear from me by phone of = email soon.  Here is our
   tale:

      &= nbsp; We had originally intended to try and evac to the condo of
   my brother= -in-law in Onalaska, then decided to strike out north
   somewhere when it app= eared that the storm would head to Houston.
   After getting stuck in the exod= us north from Silsbee on hwy 69,  we
   received an invitation = to stay with some folks up in Lewisville, so
   accepted that and intended to = head up 69 to I-20 and over to Dallas.
   Then we got a call from someone in W= hitehouse, offering us a place
   to crash en route to Dallas area. We thought= we would take that, but
   as time went forward and we didn't, we thought tha= t we would see if
   we could stop in Woodville at the Inn and see if they wou= ld rent us
   floor space in the lobby. They wouldn't and since it was 5 = a.m. at
   that time, we opted to go back to plan A (Onalaska) and simply head   west. So we did, and at the end of a twelve hour trip found ourselves
   with= shelter and a working radio.  That was when we heard that= the
   hurricane had shifted course and was heading more for East TX. After
   a= ll was over, we heard that Woodville, Tyler, and all else in east
   TX had ta= ken the brunt of things, so I think we were Providentially
   directed in our = course.

        At present, we are back in LaPorte at the home = of Ld Caradoc
   and Ldy Pamela (the Isaacsons), former Bordermarchers. We hav= e not
   been able to contact others from Bordermarch, nor will=  we be able to
   get back in to assess damage, FEMA has  blocked ac= cess to Hardin
   County and sherrif's office has no idea when allowance will = be made.
   We do know that at least house seems to be standing. Should anyone   from Bordermarch need or want to contact us, my cell  phone number is   409-550-1932, my husband Kurt's is 409-550-1088. We have heard that TE
   Sim= onn and Tessa and TE Armand and Caitrin are ok. Thanks be!

        Thanks for everyone's patience with this missiv= e. I did not
   intend to be long-winded here but am still tired and it makes = me
   ditzy.  God bless all, and again, many, many thanks for the generos   ity of all.

   Ldy Meresankh mka Wendy
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