[Steppes] Gulf War site

[Gail]

you know........I think you're right!  We wouldn't have eaten at the Pizza
Inn because of Pam's food allergies....but I think we did see you out on the
beach.
Galen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jann Mays" <hlgabrielle at yahoo.com>
To: "Barony of Steppes - SCA, Inc." <steppes at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Steppes] Gulf War site


> Galen and I go wayyyy back to our childhood days.  Galen, you just sparked
a
> memory.  Didn't we run into each other in Galveston about that time?  You
and
> Pam were both with your parents I believe and I was there with my parents.
> Also, we went back later.  I remember eating at a Pizza Inn across the
highway
> from the beach.  There was a half-buried ship on its side about 20 feet
from
> their entrance.  Talk about a scenic lunch!  :D
> Gabrielle
> --- Gail <gailh at fanninelectric.com> wrote:
>
> > I think if you check the date, Carla was 1963 or 64......my family and I
> > were in Galveston on vacation....we were playing in the surf 3 days
before
> > Carla came onshore. We had no idea....even though the surf was coming in
> > over the seawall when we were there. I also remember the flooding, my
> > uncle's house came within 1" of having water come in the door. The
concrete
> > of the porch had ripples of water on it........this was in Oak Cliff, on
> > Pentagon Parkway across the street from Five Mile Creek, just down from
Loop
> > 12
> >
> > Galen
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <lizdenpeters at juno.com>
> > To: <steppes at ansteorra.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 11:51 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Steppes] Gulf War site
> >
> >
> > > Back in the 60s, there was a hurricane that decimated the Texas coast
> > > around Port Arthur.  I don't remember how many died but I do remember
> > > being in Port Arthur shortly after and seeing the devastation.  I was
> > > just a kid but I remember well how it demonstrated the frailty of man
and
> > > his structures!
> > >
> > > Lady Fionnghuala the Fair  ~ "Nuala"
> > > "Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting
on
> > > what to have for dinner."
> > >         ~~James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)~~
> > >
> > > On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 22:58:27 EDT BeckysQuilt at aol.com writes:
> > > > hi sweetie,
> > > > FYI: The Great Storm hit Galveston Island on September 8,1900. They
> > > > put in
> > > > the papers that over 6000 were killed but that didn't take into
> > > > account the
> > > > hundreds of black and immigrant workers. They estimated that closer
> > > > to 10,000 were
> > > > lost. Check out the Galveston Historical Society.com for more
> > > > information
> > > > about Galveston Island during that time. Also a History channel
> > > > presentation of
> > > > "Isaac's Storm" documents the story of that horrific day. Isaac
> > > > Cline was the
> > > > local U.S. Weather Bureau meteorologist, and a survivor of The Great
> > > > Storm.
> > > >
> > > > Lady Elizabeth Dabernoune
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