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   PID: Synchronet 3.17c-Win32  Jul  6 2019 MSC 1800   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.07-Win32 r3.117 Jul  6 2019 MSC 1800   
   Mark,   
      
     I'm finally back online after being down from June 19 through July 5.   
      
     Severe thunderstorms blasted across Arkansas, with hail over 4 inches   
   in diameter in west Arkansas...tornadoes in southeast Arkansas...and   
   hurricane force winds elsewhere.   
      
     One such storm uprooted a huge tree just up the street, causing it to   
   fall on power lines. That pulled apart the power pole across the street,   
   and ripped the electric meter off the north side of the house.   
      
     The night of the storms wasn't too bad, for the rain...but the next   
   day and night, apparent temperatures were over 100 degrees. It was like   
   taking a hot shower, then climing into bed naked and wet. I didn't even   
   get 5 hours of sleep that night.   
      
     Realizing people die in conditions like this, I was able to get a room   
   at an area motel. But, since the insurance company (who considers it a   
   catastrophe if they have to pay a claim) noted the house was "livable"   
   (it still had running water and no other damage, except for the electric   
   meter and indoor panel noted above), they won't pay the $950 hotel bill.   
   Add to that I had to pay my Mom's $1900 income tax bill (she's dying in   
   a nursing home), so that wiped out a planned trip to Albuquerque for a   
   ham radio event in September.   
      
     If that wasn't bad enough, I have a huge stone in my bladder that was   
   MISSED several months ago, so I have surgery on the agenda.   
      
     But, I'm back online, with Window 10 Pro 32-bit...and so is the BBS.   
   However, summertime thunderstorms, and brownouts with high heat indexes   
   (causing folks to run their air conditioners) may mean downtimes for the   
   BBS (I don't want another "local hotel vacation"). The commercials for   
   the Generac Generators are deceptive in the price...they do NOT include   
   the installation fees, and I can't afford that right now.   
      
   Daryl   
      
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