Mass Hysteria
Sep. 21st, 2005 08:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eggwardsWell, the hysteria over Hurricane Rita is growing here. I have a worker who's getting so hysterical that she's updating us every ten minutes about the storm, and she's been asking us about when the company is going to let people go to evacuate. I have to keep telling her that the company doesn't work that quickly, and if she wants to leave early, she'll have to take a vacation day.
Still, the word at the moment is that we will be closed on Friday and letting our way understaffed Denver office finally use the disaster recovery plan. I can't wait to see what disaster that we'll come back to.
Rita is a category 4 storm and seems to be heading for somewhere just west of Galveston, putting Houston on the "dirty" side of the storm. It should be coming in sometime early Saturday. Since I was already going to be bugging out to go to what now should be a very wet Austin City Limits Festival, I'll be fighting the traffic going to Austin on Thursday night. I hope the company doesn't make me go to the Austin recovery site.
Right now I'm trying to figure out if there's items I should carry with me to Austin. I may pack up the computer and a few items. I was going to pack a small bag, but now I'm going to carry extra clothing just to be sure. My apartment complex is pretty new and my apartment is on the third floor, facing northwest, so things should be OK, but we'll just have to see. If nothing else I'm going to move things away from the windows and unplug the electronics.
Still, it's a hurricane, and we have warning, things can be prepared for and there's no need to go into fits. I've started playing with my associate since she's annoying everyone with her antics. Should we be concerned, yes, but when I asked if she had a plan for what to do if she was allowed to leave, she said no.
She's going to need therapy.
Still, the word at the moment is that we will be closed on Friday and letting our way understaffed Denver office finally use the disaster recovery plan. I can't wait to see what disaster that we'll come back to.
Rita is a category 4 storm and seems to be heading for somewhere just west of Galveston, putting Houston on the "dirty" side of the storm. It should be coming in sometime early Saturday. Since I was already going to be bugging out to go to what now should be a very wet Austin City Limits Festival, I'll be fighting the traffic going to Austin on Thursday night. I hope the company doesn't make me go to the Austin recovery site.
Right now I'm trying to figure out if there's items I should carry with me to Austin. I may pack up the computer and a few items. I was going to pack a small bag, but now I'm going to carry extra clothing just to be sure. My apartment complex is pretty new and my apartment is on the third floor, facing northwest, so things should be OK, but we'll just have to see. If nothing else I'm going to move things away from the windows and unplug the electronics.
Still, it's a hurricane, and we have warning, things can be prepared for and there's no need to go into fits. I've started playing with my associate since she's annoying everyone with her antics. Should we be concerned, yes, but when I asked if she had a plan for what to do if she was allowed to leave, she said no.
She's going to need therapy.
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Date: 2005-09-21 05:19 pm (UTC)- All personal identification (Driver's license, school ID, Passport, birth certificate)
- checkbook
- lease
- insurance documents
- receipts for items that you may want to file a claim for
- an inventory and approximate purchase cost of everything in your apartment
- if you don't have a laptop that you could carry, back up your HD to CD or remove the hard drive and take it with you.
- condoms and lube (hey, it couldn't hurt)
Also, take photos of the inside of your apartment. If you have damage that is not catistrophic but worthy of filing a claim, it will make life a little easier if the claims rep sees the apartment the way it used to look.
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Date: 2005-09-22 04:30 am (UTC)