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Stan's Roll Call (Not a Military Blog)Roll call #17
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 9:24 PM
From FedWeek:
8. Large Number of Employees Affected by Katrina
The Congressional Research Service has estimated that
in the three states most affected by Hurricane Katrina,
there are 55,253 federal (including Postal Service)
workers: 3,028 employees are in Alabama; 31,896 employees
are in Louisiana; and 20,329 employees are in Mississippi.
These workers are employed by some 47 federal agencies. In
the affected areas of the three states, the largest number
of federal employees work for the Postal Service, the
Department of the Army, and the Department of Homeland
Security in Alabama and the Postal Service, the Department
of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of the Army in
Louisiana and Mississippi.
The Congressional Research Service has estimated that
in the three states most affected by Hurricane Katrina,
there are 55,253 federal (including Postal Service)
workers: 3,028 employees are in Alabama; 31,896 employees
are in Louisiana; and 20,329 employees are in Mississippi.
These workers are employed by some 47 federal agencies. In
the affected areas of the three states, the largest number
of federal employees work for the Postal Service, the
Department of the Army, and the Department of Homeland
Security in Alabama and the Postal Service, the Department
of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of the Army in
Louisiana and Mississippi.
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Clint Kemp
High and dry in Lumberton, I lost a couple of trees and a bird house and that's all.
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In a message dated 2005-10-10 22:13:45 Eastern Daylight Time, stanw writes:
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Ramon (Jackson)
That's for sure. Please pass my thanks to Ray, a good shipmate.
Burr
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Stan,
I really do appreciate your efforts in keeping everyone informed during the after-mat of Katrina. Sorry to hear that so many lost property BUT delighted to hear that all employees survived save one. Being a MS native, I have several relatives living on the Gulf Coast and NO. All left their homes prior to the hurricane.
Also glad to hear the whereabouts of so many "old" NAVOCEANO employees. Many of them I did not know if they were even living at the time of Katrina. Made contact with Van Norden who had heard that I had passed.
Our Albuquerque church, Hoffmantown (Baptist) sent a couple of people to MS Gulf Coast, and we adopted First Baptist of Long Beach. Our church will minister to the Long Beach Church through financial support and short term mission trips. The first two trips are Oct. 29-Nov. 6 and Nov. 19-27. My wife will be on both trips, and I hope to be on later trips. A planned triup to SE Asia prevented me from going on the first two. Coincidentally, I attended first Baptist when living in Long Beach 1978-82.
My best to all NAVOCEANO employees--especially those who are going through very tiring times, which I guess includes almost everyone.
Jimmy Stribling
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Hi, Stan. I'm finally on a computer again and your Roll Call info has been wonderful. Just wanted to let you know that Joe and I have moved from Diamondhead -- decided that the worry of any future hurricanes would be too much to handle at our age. We are staying with friends in Mobile, AL and looking for housing inland around Birmingham, AL or Huntsville, AL or the Tennessee area. Our e-mail address is still good so we'll be able to keep in touch. Thanks for doing such a great job and I surely hope all things will work out well for you and all of us who have been victims of Katrina -- she really did a number on us. We had minimal damage -- roof/water from the storm, trees down everywhere. Decided to put our house up for sale and within 3 days had a buyer who said: "I'll meet your price; what do you want for the furniture; and when can you be out?" They lived in Bay St. Louis and lost everything (Benvenutti is their name). Anyway, we were out of Diamondhead 10 days later -- what a whirlwind it has been. I know the Gulf Coast will recover from this, but I'm not sure at our age that we can wait around for it to happen. Take care and God Bless all of us.
Joe and Marilyn Shanabrough
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Stan-
I've been reading your roll calls over the past several weeks. The horror and devastation you
people are enduring boggles the mind!
If any of you members of the old split Bathymetry Division want to get away for awhile,
or assess this area for possible relocation, the welcome mat is out!
I live alone & have 2 spare bedrooms- 1 double, 1single.
It's life in the slow lane here in Lancaster Co., VA- ideal for retirees.
Chief diversions are boating, golfing,and in my case, duplicate bridge 2-3 times/week.
Terry
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