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Re: Our friends down south
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Reply to: #7859 by Lock Wench
Sep 2, 2005 7:51am
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Boxdn in particular said he wouldn't have net access where he was but he was out of New Orleans as of Saturday, I believe. It's impossible to get calls through to New Orleans cell numbers. My sister-in-law can call us but we can't get her.

Red's probably right that we'll hear from Boxdn as soon as his phone is charged.

Knit Wit
Re: Our friends down south
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Reply to: #7862 by knit wit
Sep 2, 2005 1:17pm
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I guess I'm just hoping that he'll see that I've called and get back with me somehow! And yes, he did leave N.O. Saturday. He lived in Metarie though, which I believe is underwater. We can pray and do what we can to help with the relief efforts.

bzmom
Re: Our friends down south
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Reply to: #7866 by bzmom
Sep 2, 2005 9:51pm
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And yes, he did leave N.O. Saturday. He lived in Metarie though, which I believe is underwater.

Long before I read this post, I felt I just had to find out for myself what the conditions where at BOXDN's home.

Some diligent research and creative keywords lead me to believe that his home is not underwater. I first started on CNN.com, looking at the satellite images taken yesterday. Knowing Steve's (former? had he moved?) address, I plugged it in to MapQuest. I then compared the map with satellite photos from CNN, EarthObserver and NASA.

Thanks to some pretty definitive landmarks, I believe the location is not underwater. I could be wrong. I hope I'm not.

Best wishes to all...

StarSaels
Re: Our friends down south
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Reply to: #7877 by BrewHiker
Sep 3, 2005 4:00am
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Wow, thanks for posting that. I hope you are right. I don't know him well enough to know where his house is located....all I know is that he lived in Metairie, which is described as the first suburb of New Orleans. It's located on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain between the cities of New Orleans (near the Superdome and Convention Center, and Kenner, (where the New Orleans International Airport is). He has been so kind to a new boxer like me and he was the first I thought of when I saw where the worst flooding was located....and I know he had a couple of dozen boxes in and around New Orleans.

My thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family and all the others in that devastated region. I hope they hear from him soon and maybe someone will let his fellow boxers know that he is safe.

LW
Re: Our friends down south
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Reply to: #7877 by BrewHiker
Sep 3, 2005 6:14am
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We met Boxdn in NO on the 6th of Aug. this year. He was very helpful and even replanted his Ohio coin box for the day (just for us because we are from Ohio.) He did mention that he was planning on moving back to Mandeville, but for the time he was still living in Metarie. He had managed to evacuate and replant many of the local boxes for Hurricane Ivan, but I don't know if he was able to get them evacuated this time.
My husband and I spent 9 days (our honeymoon) on a boxing expedition from Tallahasse to Baton Rouge. We are just heart broken about the current conditions of all the beautiful places we visited. Just from reading through the logbooks of the boxes we found, we feel like we know the local boxers. We pray they are all safe and sound.
Re: Our friends down south / Boxdn
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Reply to: #7879 by Mn8X
Sep 3, 2005 8:08am
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Hey Everybody!!
I went to get my phone (I had left it in the van)to give a LA boxer Boxdn's number, he had called this morning and I missed it!! He left a message that he's alive but they got hit pretty hard. He said he's camping out and doing okay, just trying to survive. He told me not to try to call cause they are trying to keep phone use to a minimum. He asked that I let everyone know he's okay. Thank God!! I may try to call in a few more days to see if there is anything we can do. I hate it that I missed his call, but at least we know he's okay.

Pass this info on to anybody that needs to know. I'm posting on SE and LaMiss.
Keep praying.

bzmom
Re: Our friends down south / Boxdn
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Reply to: #7881 by bzmom
Sep 3, 2005 9:19am
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Awesome! Thanks so much for letting us know. If you reach him again and there is anything we can do to help.....please post.

Lock Wench
Katrina Survivor info
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Reply to: #7881 by bzmom
Sep 3, 2005 12:54pm
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Hi folks,

I just came across this useful website for tracking down Hurricane Katrina survivors:

http://www.hurricanekatrinasurvivors.com/home/

It will take you to a site that allows you to enter a person's name and it will let you know where the individual is (provided they've checked in with authorities).

We just learned that a dozen of our relatives safely evacuated out of New Orleans (not sure how their homes fared but they're alive) but we're still worried about several more in the Mobile area. Hopefully, I can find them on this website.

Hope this helps folks track down their loved ones out there...

dvn2r ckr
Re: Our friends down south / Boxdn
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Reply to: #7884 by Lock Wench
Sep 3, 2005 5:20pm
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I did call Boxdn's cell phone again. His message said there is no cell reception unless he gets to a certain place, therefore why he's not using his phone. His message also said that their houses were fine just didn't have power, etc. I left everyone's number who had given it to me and let him know we were all here and ready to do what ever he needed. After hearing his message, I feel like maybe he's not in such bad a shape as so many of the others out there. I'm sure he'll let us know if there is something we can do.

bzmom