Official Missing Twirl Post

[del]

  Twirl is okay!!!!!    Thanks okarol!!  A flower for you too. 

[charee]

very happy to know your safe twirl

[donnia]

  YAY!!! 

Missing you and your posts terribly twirl!  Get on back here and make us laugh! 

[willieandwinnie]

Come on twirl, we really need to hear from you.

[okarol]

I just spoke to twirl for almost an hour! She is doing okay and really misses everyone on IHD. She said thanks to MI for the offer of help, and to David for continuing to post in the "Last post Loves IHD the most" thread (she says she's gonna win, she just KNOWS it) so hang in there Mikey, JoePaul, kim and WAW! She also said thank you to everyone else who is thinking of her. The neighborhood she is in was badly hit and large trees fell everywhere. There's a tree in her pool and it has become a swamp now - including snakes! Her dogs were so scared the night Ike hit that she had to sedate them. Then her cow dog was missing and she was really worried. They found him hiding under the van and had to coax him out with some fajita beef.
There's not much else to do with the all the heat and no power, but hopefully they will get electricity back in the next few days.  She says she is like Mary Todd Lincoln, sitting each night doing embroidery by candlelight.
Twirl asked about everyone, wondering how her fellow Texans did in their areas with Ike. She also wondered about others affected by the hurricane. And she just wanted to catch up on all the IHD happenings!
I told her to take lots of pictures and I will try to talk her through posting them when she gets back online.
That's the twirl update for now!
Keep twirling girl!

[monrein]

Thanks Okarol for the update and I'm so glad they're OK but things sound a mess.

[kimcanada]

Thanks Okarol... Twirl is amazing, even in a time like this she has humor..

HANG IN THERE BUD .. we are waiting for ya

[kitkatz]

Good for her. I am glad she is okay. I wonder if she got my card yet?

[willieandwinnie]

Thank you okarol. Brings tears to my eyes just thinking about her. 

[okarol]

Good for her. I am glad she is okay. I wonder if she got my card yet?

Yes Kit! She did mention getting cards from you!

[lola]

Miss ya twirl

[donnia]

Thanks for the update Okarol!  I hope you got the email I sent you with the Ike pictures.  Glad to hear that twirl hasn't lost her sense of humor! 

Can't wait to have you back twirl! 

[MIbarra]

  I'm glad Twirl is okay! Still miss you, Twirl. Praying for power to be up in your area soon! 

[G-Ma]

Oh shivers...I would have been so out of there....I'm chicken...twirl is brave.   

[Romona]

Miss you Twirl!

[kidney4traci]

Glad you are ok Twirl... sorry to hear about the animals, hope all is getting better.  Did you see that many people in our area can apply for food stamps?  Can call  (512)973-9203 to see if you qualify.  Helps to replace the food you lost.  Also, see the following to gauge when power will be back on:

The following zip codes are estimated to have substantial power restoration
by the end of day on Friday, September 19:

77065, 77094, 77095, 77354, 77355, 77356, 77362, 77375, 77377, 77382, 77384,
77418, 77420, 77423, 77429, 77430, 77433, 77434, 77435, 77441, 77444, 77445,
77449, 77450, 77461, 77468, 77469, 77471, 77474, 77479, 77482, 77484, 77486,

The following zip codes are estimated to have substantial power restoration
by the end of day on Monday, September 22:

77024, 77031, 77032, 77039, 77040, 77041, 77042, 77050, 77055, 77072, 77077,
77079, 77080, 77082, 77083, 77084, 77092, 77099, 77336, 77338, 77339, 77346,
77357, 77365, 77373, 77386, 77396, 77459, 77477, 77478, 77479, 77511, 77515,
77534, 77577, 77583

The following zip codes have sustained extensive damage, and will therefore
have a restoration timeline that extends beyond Monday, September 22:

77002, 77003, 77004, 77005, 77006, 77007, 77008, 77009, 77010, 77011, 77012,
77013, 77014, 77015, 77016, 77017, 77018, 77019, 77020, 77021, 77022, 77023,
77025, 77026, 77027, 77028, 77029, 77030, 77033, 77034, 77035, 77036, 77037,
77038, 77040, 77044, 77045, 77046, 77047, 77048, 77051, 77053, 77054, 77056,
77057, 77058, 77059, 77060, 77061, 77062, 77063, 77064, 77066, 77067, 77068,
77069, 77070, 77071, 77073, 77074, 77075, 77076, 77078, 77081, 77085, 77086,
77087, 77088, 77089, 77090, 77091, 77093, 77096, 77098, 77379, 77380, 77386,
77388, 77389, 77401, 77422, 77459, 77489, 77502, 77503, 77504, 77505, 77506,
77507, 77510, 77515, 77517, 77518, 77520, 77521, 77530, 77531, 77532, 77534,
77535, 77536, 77539, 77541, 77545, 77546, 77547, 77550, 77551, 77554, 77563,
77565, 77566, 77568, 77571, 77573, 77578, 77581, 77583, 77584, 77586, 77587,
77590, 77591, 77598

[okarol]

Thanks for the update Okarol!  I hope you got the email I sent you with the Ike pictures. 
 

Yes thanks donnia - I posted the link here http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=9961.msg170831#msg170831

[okarol]

The following zip codes are estimated to have substantial power restoration

Hmmmm...? Twirl's zip code is NOT shown anywhere on those lists! 

[kidney4traci]

What is her zip? PM me if you want if private - I can call a local radio station with it and they will do the same thing.

[pelagia]

Twirl, I've been on the road with little cell phone coverage.  It's great to hear that you are okay and MIBarra and Kidney4Traci, too.   

[twirl]

I'm back for as long as the internet allows
keeps going off
and our phone service is screwed
thanks everyone for missing me
I missed you too
we still have trees down and some people have no electricity
some schools are opened tomorrow and my husband's is opened
a silent "yeah"
him being home was driving me crazy
is it odd that a president hurricane came on an election year
the "eye" decided to move into my neighborhood and did not want to leave
been in many hurricanes but nothing like this one
so glad we got it and no one hurting from Katrina got it again
thanks everyone

[monrein]

We really need you here Twirl.  Tell the power company that many people depend on you so you need your computer to be in use.  So glad you're back and safe.

[David13]

Welcome back, Twirl!  IHD just isn't the same without you!

[kimcanada]

Oh I am so glad you are back, I have NEVER been in a hericane, this was the closest

[twirl]

is Buster holding a glowing orange
the surprise I am sending is delayed
almost went blind doing stuff by candle light
then the next the what I was doing looked weird
glad to be back and missed you