Aroidicide in Florida

From: Riley2362 at aol.com on 2004.08.15 at 17:43:10(11983) As we mourn the many Aroids that were victims of Charley, it is comforting to know (through Lynn and several others) that our members are safe and sound (well, physically at least). We heard that John Banta is safe and I just learned that Melissa McDowell in Sarasota is OK and had no damage. I was most concerned about Linda Massey in North Port, just North of Port Charlotte. Most of you know Linda from her stories of fighting her neighbors objections to her blooming Amorphophallus paeoniifolius. I just heard that Linda and her mother evacuated to a motel further inland ... with her Amorphophallus titanum to wait out the storm! I hope they were in a three bedroom suite! Their home was not damaged. +More Life goes on ... now if we can survive the Republican Convention in NYC (just joking), there is hope! Michael Riley

From: "Tropicals" <Tropicals at SolutionsAnalysis.net> on 2004.08.16 at 15:11:53(11998) POWER IS RESTORED HERE. We are pleased to read the last few days of mail. All of you concerned about Bill and I; we made it and our dog's nerves are finally settling down. Yes we took a direct hit from Charley exiting the state, category 2. Minor damage to our home, severe outside; a little too tough to talk about the nursery loss yet. Thanks for everyone's support, prayers and reassurance that others are doing well. It only took 3 days to get out power back but still can't get through all the debris piled up in the trop garden to look for surviving aroids. The odor in our refrigerator mimics our wonderful Amorphophallus' during bloom! Lives were saved and we are quite grateful the new roof repairs held through the storm. Many are looking at another 2 weeks without power. We hope to be back up and running before the week is out. We are confident that at least 10% of our stock survived. Christian and Bill +More Your AlterNative Solutions Team www.SolutionsAnalysis.net Direct to Tropical / Desert Nursery http://www.solutionsanalysis.net/cgi-bin/store/agora.cgi -----Original Message----- Behalf Of Riley2362@aol.com Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 1:43 PM To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu Subject: [aroid-l] Aroidicide in Florida As we mourn the many Aroids that were victims of Charley, it is comforting to know (through Lynn and several others) that our members are safe and sound (well, physically at least). We heard that John Banta is safe and I just learned that Melissa McDowell in Sarasota is OK and had no damage. I was most concerned about Linda Massey in North Port, just North of Port Charlotte. Most of you know Linda from her stories of fighting her neighbors objections to her blooming Amorphophallus paeoniifolius. I just heard that Linda and her mother evacuated to a motel further inland ... with her Amorphophallus titanum to wait out the storm! I hope they were in a three bedroom suite! Their home was not damaged. Life goes on ... now if we can survive the Republican Convention in NYC (just joking), there is hope! Michael Riley

From: "Bamboo Chik" <bamboochik at earthlink.net> on 2004.08.16 at 20:32:55(12000) Dear Christian and Bill...I am so sorry to hear of your aroid losses but thankful your lives were spared. Tomorrow is another day and hopefully a much happier one...b.f.n...deb/S.AL +More > [Original Message] > From: Tropicals > To: > Date: 8/16/2004 10:19:24 AM > Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Aroidicide in Florida > > POWER IS RESTORED HERE. We are pleased to read the last few days of mail. > All of you concerned about Bill and I; we made it and our dog's nerves are > finally settling down.

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