[OOC] Constables of the 14th Ward

[Lou]

We survived Hurricane Ike with no more than missing shingles. Power is back on for me but not for Xedr. He sheltered in place with his windows boarded. Phone and Internet access came back for me this afternoon. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers.

 

[Leif]

Glad you're both ok! Footage from your area looks ROUGH!

 

[Lou]

Just to give you an idea of what's going on in the Houston area:

Tonight in Kingwood, Texas, there are two service stations with no gasoline but lines around the block....

They have beer. And it's cold!

There is a broad stretch of suburban homes in that area generally north of downtown Houston that will not get power back for as much as 4 weeks. Their electrical distribution subsystems were utterly destroyed by Hurricane Ike. The substations will have to be built elsewhere and trucked in. The power lines will have to be restrung among those substations.

If you look at the maps, remember that the broad eye of Hurricane Ike passed over Galveston then north just to the east of downtown Houston with the east edge at Baytown to Spring and Conroe before heading on north of the Houston area. Hurricane force winds extended to the west as far as about Tomball.

 

[Helfdan]

Glad to hear you're both allright!

 

[jkason]

I've been trying to avoid this, but I think it's probably best that I officially drop out of this game. It's not that I don't enjoy it, but the fact is that I've had much less time for enworld than previously, and while most of the games I'm in are moving at a speed that I feel I can keep up with, this game (when it's not being held up waiting for me to check in) is quite speedy.

Which is great, really. It shows a lot of energy still coming from all the folks running and playing it. But when I find myself perpetually a page or more behind the game thread (often without the time to read all those posts), I know I'm not really contributing in a meaningful way, and you guys deserve to charge ahead without wondering when I'll manage to make an appearance.

Feel free to turn Moru into NPC magical support, or send him back to the Academy on some research mission, or whatever you feel best helps the game. And my very sincere apologies for having held things up for as long as I have.

jason

 

[Leif]

Bummer, jkason! Oh, well, thanks for sticking it out as long as you did, and it's been great having you! (I also look forward to continuing to game with you in other thread(s).) Moru is welcome to return at any time.

 

[Helfdan]

OOC: I'm here, I'm here!

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Jonas Spot and Listen (1d20+10=20, 1d20+10=14) [/sblock]


Jonas takes rear with Brae, his bow out and Bruno keeping a nose out in the rear.

errrr... dude, I was hoping Jonas would be in front with Alarion, checking for tracks... Rangers lead the way, and all that

 

[Scotley]

jkason, thanks for letting us know what's up. We'll figure out a way to put Moru on leave for a while in case you get the opportunity to return. I've really enjoyed having you in the game and hope to see you around.

 

[Leif]

Dude, what are we doing wrong? With the population of our thread dwindling like it is, you think Andrew might want to come back?

 

[Scotley]

Possibly, but his player is having trouble keeping all the games he's running going right now. I doubt he has time. Guess we'll have to start giving out prizes to players who show up or something. I'll be Darius would come back if you ran a really long extension cord from your house to his...