Mark wrote --
 
> was it one of those durnadoes or the derecho that caused all the damage?

  Combination of all the above, plus thunderstorms, etc.
  He seems to have the worst weather related luck.
  I had visited him just a day or two before the storm.
  I had been in the Dayton/Toledo area the day before their big storm in
May.   

> i don't know his situation but i'd have done everything i could to have
stayed in place and been cooking over a fire of some sort

  I think some of it has to with his unrelated health issues.
  But I'm like you, I would have tried to make do at home as well.
  I would have gone places where I could charge up portable items and just
cut back on unnecessary usage.
  Of course working in security I would have been called up (even in
retirement) to help out here and there where businesses, etc, would be closed
and
needed extra coverage.
  The last time that happened was on 9/11 and put in long hours for nearly
two weeks till things calmed down.

>  but i'd still try if i were able to exist outside without the
> heat/cold/humidity doing me in...

  Heat I can handle, cold not so much.
  
>  JM>    He hopes to be back online soon.
> 
> he is missed...

  As I wrote Steve Wolfe hopefully his power will be restored this week
(the power company has had their hands full replacing downed lines, blown
transformers, etc).   
  He has no idea when or if his BBS will be back up and running.
  Joe
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