Updates from Lebben and other disaster zones...

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11 years 10 months ago #25541 by faawrenchbndr
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LebbenB wrote: I ain't a hero. I know a few though...


All Heros say that,........... :nicethread:

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11 years 10 months ago #25542 by jtallen83
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faawrenchbndr wrote:

LebbenB wrote: I ain't a hero. I know a few though...


All Heros say that,........... :nicethread:


:I-agree: I understand you would not call yourself a hero but you only get one vote Leb. I think we get to decide and it looks like you're already out-voted!
As a society we need you, someone we can point to and tell our children and grandchildren "like that" :usa:

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11 years 10 months ago #25543 by Siscowet
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LebbenB wrote: First, appreciate all the concerned posts in this thread even the attempts at humor. If you can't laugh in the face of adversity then you don't have a sense of humor.

All the tornadoes hit way north of my location so Casa Lebben is just fine, though my grass could use cutting.

I just couldn't seem to slow down. When things were winding down for the Moore OK push, Yukon gets hit and the relief push starts all over again. The hardest thing about Moore was finding a place to unload all the supplies. The locality was slow to form one. Once I had a yard established there, everything went much faster.

Yukon was much easier in several respects. One of my friends in Yukon owns a quarter section near there and let us use it as a yard to establish a log base so folks affected by the tornado could come by and get supplies - water, canned goods, tarps and tentage. For the first few days after Moore and then Yukon, we set up a couple of big grills so folks could get a hot A. Many of the locals not affected by the storm were bringing over hot chow once they heard what we were doing. I was really surprised at all help and aid folks were willing to give in such short order. As donations were trailing off for Moore, it surged again when Yukon got hit.

Things began to wind down last Saturday. Most folks had found a place to stay and the state and fed have started the clean up. Job done, right? NOT! I've got a LONG schedule of appointments to brief everybody from the City of Lawton to FEMA on why our private relief effort was so successful. Today the owner and I have to go to OKC and brief OK Department of Public Safety (OK Highway Patrol), tomorrow is Ft Sill. And the list goes on.

I really appreciate all the words of support and friendship from y'all. I'm honored to call y'all my friends - though I don't think I could pick any of you out of a line-up, LOL.

I'm tired...But it's time to get on the road to OKC.

Leb good to hear you and your family weren't affected. And somehow it doesn't surprise me that any relief effort you put together was so effective. With a little luck, FEMA will learn from you and your company's efforts. :twothumbs:

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11 years 10 months ago #25554 by 13fcolt
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Let's just say I know who I want in my neighborhood when something happens.

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