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  • September 28, 2008; 8:43 p.m.
    The trip to Bolivar

    Many of you have asked how I am doing and what is going with my beach house= where I have lived full time since 2004.=A0 Well ,I went back yesterday, S= aturday September 27.=A0 It is very emotional and sobering. Your memory say= s hey,=A0 Pat=A2s Tires use to be there, where is it now.=A0 That large bui= lding is gone. You see the Gulf because there are no dunes anywhere.=A0 And= very few houses=A0 block your view. =A0 The neighborhoods do look like a bomb went off and=A0all the houses=A0 were= blown down.=A0 Except there is =A0hardly anything left there. Just junk, m= etal and some recked cars.=20 My house had no real front and absolutely no back.=A0=A0Some=A0=A0may have = seen my bed sticking out my master bedroom.=A0 My front door was blown off = and was lying on the entrance to my office. My furniture was piled up in th= e office almost on top of the other. None of my furniture could be used aga= in. Mud was all over the place and covered everything.=A0 Yet my ceiling fa= ns were still there.=20 My neighbors, whose house was gone, found some things under their house.=A0= But no house, or furniture or appliances. =A0Later we found their golf car= t by the local convenience store.=20 So,=A0for those who can go to=A0Bolivar,because they are property owners go= =A0see for yourself and remember it forever.=A0 For those of you who visite= d there,the Bolivar Peninsula as=A0you knew it is gone.=20 =A0=20 George Strong --0-743878490-1222652747=:91156 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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    Many of you have asked how I am doing and what is going with my beach = house where I have lived full time since 2004.  Well ,<= FONT face=3DCalibri>I went back yesterday, Saturday September 27.&nbs= p; It is very emotional and sobering. Your memory says hey,  Pa= t=A2s Tires use to be there, where is it now.  That large building is = gone. You see the Gulf because there are no dunes anywhere.  And= very few houses  block your view.
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    The neighborhoods do look like a bomb went off and all the hous= es  were blown down.  Except there is  hardly anything left there. Just junk, metal and some recked cars.

    My house had no real front and absolutely no back.  = Some  may have seen my bed sticking out my master bedroom.=   My front door was blown off and was lying on the entran= ce to my office. My furniture was piled up in the office almost on top of t= he other. None of my furniture could be used again. Mud was all over the pl= ace and covered everything.  Yet my ceiling fans were sti= ll there.

    My neighbors, whose house was gone, found some things under their ho= use.  But no house, or furniture or appliances. &nb= sp;Later we found their golf cart by the local convenience store.=20

    So, for those who can go to Bolivar,because they are prope= rty owners go see for yourself and remember it forever.  For thos= e of you who visited there,the Bolivar Peninsula as you knew it is gon= e.=20

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    George Strong

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