Seriousness Tornado Catastrophe in US South - How You Can Help DixieGal and Others - Page 5

Donnageddon · 05-05-2011, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

Me too!

The insurance guy was finally able to get into my neighborhood. His job is to go to disaster areas. He said this is the worst he has ever seen. And confirmed that we are the only people who survived in my neighborhood.

I asked if it would be a total loss. He sort of laughed and said that it was raining hard enough INSIDE MY HOUSE that he grabbed a plastic tablecloth off the floor to cover his head. The roof is pretty much wide open. Needing an umbrella indoors is a sign that the whole thing is a washout.

So my mind is eased a bit, knowing that my claim is being processed so quickly.

Aw, c'mon. A little elbow grease, duct tape, burlap, and twine and you got yourselves a first class.... Disaster!

So glad you both escaped physical harm.

The emotional and psychic damage will take some time, but I know you both will make it!

Take care,

Donn

Sweetpea · 05-05-2011, 03:43 AM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

My former co-workers have another theory. They say Tim is lucky. They say I'm too danged mean to kill!

We have a saying here: "Weeds never die" (the "official" translation would be "Ill weeds grow apace", but I don't think that covers how we use the saying...)

poohbear_nc · 05-05-2011, 08:54 AM

I want to thank everybody, both personally and for MobileRead, for the tremendous outpouring of support shown to DixieGal & Tim - support in all forms

.... emotional, financial, spiritual ...

whatever was needed, and whatever each member could provide.

You guys & gals have shown yourself, if I may use a cliche, a true family - able to come together when one of our members is facing disaster in its rawest form.

And I know all of us will continue to follow DixieGal & Tim's recovery and return to some semblance of normal life again. Rebuilding shattered buildings will take some time; rebuilding shattered lives will take a little longer - but they won't be alone.

Harmon · 05-05-2011, 06:48 PM

I came to this thread late, and so did not have to endure what amounts to the narrative suspense. Went right to the relief at DG's survival.

A block that my brother lived in with his family in Tuscaloosa years ago was demolished - except for his former house. And then I read about DG...

I have a nephew at U of Alabama, just graduating, and bizarrely, the last time he graduated (from high school) he got hit by a tornado.

No deaths around him, thankfully. How horrible that all of DG's neighbors died. That just has to be numbing, whether you show it or not.

JSWolf · 05-05-2011, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SneakySnake

Dont forget you can always purchase Tim's book

click to buy Tim's book

If you are buying Tim's book just to help them out, would it not be better to send them the money the book cost directly so they gt the entire amount?

SneakySnake · 05-05-2011, 08:07 PM

Do you still get the book?

badgoodDeb · 05-05-2011, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

If you are buying Tim's book just to help them out, would it not be better to send them the money the book cost directly so they gt the entire amount?

I wondered about that, but reading over at Smashwords *seems* to say that there is no cost to the author; that all the $ goes to them. True? False?

nohmi2 · 05-05-2011, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

I wondered about that, but reading over at Smashwords *seems* to say that there is no cost to the author; that all the $ goes to them. True? False?

That's what I thought that it *seems* to say.

It somehow appeared to me that it then does not merely seem to be a sympathy

donation.

Cheers

montsnmags · 05-05-2011, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

I wondered about that, but reading over at Smashwords *seems* to say that there is no cost to the author; that all the $ goes to them. True? False?

Answer here, by the looks:

https://www.smashwords.com/about/supportfaq#Royalties

(Essentially, it seems like 85% goes to the author if sold directly from Smashwords?)

Cheers,
Marc

kindlekitten · 05-05-2011, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

If you are buying Tim's book just to help them out, would it not be better to send them the money the book cost directly so they gt the entire amount?

and, gee in all this shock and devastation, maybe he gets to feel like a success in a part of his life.

Worldwalker · 05-06-2011, 12:04 AM

Done. We've been looking at the pictures ... it doesn't really hit you, down in the gut, until it happens to someone you know. Hang in there, Dix & Tim.

nohmi2 · 05-06-2011, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

and, gee in all this shock and devastation, maybe he gets to feel like a success in a part of his life.

That was highly unnecessary.

Attachment 70966

What Dreams said. You guys gave us almost $1,000, but today Alfa Ins gave us a cash advance for living expenses. It would make us happy if you would continue to contribute to the Concord community of Hueytown, Alabama via the Red Cross.

I don't know how we can ever thank you all for the love and filthy lucre over the past week. But we do thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.

(Keep getting Tim's book. He is so cute! That makes him so happy when the email shows another one sold. He thinks that is going to be "his" money!
__________________

Click to get my husband's book

Nohmi

kindlekitten · 05-06-2011, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by nohmi2

That was highly unnecessary.

Attachment 70966

What Dreams said. You guys gave us almost $1,000, but today Alfa Ins gave us a cash advance for living expenses. It would make us happy if you would continue to contribute to the Concord community of Hueytown, Alabama via the Red Cross.

I don't know how we can ever thank you all for the love and filthy lucre over the past week. But we do thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.

(Keep getting Tim's book. He is so cute! That makes him so happy when the email shows another one sold. He thinks that is going to be "his" money!
__________________

Click to get my husband's book

Nohmi

just consider the source I was responding to and you wouldn't even question the reaction

DixieGal · 05-06-2011, 04:04 PM

For every $7.99, he gets to keep $6.34. I think that is among the highest rate. If you get it at Amazon, he only gets about $3.00.

nohmi2 · 05-06-2011, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

just consider the source I was responding to and you wouldn't even question the reaction

Is there something wrong with *the source* that some of us don't know about?

I am confused.

Cheers,

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05-05-2011, 08:54 AM	#63
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,421 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	I want to thank everybody, both personally and for MobileRead, for the tremendous outpouring of support shown to DixieGal & Tim - support in all forms .... emotional, financial, spiritual ... whatever was needed, and whatever each member could provide. You guys & gals have shown yourself, if I may use a cliche, a true family - able to come together when one of our members is facing disaster in its rawest form. And I know all of us will continue to follow DixieGal & Tim's recovery and return to some semblance of normal life again. Rebuilding shattered buildings will take some time; rebuilding shattered lives will take a little longer - but they won't be alone.

05-05-2011, 06:48 PM	#64
Harmon King of the Bongo Drums Posts: 1,630 Karma: 5927225 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Excelsior! (Strange...)	I came to this thread late, and so did not have to endure what amounts to the narrative suspense. Went right to the relief at DG's survival. A block that my brother lived in with his family in Tuscaloosa years ago was demolished - except for his former house. And then I read about DG... I have a nephew at U of Alabama, just graduating, and bizarrely, the last time he graduated (from high school) he got hit by a tornado. No deaths around him, thankfully. How horrible that all of DG's neighbors died. That just has to be numbing, whether you show it or not.

05-05-2011, 08:07 PM	#66
SneakySnake I'm watching you! Posts: 6,113 Karma: 22344652 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sunny Coast Qld, OZ Device: Sony PRS-900(unused lately) iPadAir2, want me Kindle Oasis	Do you still get the book?

05-06-2011, 12:04 AM	#71
Worldwalker Curmudgeon Posts: 3,085 Karma: 722357 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: PRS-505	Done. We've been looking at the pictures ... it doesn't really hit you, down in the gut, until it happens to someone you know. Hang in there, Dix & Tim.

05-06-2011, 04:04 PM	#74
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	For every $7.99, he gets to keep $6.34. I think that is among the highest rate. If you get it at Amazon, he only gets about $3.00.

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