[Vickip]

Hi guys.

I'm truly sorry ... this isn't Meat Loaf related, but I've come to think of you as my friends and feel that I have to share this with you.

My parents own a flag store ... actually it started out as my Grandfather's Grocery store over 40 years ago, my father took it over as a Hardware store, and then switched it to flags a few years back when Desert Storm started.

We're located next to a creek, and had a major flood there about 4 years ago. At the time we thought we were going to lose everything, but managed to rebuild and move on. Well today I got a frantic phone call from My Parents ... the store was flooded again. They were standing there watching the water come in, and got out of there as quickly as they could. No sooner had they left when they found out that one of the walls had collapsed, and most of the windows were blown out.

They managed to get back over there ... and when they did, they said that the water outside was only about a foot lower than the roof ! They couldn't even see the air conditioning unit outside .... and when they looked inside, it was devastating. When my mother called me again from her car phone, I could hear my father crying in the background. The store was his life, and in an instant it was all gone.

My nerves are on edge .... and I feel so helpless. I'm sorry to burden you with this, but I just needed someone to talk to.

Time for me to put on some Meat music ... maybe that'll help cheer me up ..

Thanks for listening
Vicki