Good idea. If I know him at all, he'll spend it helping the neighbors.
Although he didn't get hit himself with the "Big Nasty", he did get hit
two weeks before, and as Jim Felder reported, has a pickup truck sized
hole in his roof, and his garage is crunched. But a couple of doors
down, the entire front of his neighbors house is gone. There are others
in the neighborhood that are even worse. Then there are those needing
help in the area where the latest tornado hit, which is just a few
blocks over.

No telling when he will be back online, given the damage to the grid
over there.

JIm, if you are reading this - I have pictures of Joel's place the day
he got hit, and pictures after the cleanup started. If someone will host
them, I will make them available. But only with Joel's permission. If
when you next talk with him, please ask if it would be ok.

And - please express my best wishes.

Thanks,

John

John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com

On 4/30/2011 4:06 PM, Al Knoll wrote:
> how about a PIF for UncaJoel.  I'll pony up 20 frawgskins.
>
> Lars, you listenin'?
>
> Pensionerd.
>
> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 11:17 AM, James Felder<jim.felder@gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> He didn't ask me to tell you this, but I just have to say it. When I
>> checked in with unca Joel I fond him in good spirits, having had logos or no
>> damage to his home or property other than a few downed limbs and trees.
>> However, a tornado through Tuscaloosa the week before cost him his garage
>> and put a hole on his roof the size of a pickup. But he wasn't thinking
>> about that. He was going on rounds through the neighborhood, taking needed
>> supplies to his neighbors. He was concerned about keeping the schedule of
>> delivering gas to keep a generator running for a person in critical need of
>> oxygen.
>>
>> Jim
>