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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi all,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thank you all for your replies of hope, and advice for
recovering flooded computer equipment. I was not able to recover ANY
electronic components. There was 5 foot of water sitting in my home for
over a week. The water was laden with very corrosive contaminants and heavy
sludge. Literally this water ate the conformal coating off a lot of ckt
boards then heavily corroded and oxidized any metal and solder. I
struggled to recover data from hard drives but did manage to get a couple to
work after cleaning.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Silver Lining:</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I lost a few thousand dollars just in Digium hardware alone,
so I contacted Digium and let them know that I was out of commission for a
while till I could get another lab setup. In my most humble manner I requested
card replacement or discount on a few items just so I could get back up and
running, to my surprise, Digium would not accept any money from me and sent
several cards and components free. They thanked me for my participation
and expressed compassion for my loss. Digium is a class act and have helped
me rebuild some of what Katrina knocked down. I will forever be grateful and
never forget Digium’s Support in my time of need.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thank you; Mark and Malcolm, you guys are the best.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have already relocated my family to </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Lafayette</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>LA</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> and we are
living in the home we intend to buy soon, just need to run some extra power
ckts to the spare room and setup a new lab. We took in a family that
lived across the street from us in St Bernard and they are living in my future
computer lab, so it will still be a bit before I get up and running but will
soon.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>JR Richardson</span></font></p>
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