NLSES Earthen DamsHi Keith,
At the time of our meeting with James Lockridge at your
location, I explained to you that l made it a habit to arrive early to
appointments, meetings, work and even church. Another long time habit I
found extremely helpful is to hope for the best, but plan for the worst.
When it became evident that I would be having my left hip joint replaced
a couple months ago, I took it upon myself to train my sons to check on
the dams if case of another earthquake during my two week recuperation.
I have what I learned to term from my mentor Steven Covey, " a
wide circle of influence" accumulated over the years and I made sure
they all knew I was having surgery yesterday and to all pray for me. Do
not misunderstand, I had all the faith in the world with my surgeon. I
learned he replaced a knee in my Primary Care Physician fifteen years
ago and at that time did the surgeries on the Dallas Cowboy football
players who blew out their knees. However, I believe very strongly in
the power of prayer and no matter how good Dr. Mack Lancaster is as a
surgeon, the only way I could have had this successful of a surgery
without all those prayers.
Even though the surgery is considered,"major", I am going home
today. I am experiencing a moderate amount of pain, but nothing like
what most patients expect. As, I promised, I fully expect to be back
doing dams inspections. That brings me back to my first paragraph. My
youngest son James III, is a supervisor at the main UPS terminal in
Dallas and due to the ice storm, he has been working 16 to 18 hours a
day ever since to try to get caught up. They have an elaborate back up
generator system, but it failed two different times for extended
periods. For that reason he was not a reliable source of help. However,
my oldest son is off until the first of the year and proved invaluable
the last few days. On Sunday and then again on Monday, Dec. 22 and 23rd,
there were back to back 3.0 earthquakes once again in Azle. My son,
Brook, went to the plant and performed a thorough walk down of both dams
and he has no damage to report. Brook is not going every day, but is
circumstances like Sunday and Monday, you will continue to be kept
abreast of the conditions of the dams.
Thanks,
James
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