Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

> Have you got any stories for us about the experience (although
> obviously that would be off topic, but hey, it's a special occasion)?
>
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>
> Well, this is applicable to being a drummer evacuating a potential
> natural
> disaster.
>
> When I decided it was time to plan for evacuation, I had to think
> about needs
> and wants.  Being a drummer looking for work and having the tools at
> hand, I
> felt I had to take my drums.  I had limited space in the car (a
> sedan), so I had
> to take the heads off two drums so they would fit one inside the
> other, 3 drums
> in one case, and I put the cymbals in a cymbal bag, and it fit inside
> the bass
> drum perfectly.  I put the rubber pads to my electronic kit in a drum
> case, and
> wires and the brain in another.  I ended up leaving the rack, since I
> didn't
> have room for it.  I knew it could be replaced cheaply until I got
> back on my
> feet.  I then took one of my tower computers plus hard drives for the
> other
> computer (since I didn't have space for two computers) and network
> equipment.  I
> left the monitor behind, knowing that it could be replaced at some
> point in
> time.  Of course, I took my clothes, paperwork, and sheet music
> material.  I
> took my bedding in case my friend had a twin bed, my clothes, my pics
> and other
> irreplaceables.
>
> Even though I had a lot of money in the car, I didn't feel too bad, as
> I have
> instrument insurance in the event the car would be stolen at any point
> during
> the evacuation and the return.  I would gas up with a debit card so I
> wouldn't
> have to be far away from the car.  When I got to my friend's place, I
> immediately unloaded the car (I left Houston at 7:30 PM and got to San
> Marcos
> the next morning at 5:30 AM), even though I was very tired.
>
> For Rita's eve, I went out with some friends there for dinner followed
> with
> rounds of Hurricanes at the Green Parrot in San Marcos.  I asked for a
> "category
> 7" hurricane (I don't know what was in it, I just asked them to make
> me one).  I
> won't be doing that again! I had no hangover, but the runs the next
> day.
>
> I visited a couple of friends in Austin and went to the new Whole
> Foods Market
> store they have there now.  I was reminded of one of the reasons I
> won't move
> back to Austin - rude, unfriendly people who came in from different
> parts of the
> country with their SUV's and money and gentrified parts of Austin,
> displacing
> the friendly CA transplants who had been living there since the late
> 70's/early
> 80's.
>
> I got back home okay, with no damage to the house.  I have to pack up
> things in
> preparation for moving to another place.
>
> Thanks for your interest!

It's a pleasure. Good strategies too (hard drives, etc).

I was imagining if such a thing were to hit the UK there'd actually be
nowhere to run .. how far did you have to drive to get out of Rita's
way?

J