Matt Wheeler

[hockeyjunkie99]

Just have him ship the cards here if that is what he is planning!!! LOL.... I hope everything goes well for Matt!!!

[Crash1207]

You can tell him I have a nice sealed case of Topps '52 sitting here that he can burn for heat. Unfortunately it might give off the smell of poo as it burns.

[shadetre]

I have a fantastic Harold Miner collection I would be willing to send. Could probably heat the house for the rest of the winter.

fidrych

take care matt

[guru]

Ken, Let me know if he needs anything... I will be happy to mail him some food or other goods if needed.

[cardshopmd]

Let Matt Know our thought and prayers are with him & his Family , i know the ice stormes are bad i watched on the news & some places had 6 to 8 inches of ice , Did FIMA Help Them ,how are they getting by for food & heat , if the house got damaged did the insurance company help , they should be put up in a hotel if i can help in any way just let me know .

Originally Posted by KenTyler

Hey Guys,

Didn't know where to post this, but decided this was as good a place as any. I have spoken to Matt a couple of times and told him I would post this info. He has been without electricity/internet (still have propane and a wood burning stove so they are keeping warm) for over a week now as a result of the major ice storms that hit last week. He said he would not have electricity back until the 27th. I know he had some house damage and is helping take care of relatives who were also hit hard. Let's be sure and remember him and his family in our prayers over the Christmas Holidays. He said to tell everyone "hi" and that he looked forward to getting back on line!

Ken

[mwheeler27]

Originally Posted by cardshopmd

Let Matt Know our thought and prayers are with him & his Family , i know the ice stormes are bad i watched on the news & some places had 6 to 8 inches of ice , Did FIMA Help Them ,how are they getting by for food & heat , if the house got damaged did the insurance company help , they should be put up in a hotel if i can help in any way just let me know .

Hello Everyone,

I finally have power back on. What a long story I could tell.

We are all doing fine. We have a wood-burning stove for heat, (thank goodness), and gas hot water heaters, so we were actually comfortable. Had several people staying with us, and many others that would come by for showers, and soup we could heat up on the wood stove.

The power company actually did a great job restoring power to so many people as quickly as they did. They hired in 1200 different trucks from 20 different states and over 1000 powerline workers who worked around the clock to get everyone up and running again. Many, many thanks go out to them for they were away from their families for quite a while as well.

My parents are still without electricity, and they are saying possibly another week or so. They are doing fine too though as they also have wood to burn.

Thank you guys so much for your thoughts and prayers. There is truly an incredible group of people on this board. I want to also thank Ken for posting this thread and calling a few times to check up on us.

I will update in a couple of days with some incredible pictures when I get caught up, (17 pages of new posts on Blowout forum alone) . I'm just very happy to be back. The time with family and friends was priceless. My wife and I were talking last night, and even though it cost us a lot of money being out of work for so long, it was more than worth it seeing our family, friends and community come together to help everyone out.

Thanks again to all of you that were thinking about us and praying for us.

Matt

[hockeyjunkie99]

Welcome back Matt!!!! Its great to hear everything is almost back to normal. Happy Holidays to you and you family.

[CaptainBOHICA]

matt - welcome back buddy. glad everything worked out man.

[swerve]

Glad your back and everyone is doing well. Hope you never had to contemplate burning those Razor cases for heat.

[hockeyron]

Hey Matt great to have you back ....

Sounds like quite an "adventure" .... when things like this happen I often wonder how people 100+ years ago survived when we take things like heat, electricity , TV etc. for granted ....

Glad everything has worked out ok in the end ...

ron