From imann at rocketmail.com Sat Sep 1 12:55:06 2007 From: imann at rocketmail.com (Sgt Ivan Mann USMC 3/1) Date: Sat Sep 1 12:55:40 2007 Subject: [STHELENA] odd advice In-Reply-To: <004301c7833d$bbcc2370$0301a8c0@TIME2003> Message-ID: <597013.50746.qm@web50310.mail.re2.yahoo.com> I read that and I want to know what the locals do for health insurance if health cost are high and how much does insurance cost? "A.H. Schulenburg" wrote: On its website, the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office provides advice for travellers to other countries (incl. UK territories). Its page on St Helena features the following gem: LOCAL LAWS AND CUSTOMS [...] It is an offence to wear T-shirts or clothing in public with offensive slogans. http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket%2FXcelerate%2FShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029390590&a=KCountryAdvice&aid=1013618387189 There is another strange bit of info on that page. See if you can spot it. This is the first I have heard of it. 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URL: http://lists.kulturservern.se/pipermail/list/attachments/20070901/0bfa0c30/attachment.htm From prporter1 at aim.com Sat Sep 1 14:17:40 2007 From: prporter1 at aim.com (prporter1@aim.com) Date: Sat Sep 1 14:18:15 2007 Subject: [STHELENA] odd advice In-Reply-To: <597013.50746.qm@web50310.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <8C9BAA939F3590B-B38-2DDD@WEBMAIL-MB05.sysops.aol.com> Why is that? -----Original Message----- From: Sgt Ivan Mann USMC 3/1 To: All about St. Helena - The Island in the South Atlantic(Eng) Sent: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 4:55 am Subject: Re: [STHELENA] odd advice I read that and I want to know what the locals do for health insurance if health cost are high and how much does insurance cost? "A.H. Schulenburg" wrote: On its website, the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office provides advice for travellers to other countries (incl. UK territories). ? Its page on St Helena features the following gem: ? LOCAL LAWS AND CUSTOMS [...] It is an offence to wear T-shirts or clothing in public with offensive slogans. http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket%2FXcelerate%2FShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029390590&a=KCountryAdvice&aid=1013618387189 There is another strange bit of info on that page.? See if you can spot it. This is the first I have heard of it. Reagrds, Alexander ? The S:t Helena Mailing List To unsubscribe please send a email to: list-leave@sthelena.se and answer the confirm mail. SEMPER FI Co. L 3rd Balattalion, 1st Marines, 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade Sgt Ivan Mann USMC Retired ?http://ca.geocities.com/imann.rm/index.html Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail The S:t Helena Mailing List To unsubscribe please send a email to: list-leave@sthelena.se and answer the confirm mail. ________________________________________________________________________ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- Unlimited storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.kulturservern.se/pipermail/list/attachments/20070901/9d920669/attachment.htm From srg at globemw.net Sat Sep 1 18:23:08 2007 From: srg at globemw.net (SRG) Date: Sat Sep 1 18:24:07 2007 Subject: [STHELENA] odd advice References: <8C9BAA939F3590B-B38-2DDD@WEBMAIL-MB05.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <001701c7ecb4$63192850$05fdffd5@reneee593f1a40> I am the grand son of the late James Arthur Timm and the late Florence Timm (nee George). I want to make contact with any family members. Also can anyone tell me if the name Le Grange Rousseau or Grainger - Rousseau has any connection with the Island. ----- Original Message ----- From: prporter1@aim.com To: list@sthelena.se Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [STHELENA] odd advice Why is that? -----Original Message----- From: Sgt Ivan Mann USMC 3/1 To: All about St. Helena - The Island in the South Atlantic(Eng) Sent: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 4:55 am Subject: Re: [STHELENA] odd advice I read that and I want to know what the locals do for health insurance if health cost are high and how much does insurance cost? "A.H. Schulenburg" wrote: On its website, the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office provides advice for travellers to other countries (incl. UK territories). Its page on St Helena features the following gem: LOCAL LAWS AND CUSTOMS [...] It is an offence to wear T-shirts or clothing in public with offensive slogans. http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket%2FXcelerate%2FShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029390590&a=KCountryAdvice&aid=1013618387189 There is another strange bit of info on that page. See if you can spot it. This is the first I have heard of it. Reagrds, Alexander The S:t Helena Mailing List To unsubscribe please send a email to: list-leave@sthelena.se and answer the confirm mail. SEMPER FI Co. L 3rd Balattalion, 1st Marines, 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade Sgt Ivan Mann USMC Retired http://ca.geocities.com/imann.rm/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! 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URL: http://lists.kulturservern.se/pipermail/list/attachments/20070901/365f99c4/attachment.htm From prporter1 at aim.com Sun Sep 2 01:40:41 2007 From: prporter1 at aim.com (prporter1@aim.com) Date: Sun Sep 2 01:41:16 2007 Subject: [STHELENA] odd advice In-Reply-To: <001701c7ecb4$63192850$05fdffd5@reneee593f1a40> References: <8C9BAA939F3590B-B38-2DDD@WEBMAIL-MB05.sysops.aol.com> <001701c7ecb4$63192850$05fdffd5@reneee593f1a40> Message-ID: <8C9BB08A465A388-7BC-3C4D@FWM-D26.sysops.aol.com> I don't believe so, but they might. -----Original Message----- From: SRG To: All about St. Helena - The Island in the South Atlantic(Eng) Sent: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 10:23 am Subject: Re: [STHELENA] odd advice I am the grand son of the late James Arthur Timm and the late Florence Timm (nee George). I want to make contact with any family members. ? Also can anyone tell me if the?name Le Grange Rousseau or Grainger - Rousseau has any connection with the Island.? ----- Original Message ----- From: prporter1@aim.com To: list@sthelena.se Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [STHELENA] odd advice Why is that? -----Original Message----- From: Sgt Ivan Mann USMC 3/1 To: All about St. Helena - The Island in the South Atlantic(Eng) Sent: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 4:55 am Subject: Re: [STHELENA] odd advice I read that and I want to know what the locals do for health insurance if health cost are high and how much does insurance cost? "A.H. Schulenburg" wrote: On its website, the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office provides advice for travellers to other countries (incl. UK territories). ? Its page on St Helena features the following gem: ? LOCAL LAWS AND CUSTOMS [...] It is an offence to wear T-shirts or clothing in public with offensive slogans. http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket%2FXcelerate%2FShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029390590&a=KCountryAdvice&aid=1013618387189 There is another strange bit of info on that page.? See if you can spot it. This is the first I have heard of it. Reagrds, Alexander ? The S:t Helena Mailing List To unsubscribe please send a email to: list-leave@sthelena.se and answer the confirm mail. SEMPER FI Co. L 3rd Balattalion, 1st Marines, 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade Sgt Ivan Mann USMC Retired ?http://ca.geocities.com/imann.rm/index.html Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail The S:t Helena Mailing List To unsubscribe please send a email to: list-leave@sthelena.se and answer the confirm mail. Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- Unlimited storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection. 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URL: http://lists.kulturservern.se/pipermail/list/attachments/20070901/4be9a7cc/attachment.htm From john at burghhouse.com Mon Sep 3 10:03:05 2007 From: john at burghhouse.com (John Turner) Date: Mon Sep 3 10:06:45 2007 Subject: [STHELENA] odd advice In-Reply-To: <597013.50746.qm@web50310.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <004301c7833d$bbcc2370$0301a8c0@TIME2003> <597013.50746.qm@web50310.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: 'Locals' (i.e. Saints) and all British citizens are covered by the national health service. Other people are required to pay for treatment on a full cost recovery basis, and so are required to carry health insurance. JT _____ From: list-bounces@sthelena.se [mailto:list-bounces@sthelena.se] On Behalf Of Sgt Ivan Mann USMC 3/1 Sent: 1 September 2007 10:55 To: All about St. Helena - The Island in the South Atlantic(Eng) Subject: Re: [STHELENA] odd advice I read that and I want to know what the locals do for health insurance if health cost are high and how much does insurance cost? "A.H. Schulenburg" wrote: On its website, the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office provides advice for travellers to other countries (incl. UK territories). Its page on St Helena features the following gem: LOCAL LAWS AND CUSTOMS [...] It is an offence to wear T-shirts or clothing in public with offensive slogans. http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket%2FXcelerate%2FShowPa ge&c=Page&cid=1007029390590&a=KCountryAdvice&aid=1013618387189 There is another strange bit of info on that page. See if you can spot it. This is the first I have heard of it. Reagrds, Alexander The S:t Helena Mailing List To unsubscribe please send a email to: list-leave@sthelena.se and answer the confirm mail. SEMPER FI Co. L 3rd Balattalion, 1st Marines, 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade Sgt Ivan Mann USMC Retired http://ca.geocities.com/imann.rm/index.html _____ Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.kulturservern.se/pipermail/list/attachments/20070903/df2bf6ad/attachment.htm From jvigor at earthlink.net Mon Sep 3 19:15:09 2007 From: jvigor at earthlink.net (John and June Vigor) Date: Mon Sep 3 19:13:48 2007 Subject: [STHELENA] odd advice References: <004301c7833d$bbcc2370$0301a8c0@TIME2003><597013.50746.qm@web50310.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <001401c7ee4e$025604c0$0f05f304@fmk4n> John, a couple of comments: (1) Not ALL British citizens are covered by the national health service. I'm one, for a start. Only British citizens who normally reside in the UK are covered. I reside permanently in America, so I had to get health and repatriation insurance to visit St. Helena. (2) Many people of all nationalities visit St. Helena without health insurance. They arrive by yacht in their scores. The regulations require them to buy health insurance within 48 hours, I believe, but I wonder how many do. And what happens if a serious health problem occurs within 48 hours? John V. ----- Original Message ----- From: John Turner To: 'All about St. Helena - The Island in the South Atlantic(Eng)' Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 1:03 AM Subject: RE: [STHELENA] odd advice 'Locals' (i.e. Saints) and all British citizens are covered by the national health service. Other people are required to pay for treatment on a full cost recovery basis, and so are required to carry health insurance. JT -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.kulturservern.se/pipermail/list/attachments/20070903/cee4932c/attachment.htm From ghenesh_49 at optusnet.com.au Tue Sep 4 00:51:24 2007 From: ghenesh_49 at optusnet.com.au (Terry Herbert) Date: Tue Sep 4 00:52:03 2007 Subject: [STHELENA] odd advice In-Reply-To: <001401c7ee4e$025604c0$0f05f304@fmk4n> Message-ID: <200709032251.l83MpNIT018821@mail05.syd.optusnet.com.au> The question of medical insurance on St Helena island is not usually an issue for most visitors, other than the yachtsmen, because one of the requirements of St Helena Shipping Line is that every person travelling on RMS St Helena has to have a minimum of ?1 million in Medical Expenses cover including repatriation costs, and since the only way to get there is aboard the ship, visitors have the cover required. For residents on the island the position is somewhat complicated and there is no absolute clarity as to who is entitled to medical treatment without subsidy. What is somewhat alarming for Saints is that any medical expenses incurred off island is for their account. All the best Terry Herbert DONCASTER EAST VIC 3109, Australia _____ From: list-bounces@sthelena.se [mailto:list-bounces@sthelena.se] On Behalf Of John and June Vigor Sent: Tuesday, 4 September 2007 3:15 AM To: john@burghhouse.com; All about St. Helena - The Island in the South Atlantic(Eng) Subject: Re: [STHELENA] odd advice John, a couple of comments: (1) Not ALL British citizens are covered by the national health service. I'm one, for a start. Only British citizens who normally reside in the UK are covered. I reside permanently in America, so I had to get health and repatriation insurance to visit St. Helena. (2) Many people of all nationalities visit St. Helena without health insurance. They arrive by yacht in their scores. The regulations require them to buy health insurance within 48 hours, I believe, but I wonder how many do. And what happens if a serious health problem occurs within 48 hours? John V. ----- Original Message ----- From: John Turner To: 'All about St. Helena - The Island in the South Atlantic(Eng)' Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 1:03 AM Subject: RE: [STHELENA] odd advice 'Locals' (i.e. Saints) and all British citizens are covered by the national health service. Other people are required to pay for treatment on a full cost recovery basis, and so are required to carry health insurance. JT -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.kulturservern.se/pipermail/list/attachments/20070904/aaa679cb/attachment.htm From john at burghhouse.com Tue Sep 4 10:23:53 2007 From: john at burghhouse.com (John Turner) Date: Tue Sep 4 10:27:16 2007 Subject: [STHELENA] odd advice In-Reply-To: <001401c7ee4e$025604c0$0f05f304@fmk4n> References: <004301c7833d$bbcc2370$0301a8c0@TIME2003><597013.50746.qm@web50310.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <001401c7ee4e$025604c0$0f05f304@fmk4n> Message-ID: John, Thanks for the clarification on (1). I wasn't aware of that. I am aware of (2). I'm sure they would be treated in an emergency, but would be given a fairly large bill afterwards. Exactly how payment would be enforced I'm not sure. In this, as in so many other areas here, the rules and regulations are full of gaps and inconsistencies. But then, in my experience, that applies everywhere (unless someone wants to write back and say that they live in a country/state where all the rules and regulations are sensible, complete and consistent). Greetings from a damp and windy Jamestown (anyone who comes here should avoid July-September inclusive) JT _____ From: list-bounces@sthelena.se [mailto:list-bounces@sthelena.se] On Behalf Of John and June Vigor Sent: 3 September 2007 17:15 To: john@burghhouse.com; All about St. Helena - The Island in the South Atlantic(Eng) Subject: Re: [STHELENA] odd advice John, a couple of comments: (1) Not ALL British citizens are covered by the national health service. I'm one, for a start. Only British citizens who normally reside in the UK are covered. I reside permanently in America, so I had to get health and repatriation insurance to visit St. Helena. (2) Many people of all nationalities visit St. Helena without health insurance. They arrive by yacht in their scores. The regulations require them to buy health insurance within 48 hours, I believe, but I wonder how many do. And what happens if a serious health problem occurs within 48 hours? John V. ----- Original Message ----- From: John Turner To: 'All about St. Helena - The Island in the South Atlantic(Eng)' Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 1:03 AM Subject: RE: [STHELENA] odd advice 'Locals' (i.e. Saints) and all British citizens are covered by the national health service. Other people are required to pay for treatment on a full cost recovery basis, and so are required to carry health insurance. JT __________ NOD32 2501 (20070903) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.kulturservern.se/pipermail/list/attachments/20070904/51d52127/attachment.htm From jones_lisa at bah.com Tue Sep 4 13:58:56 2007 From: jones_lisa at bah.com (Jones, Lisa) Date: Tue Sep 4 14:02:29 2007 Subject: [STHELENA] odd advice References: <004301c7833d$bbcc2370$0301a8c0@TIME2003><597013.50746.qm@web50310.mail.re2.yahoo.com><001401c7ee4e$025604c0$0f05f304@fmk4n> Message-ID: I'm only familiar with medical insurance, whilst traveling, in Denmark. A 100% health care country. My young daughter and myself had both required immediate medical attention during a 5.5 month stay. It cost us zero, and I had purchased no additional coverages other than what i had as a student at the time. If I had been home in American both occassiona would have cost me several thousand dollars and massive indifference from the attendings. Denmark was fabulous. Lisa ________________________________ From: list-bounces@sthelena.se on behalf of John Turner Sent: Tue 9/4/2007 4:23 AM To: 'All about St. Helena - The Island in the South Atlantic(Eng)' Subject: RE: [STHELENA] odd advice John, Thanks for the clarification on (1). I wasn't aware of that. I am aware of (2). I'm sure they would be treated in an emergency, but would be given a fairly large bill afterwards. Exactly how payment would be enforced I'm not sure. In this, as in so many other areas here, the rules and regulations are full of gaps and inconsistencies. But then, in my experience, that applies everywhere (unless someone wants to write back and say that they live in a country/state where all the rules and regulations are sensible, complete and consistent). Greetings from a damp and windy Jamestown (anyone who comes here should avoid July-September inclusive) JT ________________________________ From: list-bounces@sthelena.se [mailto:list-bounces@sthelena.se] On Behalf Of John and June Vigor Sent: 3 September 2007 17:15 To: john@burghhouse.com; All about St. Helena - The Island in the South Atlantic(Eng) Subject: Re: [STHELENA] odd advice John, a couple of comments: (1) Not ALL British citizens are covered by the national health service. I'm one, for a start. Only British citizens who normally reside in the UK are covered. I reside permanently in America, so I had to get health and repatriation insurance to visit St. Helena. (2) Many people of all nationalities visit St. Helena without health insurance. They arrive by yacht in their scores. The regulations require them to buy health insurance within 48 hours, I believe, but I wonder how many do. And what happens if a serious health problem occurs within 48 hours? John V. ----- Original Message ----- From: John Turner To: 'All about St. Helena - The Island in the South Atlantic(Eng)' Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 1:03 AM Subject: RE: [STHELENA] odd advice 'Locals' (i.e. Saints) and all British citizens are covered by the national health service. Other people are required to pay for treatment on a full cost recovery basis, and so are required to carry health insurance. JT __________ NOD32 2501 (20070903) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 8090 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.kulturservern.se/pipermail/list/attachments/20070904/cc2a6f60/attachment.bin From rroach at indy.rr.com Tue Sep 4 17:32:23 2007 From: rroach at indy.rr.com (Ralph Roach) Date: Tue Sep 4 17:32:41 2007 Subject: [STHELENA] Odd Advice, June and John Vigor References: <200709041000.l84A03Dw030375@rex.kulturservern.se> Message-ID: <002a01c7ef08$caf2b8f0$be74b84b@FAMILYROOM> Hello, A question about my own personal insurance. I am from Indianapolis, IN, USA and wish to know if my insurance: "Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield" is known and accepted by the St Helena Health Service? Thank you, Ralph Roach rroach@indy.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 5:00 AM Subject: List Digest, Vol 39, Issue 3 > Send List mailing list submissions to > list@sthelena.se > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.kulturservern.se/mailman/listinfo/list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > list-request@sthelena.se > > You can reach the person managing the list at > list-owner@sthelena.se > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of List digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: odd advice (John and June Vigor) > 2. RE: odd advice (Terry Herbert) > 3. RE: odd advice (John Turner) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 10:15:09 -0700 > From: "John and June Vigor" > Subject: Re: [STHELENA] odd advice > To: , "All about St. Helena - The Island in the > South Atlantic\(Eng\)" > Message-ID: <001401c7ee4e$025604c0$0f05f304@fmk4n> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > John, a couple of comments: > > (1) Not ALL British citizens are covered by the national health service. > I'm one, for a start. Only British citizens who normally reside in the UK > are covered. I reside permanently in America, so I had to get health and > repatriation insurance to visit St. Helena. > > (2) Many people of all nationalities visit St. Helena without health > insurance. They arrive by yacht in their scores. The regulations require > them to buy health insurance within 48 hours, I believe, but I wonder how > many do. And what happens if a serious health problem occurs within 48 > hours? > > John V. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Turner > To: 'All about St. Helena - The Island in the South Atlantic(Eng)' > Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 1:03 AM > Subject: RE: [STHELENA] odd advice > > > 'Locals' (i.e. Saints) and all British citizens are covered by the > national health service. Other people are required to pay for treatment > on a full cost recovery basis, and so are required to carry health > insurance. > > JT > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.kulturservern.se/pipermail/list/attachments/20070903/cee4932c/attachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 08:51:24 +1000 > From: "Terry Herbert" > Subject: RE: [STHELENA] odd advice > To: "'All about St. Helena - The Island in the South Atlantic\(Eng\)'" > > Message-ID: <200709032251.l83MpNIT018821@mail05.syd.optusnet.com.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > The question of medical insurance on St Helena island is not usually an > issue for most visitors, other than the yachtsmen, because one of the > requirements of St Helena Shipping Line is that every person travelling on > RMS St Helena has to have a minimum of ?1 million in Medical Expenses > cover > including repatriation costs, and since the only way to get there is > aboard > the ship, visitors have the cover required. > > > > For residents on the island the position is somewhat complicated and there > is no absolute clarity as to who is entitled to medical treatment without > subsidy. What is somewhat alarming for Saints is that any medical expenses > incurred off island is for their account. > > > > All the best > > > > Terry Herbert > > DONCASTER EAST VIC 3109, > > Australia > > > > > > _____ > > From: list-bounces@sthelena.se [mailto:list-bounces@sthelena.se] On Behalf > Of John and June Vigor > Sent: Tuesday, 4 September 2007 3:15 AM > To: john@burghhouse.com; All about St. Helena - The Island in the South > Atlantic(Eng) > Subject: Re: [STHELENA] odd advice > > > > John, a couple of comments: > > > > (1) Not ALL British citizens are covered by the national health service. > I'm one, for a start. Only British citizens who normally reside in the UK > are covered. I reside permanently in America, so I had to get health and > repatriation insurance to visit St. Helena. > > > > (2) Many people of all nationalities visit St. Helena without health > insurance. They arrive by yacht in their scores. The regulations require > them to buy health insurance within 48 hours, I believe, but I wonder how > many do. And what happens if a serious health problem occurs within 48 > hours? > > > > John V. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: John Turner > > To: 'All about St. Helena - The Island in the > South Atlantic(Eng)' > > Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 1:03 AM > > Subject: RE: [STHELENA] odd advice > > > > 'Locals' (i.e. Saints) and all British citizens are covered by the > national > health service. Other people are required to pay for treatment on a full > cost recovery basis, and so are required to carry health insurance. > > > > JT > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.kulturservern.se/pipermail/list/attachments/20070904/aaa679cb/attachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 08:23:53 -0000 > From: "John Turner" > Subject: RE: [STHELENA] odd advice > To: "'All about St. Helena - The Island in the South Atlantic\(Eng\)'" > > Message-ID: > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > John, > > Thanks for the clarification on (1). I wasn't aware of that. > > I am aware of (2). I'm sure they would be treated in an emergency, but > would be given a fairly large bill afterwards. Exactly how payment would > be > enforced I'm not sure. > > In this, as in so many other areas here, the rules and regulations are > full > of gaps and inconsistencies. But then, in my experience, that applies > everywhere (unless someone wants to write back and say that they live in a > country/state where all the rules and regulations are sensible, complete > and > consistent). > > Greetings from a damp and windy Jamestown (anyone who comes here should > avoid July-September inclusive) > > JT > > > > _____ > > From: list-bounces@sthelena.se [mailto:list-bounces@sthelena.se] On Behalf > Of John and June Vigor > Sent: 3 September 2007 17:15 > To: john@burghhouse.com; All about St. Helena - The Island in the South > Atlantic(Eng) > Subject: Re: [STHELENA] odd advice > > > John, a couple of comments: > > (1) Not ALL British citizens are covered by the national health service. > I'm one, for a start. Only British citizens who normally reside in the UK > are covered. I reside permanently in America, so I had to get health and > repatriation insurance to visit St. Helena. > > (2) Many people of all nationalities visit St. Helena without health > insurance. They arrive by yacht in their scores. The regulations require > them to buy health insurance within 48 hours, I believe, but I wonder how > many do. And what happens if a serious health problem occurs within 48 > hours? > > John V. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Turner > To: 'All about St. Helena - The Island in the South > Atlantic(Eng)' > Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 1:03 AM > Subject: RE: [STHELENA] odd advice > > > 'Locals' (i.e. Saints) and all British citizens are covered by the > national > health service. Other people are required to pay for treatment on a full > cost recovery basis, and so are required to carry health insurance. > > JT > > > > __________ NOD32 2501 (20070903) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.kulturservern.se/pipermail/list/attachments/20070904/51d52127/attachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > List mailing list > List@sthelena.se > http://lists.kulturservern.se/mailman/listinfo/list > > > End of List Digest, Vol 39, Issue 3 > *********************************** > From ghenesh_49 at optusnet.com.au Tue Sep 4 22:20:09 2007 From: ghenesh_49 at optusnet.com.au (Terry Herbert) Date: Tue Sep 4 22:21:08 2007 Subject: [STHELENA] Odd Advice, June and John Vigor In-Reply-To: <002a01c7ef08$caf2b8f0$be74b84b@FAMILYROOM> Message-ID: <200709042020.l84KK8S3018381@mail07.syd.optusnet.com.au> G'day Ralph, The question is rather does your insurer cover costs incurred on the ship and on St Helena? If it does, then a formal letter from your insurers will normally be accepted as proof that you have sufficient insurance to satisfy the conditions on the passenger ticket and those of the Immigration officials on the island. All the best Terry Herbert DONCASTER EAST VIC 3109, Australia -----Original Message----- From: list-bounces@sthelena.se [mailto:list-bounces@sthelena.se] On Behalf Of Ralph Roach Sent: Wednesday, 5 September 2007 1:32 AM To: list@sthelena.se Subject: [STHELENA] Odd Advice, June and John Vigor Hello, A question about my own personal insurance. I am from Indianapolis, IN, USA and wish to know if my insurance: "Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield" is known and accepted by the St Helena Health Service? Thank you, Ralph Roach rroach@indy.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 5:00 AM Subject: List Digest, Vol 39, Issue 3 > Send List mailing list submissions to > list@sthelena.se > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.kulturservern.se/mailman/listinfo/list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > list-request@sthelena.se > > You can reach the person managing the list at > list-owner@sthelena.se > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of List digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: odd advice (John and June Vigor) > 2. RE: odd advice (Terry Herbert) > 3. RE: odd advice (John Turner) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 10:15:09 -0700 > From: "John and June Vigor" > Subject: Re: [STHELENA] odd advice > To: , "All about St. Helena - The Island in the > South Atlantic\(Eng\)" > Message-ID: <001401c7ee4e$025604c0$0f05f304@fmk4n> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > John, a couple of comments: > > (1) Not ALL British citizens are covered by the national health service. > I'm one, for a start. Only British citizens who normally reside in the UK > are covered. I reside permanently in America, so I had to get health and > repatriation insurance to visit St. Helena. > > (2) Many people of all nationalities visit St. Helena without health > insurance. They arrive by yacht in their scores. The regulations require > them to buy health insurance within 48 hours, I believe, but I wonder how > many do. And what happens if a serious health problem occurs within 48 > hours? > > John V. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Turner > To: 'All about St. Helena - The Island in the South Atlantic(Eng)' > Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 1:03 AM > Subject: RE: [STHELENA] odd advice > > > 'Locals' (i.e. Saints) and all British citizens are covered by the > national health service. Other people are required to pay for treatment > on a full cost recovery basis, and so are required to carry health > insurance. > > JT > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.kulturservern.se/pipermail/list/attachments/20070903/cee4932c/a ttachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 08:51:24 +1000 > From: "Terry Herbert" > Subject: RE: [STHELENA] odd advice > To: "'All about St. Helena - The Island in the South Atlantic\(Eng\)'" > > Message-ID: <200709032251.l83MpNIT018821@mail05.syd.optusnet.com.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > The question of medical insurance on St Helena island is not usually an > issue for most visitors, other than the yachtsmen, because one of the > requirements of St Helena Shipping Line is that every person travelling on > RMS St Helena has to have a minimum of ?1 million in Medical Expenses > cover > including repatriation costs, and since the only way to get there is > aboard > the ship, visitors have the cover required. > > > > For residents on the island the position is somewhat complicated and there > is no absolute clarity as to who is entitled to medical treatment without > subsidy. What is somewhat alarming for Saints is that any medical expenses > incurred off island is for their account. > > > > All the best > > > > Terry Herbert > > DONCASTER EAST VIC 3109, > > Australia > > > > > > _____ > > From: list-bounces@sthelena.se [mailto:list-bounces@sthelena.se] On Behalf > Of John and June Vigor > Sent: Tuesday, 4 September 2007 3:15 AM > To: john@burghhouse.com; All about St. Helena - The Island in the South > Atlantic(Eng) > Subject: Re: [STHELENA] odd advice > > > > John, a couple of comments: > > > > (1) Not ALL British citizens are covered by the national health service. > I'm one, for a start. Only British citizens who normally reside in the UK > are covered. I reside permanently in America, so I had to get health and > repatriation insurance to visit St. Helena. > > > > (2) Many people of all nationalities visit St. Helena without health > insurance. They arrive by yacht in their scores. The regulations require > them to buy health insurance within 48 hours, I believe, but I wonder how > many do. And what happens if a serious health problem occurs within 48 > hours? > > > > John V. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: John Turner > > To: 'All about St. Helena - The Island in the > South Atlantic(Eng)' > > Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 1:03 AM > > Subject: RE: [STHELENA] odd advice > > > > 'Locals' (i.e. Saints) and all British citizens are covered by the > national > health service. Other people are required to pay for treatment on a full > cost recovery basis, and so are required to carry health insurance. > > > > JT > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.kulturservern.se/pipermail/list/attachments/20070904/aaa679cb/a ttachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 08:23:53 -0000 > From: "John Turner" > Subject: RE: [STHELENA] odd advice > To: "'All about St. Helena - The Island in the South Atlantic\(Eng\)'" > > Message-ID: > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > John, > > Thanks for the clarification on (1). I wasn't aware of that. > > I am aware of (2). I'm sure they would be treated in an emergency, but > would be given a fairly large bill afterwards. Exactly how payment would > be > enforced I'm not sure. > > In this, as in so many other areas here, the rules and regulations are > full > of gaps and inconsistencies. But then, in my experience, that applies > everywhere (unless someone wants to write back and say that they live in a > country/state where all the rules and regulations are sensible, complete > and > consistent). > > Greetings from a damp and windy Jamestown (anyone who comes here should > avoid July-September inclusive) > > JT > > > > _____ > > From: list-bounces@sthelena.se [mailto:list-bounces@sthelena.se] On Behalf > Of John and June Vigor > Sent: 3 September 2007 17:15 > To: john@burghhouse.com; All about St. Helena - The Island in the South > Atlantic(Eng) > Subject: Re: [STHELENA] odd advice > > > John, a couple of comments: > > (1) Not ALL British citizens are covered by the national health service. > I'm one, for a start. Only British citizens who normally reside in the UK > are covered. I reside permanently in America, so I had to get health and > repatriation insurance to visit St. Helena. > > (2) Many people of all nationalities visit St. Helena without health > insurance. They arrive by yacht in their scores. The regulations require > them to buy health insurance within 48 hours, I believe, but I wonder how > many do. And what happens if a serious health problem occurs within 48 > hours? > > John V. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Turner > To: 'All about St. Helena - The Island in the South > Atlantic(Eng)' > Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 1:03 AM > Subject: RE: [STHELENA] odd advice > > > 'Locals' (i.e. Saints) and all British citizens are covered by the > national > health service. Other people are required to pay for treatment on a full > cost recovery basis, and so are required to carry health insurance. > > JT > > > > __________ NOD32 2501 (20070903) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.kulturservern.se/pipermail/list/attachments/20070904/51d52127/a ttachment-0001.htm > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > List mailing list > List@sthelena.se > http://lists.kulturservern.se/mailman/listinfo/list > > > End of List Digest, Vol 39, Issue 3 > *********************************** > The S:t Helena Mailing List To unsubscribe please send a email to: list-leave@sthelena.se and answer the confirm mail. From joocee at btopenworld.com Wed Sep 5 13:37:31 2007 From: joocee at btopenworld.com (JULIET COTTAM) Date: Wed Sep 5 13:39:23 2007 Subject: [STHELENA] Pronunciation help, please, for a South Africanplace name In-Reply-To: References: <003a01c7e64e$7e2a08b0$2d0b000a@shgbank45> <46CEFD3F.E1AB.00C6.0@corobrik.co.za> Message-ID: <46DE94FB.70102@btopenworld.com> Hi John - very good to meet you - I now have a face behind the messages - you don't want to know when my face comes into the picture !!! Just to let you know that all my messages re- St. Helena have been hiding in my modem, so on return i have over 80 to read through - yours come in the region of the 60's, so thanks! I really enjoyed my time on St. H. and got meet so many interesting people - the weather could have been better but then I know that it IS winter in the S. Hemisphere. Trip to Cape Town most enjoyable as always, and found that city very tempting on the purse ! I am now going to plough through all the other out of date messages - regards Julie. > Excellent. Precisely the help I needed. > > I remember doing radio before the Internet and if I'd come across a > name like that I'd just have had to guess (wrongly, as you can see). > > Many thanks, Nola. > > > *John Turner* > ***Burgh House, Barren Ground, Blue Hill, St. Helena* > *(Please send post to: PO Box 37, Jamestown, Island of St. Helena, > South Atlantic, STHL 1ZZ)* > *Tel: +290 3235 *(office +290 2044) > > ** > *NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS: *This communication and any attachments are > confidential, meant solely for the intended recipient of the > transmission, and may be a communication privileged by law. Access to > this by anyone else is unauthorised. If you received this > communication in error or are not the intended recipient, any review, > use, dissemination, distribution, copying of this communication or any > action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is strictly > prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this > communication in error, please notify the author by reply and then > kindly delete the communication. Thank you. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Nola Crowie [mailto:Nola.Crowie@corobrik.co.za] > *Sent:* 24 August 2007 13:49 > *To:* 'All about St. Helena - The Island in the South Atlantic(Eng)' > *Cc:* manager@sainthelenabank.com > *Subject:* Re: [STHELENA] Pronunciation help, please, for a South > Africanplace name > *Importance:* High > > This e-mail and all contents are subject to the following disclaimer: > > http://www.corobrik.com/emaildisclaimer.htm > > > > > > Hi John & The Saints > > Trust you are all well on the Island. > > eThekwini is pronounced as: > *E-tik-whinny* > ** > Good luck and glad I can be of help. > > p.s. My grandparents Crowies & Greens are originally from St. > Helena!!!!!!! > > > > > *With kind regards. > > Nola Crowie * > *Export Co-Ordinator > (Office of Peter Kidger) > Tel: +27 (31) 560 3435 > Fax: +27 (31) 560 3411 > nola.crowie@corobrik.co.za * > > *"/Life is not about the amount of breaths you take, it's about the > one's that take your breath away!"/ > * > > >>> On 24/08/2007 at 2:58 PM, in message > <003a01c7e64e$7e2a08b0$2d0b000a@shgbank45>, "Manager, Bank of St. > Helena" wrote: > I need to pronounce "eThekwini" as accurately as possible for a news > item. > > My best guess is: > > Eth, as in Ethel or Ethanol > > ek as in neck or peck > > wini as in whinny or mini > > or should that be > > E - Thek - wee nee? > > HELP! > > > > (reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethekwini) > > > > > *John Turner* > > ***Burgh House, Barren Ground, Blue Hill, St. Helena* > > *(Please send post to: PO Box 37, Jamestown, Island of St. Helena, > South Atlantic, STHL 1ZZ)* > > *Tel: +290 3235 *(office +290 2044) > > ** > *NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS: *This communication and any attachments are > confidential, meant solely for the intended recipient of the > transmission, and may be a communication privileged by law. 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From john.ekwall at mailbox.tele2.se Tue Sep 25 19:24:50 2007 From: john.ekwall at mailbox.tele2.se (john.ekwall@mailbox.tele2.se) Date: Tue Sep 25 19:27:33 2007 Subject: [STHELENA] employment opportunity - fwd Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.kulturservern.se/pipermail/list/attachments/20070925/bad6dc68/attachment.htm -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: "HOLMES, Madelize" Subject: Please advise Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:30:55 +0200 Size: 79843 Url: http://lists.kulturservern.se/pipermail/list/attachments/20070925/bad6dc68/attachment.eml From prporter1 at aim.com Tue Sep 25 19:57:52 2007 From: prporter1 at aim.com (prporter1@aim.com) Date: Tue Sep 25 19:58:51 2007 Subject: [STHELENA] employment opportunity - fwd In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8C9CDB4BA57D0EF-D0C-4486@WEBMAIL-MB13.sysops.aol.com> Can all apply? -----Original Message----- From: john.ekwall@mailbox.tele2.se To: list@sthelena.se Sent: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:24 am Subject: [STHELENA] employment opportunity - fwd ? Attached Message From: HOLMES, Madelize To: list-owner@sthelena.se Subject: Please advise Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:30:55 +0200 Good Day, ? Please advise if possible to sent the mailing list subscribers a notice of employment opportunity on St. Helena Airport Project?? Attached the vacancy ad published in the St. Helena Herald. ? 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URL: http://lists.kulturservern.se/pipermail/list/attachments/20070925/3f218450/attachment.htm From john at burghhouse.com Wed Sep 26 10:18:15 2007 From: john at burghhouse.com (John Turner) Date: Wed Sep 26 10:20:36 2007 Subject: [STHELENA] employment opportunity - fwd In-Reply-To: <8C9CDB4BA57D0EF-D0C-4486@WEBMAIL-MB13.sysops.aol.com> References: <8C9CDB4BA57D0EF-D0C-4486@WEBMAIL-MB13.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: I'm sure you could, but you'd need to write rather more words than is normal for you! :-) In case you have not been watching, over the last month Impregilo has run adverts in the Independent asking Saints to provide information about their capabilities, with a view to them being subcontractors if Impregilo wins the contract. This seems to be Basil Reed responding. As far as I can judge the view of the islanders is that Impregilo should win it. They very successfully won the hearts and minds of the people here during their visits. Basil Reed have been more distant. The residents won't actually get a say in who builds the airport, but if they were asked to vote today I'm sure Impregilo would win it by a large majority. Regards, John Turner Burgh House, Barren Ground, Blue Hill, St. Helena (Please send post to: PO Box 37, Jamestown, Island of St. Helena, South Atlantic, STHL 1ZZ) Tel: +290 3235 (office +290 2044) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS: This communication and any attachments are confidential, meant solely for the intended recipient of the transmission, and may be a communication privileged by law. Access to this by anyone else is unauthorised. If you received this communication in error or are not the intended recipient, any review, use, dissemination, distribution, copying of this communication or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the author by reply and then kindly delete the communication. Thank you. _____ From: list-bounces@sthelena.se [mailto:list-bounces@sthelena.se] On Behalf Of prporter1@aim.com Sent: 25 September 2007 17:58 To: john.ekwall@mailbox.tele2.se; list@sthelena.se Subject: Re: [STHELENA] employment opportunity - fwd Can all apply? -----Original Message----- From: john.ekwall@mailbox.tele2.se To: list@sthelena.se Sent: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:24 am Subject: [STHELENA] employment opportunity - fwd Attached Message From: HOLMES, Madelize To: list-owner@sthelena.se Subject: Please advise Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:30:55 +0200 Good Day, Please advise if possible to sent the mailing list subscribers a notice of employment opportunity on St. Helena Airport Project? Attached the vacancy ad published in the St. Helena Herald. 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URL: http://lists.kulturservern.se/pipermail/list/attachments/20070926/f0e66b0a/attachment-0001.htm From manager at sainthelenabank.com Wed Sep 26 12:26:39 2007 From: manager at sainthelenabank.com (Manager, Bank of St. Helena) Date: Wed Sep 26 12:30:28 2007 Subject: [STHELENA] New Bank Manager Message-ID: <006c01c80027$bf51c1f0$2d0b000a@shgbank45> You will now all doubtless have seen in the Independent that my term as the bank's Manager is coming to a close. I'm still here until 31st March, and after then I'll carry on being a List member using my private business email - john@burghhouse.com - so I can still give an on-island point of view. I'll try to persuade Rosie to be a member of this List so that she can continue to provide official bank input. Regards, John Turner Manager, Bank of St. Helena www.SaintHelenaBank.com Post Office Building, Main Street, Jamestown, Island of St. Helena. 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URL: http://lists.kulturservern.se/pipermail/list/attachments/20070926/3518f991/attachment.htm From john at burghhouse.com Thu Sep 27 10:34:30 2007 From: john at burghhouse.com (John Turner) Date: Thu Sep 27 10:36:52 2007 Subject: [STHELENA] Big windstorm In-Reply-To: <002e01c80069$87456fe0$0396f204@fmk4n> References: <8C9CDB4BA57D0EF-D0C-4486@WEBMAIL-MB13.sysops.aol.com> <002e01c80069$87456fe0$0396f204@fmk4n> Message-ID: Hi, John. To recount the tale ... I left for work on the Wednesday morning, and had to go back and get my Chainsaw to clear a tree that was blocking the track. It wasn't a big one so it only took about 30 minutes. I got in, though not in time to read the news, and had a normal day's work. During my radio programme we started getting reports of trees down and power outages, but at that stage it was confined to Alarm Forest. The drive home was rather breezy. The power went off at about midnight. This is not that unusual and we assumed it would come back during the morning, so I set off for work and ... had to go back and get my Chainsaw to clear a tree that was blocking the track. This one was much bigger and it had entangled, but not broken, the electricity and telephone cables. It was safe to work on it as the electricity was already off. The wind had brought down the high voltage system and the whole of Blue Hill - district, not just village - was without power. By the time I'd finished clearing this one we heard over the radio that the road out of Blue Hill was blocked in several places by fallen trees, so I gave up. On the Friday I got up but didn't even bother getting dressed for work. The first thing I did was set off down the track with the chainsaw to see what needed cutting down. This time there was nothing fallen, but there was a tree that had shifted and was dangling precariously over the power lines. This one was beyond me, so I called A&NRD. They were a little busy so it was mid-afternoon by the time we'd sorted that one out. I got into the bank on Saturday, but only to check for urgent emails. We had been advised that the road into Blue Hill would be closed at 1pm for the felling of more unstable trees, and if we weren't back by then we'd have to wait until nightfall. Driving up the hill from Blue Hill to the ridge road is like driving through a sawmill. I think the current estimate is that 300 trees went down, but you can probably add at least twice as many fallen branches. At one point half the electricity supply poles had fallen down and the rest were held up by ropes. We had no electricity for about 48 hours. Our expensive Samsung American-style fridge-freezer defrosted within the first day, but the cheaper South African 'Defy' freezer was still frozen solid when the power came back, so that probably proves something (if only, perhaps, that South African freezers are designed with long power outages in mind). It can be fun living here! All credit to all the people in Land Rovers who spend from dawn to well after dusk working to restore power and telephones, often in the most appalling weather. This was one of those cases where, in adversity, everyone pulled together. The fact that Rosie and the team kept the bank running as normal despite having no real contact with me for two days probably finally proved that she is ready to assume control. JT _____ From: John and June Vigor [mailto:jvigor@earthlink.net] Sent: 26 September 2007 18:18 To: john@burghhouse.com; All about St. Helena - The Island in the South Atlantic(Eng) Subject: Re: [STHELENA] Big windstorm John, I see that you have been having an exciting time on St. Helena. Somebody told me a tree fell across your driveway during a big windstorm, so you couldn't go to work. Then I heard that you will no longer be the manager of the Bank of St. Helena from next April 1, but that you will stay on in an advisory capacity. I imagine there will be plenty of call for your talents when the airport project gets under way. Was much damage done to the island during the windstorm? Regards, John Vigor __________ NOD32 2553 (20070926) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.kulturservern.se/pipermail/list/attachments/20070927/6e9ea846/attachment.htm From cplowe at mchsi.com Thu Sep 27 15:19:16 2007 From: cplowe at mchsi.com (cplowe@mchsi.com) Date: Thu Sep 27 15:19:48 2007 Subject: [STHELENA] Big windstorm Message-ID: <092720071319.29498.46FBADD300085BE10000733A219791280203010CD2079C080C03BF0A9901049F0C@mchsi.com> John, It sounds like the weather we sometimes get here where we live esentially in the Pisgah forest surrounded by trees. Summer storms can down trees and take out power lines and during the winter, ice on the trees and power lines can do the same leaving us "camping" at home with no power. Glad to know everyone is safe and that power has been restored. Pam ---------------------- Original Message: --------------------- From: "John Turner" To: "'John and June Vigor'" Cc: "'All about St. Helena - The Island in the South Atlantic(Eng)'" Subject: RE: [STHELENA] Big windstorm Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:38:19 +0000 > Hi, John. > > To recount the tale ... > > I left for work on the Wednesday morning, and had to go back and get my > Chainsaw to clear a tree that was blocking the track. It wasn't a big one > so it only took about 30 minutes. I got in, though not in time to read the > news, and had a normal day's work. During my radio programme we started > getting reports of trees down and power outages, but at that stage it was > confined to Alarm Forest. The drive home was rather breezy. > > The power went off at about midnight. This is not that unusual and we > assumed it would come back during the morning, so I set off for work and ... > had to go back and get my Chainsaw to clear a tree that was blocking the > track. This one was much bigger and it had entangled, but not broken, the > electricity and telephone cables. It was safe to work on it as the > electricity was already off. The wind had brought down the high voltage > system and the whole of Blue Hill - district, not just village - was without > power. By the time I'd finished clearing this one we heard over the radio > that the road out of Blue Hill was blocked in several places by fallen > trees, so I gave up. > > On the Friday I got up but didn't even bother getting dressed for work. The > first thing I did was set off down the track with the chainsaw to see what > needed cutting down. This time there was nothing fallen, but there was a > tree that had shifted and was dangling precariously over the power lines. > This one was beyond me, so I called A&NRD. They were a little busy so it > was mid-afternoon by the time we'd sorted that one out. > > I got into the bank on Saturday, but only to check for urgent emails. We > had been advised that the road into Blue Hill would be closed at 1pm for the > felling of more unstable trees, and if we weren't back by then we'd have to > wait until nightfall. > > Driving up the hill from Blue Hill to the ridge road is like driving through > a sawmill. I think the current estimate is that 300 trees went down, but > you can probably add at least twice as many fallen branches. At one point > half the electricity supply poles had fallen down and the rest were held up > by ropes. > > We had no electricity for about 48 hours. Our expensive Samsung > American-style fridge-freezer defrosted within the first day, but the > cheaper South African 'Defy' freezer was still frozen solid when the power > came back, so that probably proves something (if only, perhaps, that South > African freezers are designed with long power outages in mind). > > It can be fun living here! > > All credit to all the people in Land Rovers who spend from dawn to well > after dusk working to restore power and telephones, often in the most > appalling weather. This was one of those cases where, in adversity, > everyone pulled together. > > The fact that Rosie and the team kept the bank running as normal despite > having no real contact with me for two days probably finally proved that she > is ready to assume control. > > JT > > > > > _____ > > From: John and June Vigor [mailto:jvigor@earthlink.net] > Sent: 26 September 2007 18:18 > To: john@burghhouse.com; All about St. Helena - The Island in the South > Atlantic(Eng) > Subject: Re: [STHELENA] Big windstorm > > > John, I see that you have been having an exciting time on St. Helena. > Somebody told me a tree fell across your driveway during a big windstorm, so > you couldn't go to work. Then I heard that you will no longer be the > manager of the Bank of St. Helena from next April 1, but that you will stay > on in an advisory capacity. I imagine there will be plenty of call for your > talents when the airport project gets under way. Was much damage done to > the island during the windstorm? > > Regards, > > John Vigor > > > __________ NOD32 2553 (20070926) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > The S:t Helena Mailing List > To unsubscribe please send a email to: list-leave@sthelena.se and answer the confirm mail. From prporter1 at aim.com Thu Sep 27 15:39:46 2007 From: prporter1 at aim.com (prporter1@aim.com) Date: Thu Sep 27 15:40:24 2007 Subject: [STHELENA] Big windstorm In-Reply-To: <092720071319.29498.46FBADD300085BE10000733A219791280203010CD2079C080C03BF0A9901049F0C@mchsi.com> References: <092720071319.29498.46FBADD300085BE10000733A219791280203010CD2079C080C03BF0A9901049F0C@mchsi.com> Message-ID: <8C9CF23008C1CB0-1CC-4C6C@webmail-dd12.sysops.aol.com> Me, too. -----Original Message----- From: cplowe@mchsi.com To: john@burghhouse.com; All about St. Helena - The Island in the South Atlantic(Eng) Sent: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 7:19 am Subject: RE: [STHELENA] Big windstorm John, It sounds like the weather we sometimes get here where we live esentially in the Pisgah forest surrounded by trees. Summer storms can down trees and take out power lines and during the winter, ice on the trees and power lines can do the same leaving us "camping" at home with no power. Glad to know everyone is safe and that power has been restored. Pam ---------------------- Original Message: --------------------- From: "John Turner" To: "'John and June Vigor'" Cc: "'All about St. Helena - The Island in the South Atlantic(Eng)'" Subject: RE: [STHELENA] Big windstorm Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:38:19 +0000 > Hi, John. > > To recount the tale ... > > I left for work on the Wednesday morning, and had to go back and get my > Chainsaw to clear a tree that was blocking the track. It wasn't a big one > so it only took about 30 minutes. I got in, though not in time to read the > news, and had a normal day's work. During my radio programme we started > getting reports of trees down and power outages, but at that stage it was > confined to Alarm Forest. The drive home was rather breezy. > > The power went off at about midnight. This is not that unusual and we > assumed it would come back during the morning, so I set off for work and ... > had to go back and get my Chainsaw to clear a tree that was blocking the > track. This one was much bigger and it had entangled, but not broken, the > electricity and telephone cables. It was safe to work on it as the > electricity was already off. The wind had brought down the high voltage > system and the whole of Blue Hill - district, not just village - was without > power. By the time I'd finished clearing this one we heard over the radio > that the road out of Blue Hill was blocked in several places by fallen > trees, so I gave up. > > On the Friday I got up but didn't even bother getting dressed for work. The > first thing I did was set off down the track with the chainsaw to see what > needed cutting down. This time there was nothing fallen, but there was a > tree that had shifted and was dangling precariously over the power lines. > This one was beyond me, so I called A&NRD. They were a little busy so it > was mid-afternoon by the time we'd sorted that one out. > > I got into the bank on Saturday, but only to check for urgent emails. We > had been advised that the road into Blue Hill would be closed at 1pm for the > felling of more unstable trees, and if we weren't back by then we'd have to > wait until nightfall. > > Driving up the hill from Blue Hill to the ridge road is like driving through > a sawmill. I think the current estimate is that 300 trees went down, but > you can probably add at least twice as many fallen branches. At one point > half the electricity supply poles had fallen down and the rest were held up > by ropes. > > We had no electricity for about 48 hours. Our expensive Samsung > American-style fridge-freezer defrosted within the first day, but the > cheaper South African 'Defy' freezer was still frozen solid when the power > came back, so that probably proves something (if only, perhaps, that South > African freezers are designed with long power outages in mind). > > It can be fun living here! > > All credit to all the people in Land Rovers who spend from dawn to well > after dusk working to restore power and telephones, often in the most > appalling weather. This was one of those cases where, in adversity, > everyone pulled together. > > The fact that Rosie and the team kept the bank running as normal despite > having no real contact with me for two days probably finally proved that she > is ready to assume control. > > JT > > > > > _____ > > From: John and June Vigor [mailto:jvigor@earthlink.net] > Sent: 26 September 2007 18:18 > To: john@burghhouse.com; All about St. Helena - The Island in the South > Atlantic(Eng) > Subject: Re: [STHELENA] Big windstorm > > > John, I see that you have been having an exciting time on St. Helena. > Somebody told me a tree fell across your driveway during a big windstorm, so > you couldn't go to work. Then I heard that you will no longer be the > manager of the Bank of St. Helena from next April 1, but that you will stay > on in an advisory capacity. I imagine there will be plenty of call for your > talents when the airport project gets under way. Was much damage done to > the island during the windstorm? > > Regards, > > John Vigor > > > __________ NOD32 2553 (20070926) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > The S:t Helena Mailing List > To unsubscribe please send a email to: list-leave@sthelena.se and answer the confirm mail. The S:t Helena Mailing List To unsubscribe please send a email to: list-leave@sthelena.se and answer the confirm mail. ________________________________________________________________________ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- Unlimited storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.kulturservern.se/pipermail/list/attachments/20070927/3484d07f/attachment.htm