Like clockwork in September,
A hurricane called Ike, was brewing in the Gulf, and was quite a splendor.
Moreover, it was headed to Texas, with not a bit of surrender.
On Thursday, Bill’s email to Robert did say, “He was up”, and made sure he was aware,
Therefore, our team left home early from Denver, just to prepare.
The night on Friday, when Ike made the fall,
It came south of Houston, right where they said, and never did stall.
So Robert, he worked and re-worded the Hurricane Plan,
And our folks were ready, quite true, and quite steady,
Not one said a word, they never complained,
With their firm list in hand, they were in command.
So, imagine Ziggy, and Randy, all up at the helm,
And wasn’t it something that Jane was on-call,
However, I am sure a bit tired, but nevertheless,
She rode it out well, and by the end of her tour,
Would probably say that she just barely endured.
Now Kurt, Ron, and James, were vital work force,
Working long hours through wind, and the rain,
But then Bobby, Joe, Shaun, also did strain,
Calling, and quizzing the owners to fully obtain,
To find info on meat damaged by flooding, and such.
And let’s not forget that Ed was at JFO, and also did much.
Right from that Monday, the phones would not work,
In addition, no emails, nor BlackBerry PINs, we had no service at all.
But Janet kept trying, and doing her best,
She tried long and hard, and finally was able to activate,
‘Till finally, the next day, we were able to communicate.
Through hundreds of freezers of quite rotten stuff,
We detained, and destroyed, and got it all dumped.
You knew we were there right from the start,
We kept right on going through rain, mud, and such.
Now we may wonder now looking back through it all,
With the power all down, and devastation everywhere,
How our Guys made it through all freezers and coolers without nary a fall.
They hung in there tough; but moreover,
In that they came shining through for the consumer,
In thirteen days, they just did it all.
Robert Collazo, 9/30/08
