<blockquote class="spPostEmbedQuote"><strong>gotstamps said </strong>
Nothing was held back. We still had catalogs & junk but it was 'summer-mail' type of day and parcels were light (1 full hamper). 1/2 my businesses were closed was awesome! The rain was light (& sideways) for most of my route so I feel blessed to have such a day with all that's going on. Now, I'm just glad to have Monday Ks. ? Our rain isn't set to end for another day or so. I'm a little higher than others & feel safe here at home.
I have a lot of family in the Houston area & that area is once again drowning in rain. So far, everyone is safe for the moment but the rain won't end for a few days & the flooding there is extensive now.
My prayers are with them. </blockquote>
Way back in my sub days, we had an ice storm here. We were declared a national disaster area by the President. All of the mail was still processed here, not 100 miles away. They were using generators at the plant. We had generators inside the post office for lights, no heat, it was winter of course, and no water in the office. I remember our PM coming around and saying we would only be getting class mail until the declaration was over. We were holding our breath waiting for an avalanche of bulk catalogs when it ended, but nothing happened. We always assumed that they just trashed the stuff, if they didn't, I don't know what else could've happened to it. This was at least 10 years ago...mail volume was much higher in those days.