Dear Cyber friends, On Monday September 27th at 11:09 AM I sent an urgent request for listmembers assistance on behalf of a flooded museum here in Rocky Mount ,North Carolina. The director was overwhelmed with the clean up task at hand. I had spoken to her just after they opened cargo containers where they had stored their natural history collection for hurricane protection only to find all contents awash in contaminated water. I acted as relay to her home computer with your replies. I particularly would like to thank; Mike McNall and Valerie Thorp of the Royal British Columbia Museum,Victoria B.C.Canada Patricia Miller from the western prairies Greg Fitz and Helen Alten from the Northern States Conservation Center in St.Pal Minn. Bridget Jones from Bonham Texas Sonia from the National Task Force Emergency Response group David Arnold from Tryon Palace in New Bern NC I would like to share an excellent website created by the kind folks of The Northern States Conservation Center in St.Paul Minnesota. It is the best I have seen to date and worth "bookmarking" .A special thankyou to Helen Alten and all the staff who generously share so much good conservation knowledge with a down to earth approach. http://collectioncare.org/ And to John Chadwick who responded so quickly,your list is an invaluable service to the museum community and communities around the globe. Since we can't see John blush -warm fuzzies to you John ! Sincerely Len Hambleton - Chief Conservator North Carolina Museum of History 4650 Mail Service Center Raleigh NC. 27699-4650 [log in to unmask] 919-715-0200 xt244 919-733-8655 FAX Opinions expressed in this message may not represent the policy of my agency ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ museum-l.html. You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).