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Michael

Posted 09/26/05 09:59

Press Release:

Directron.com Reopens after Hurricane Rita Houston, TX - www.directron.com is one of the largest e-commerce companies based in Houston, Texas. With more than 70 employees and 12,000 items, Directron.com operates from a 100,000 sq. ft. warehouse. It sells computer parts, systems, laptops, and peripherals. This past week, Directron.com�s services were interrupted by Category 5 Hurricane Rita.

To give time to employees to prepare for Rita and evacuate, Directron.com closed their office and warehouse on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 22-23. Their website, www.directron.com, continued to receive orders during the storm. Directron.com�s sister website, www.axiontech.com, also remained open during this time.

Fortunately, Rita shifted toward East Texas and Directron.com experienced very minor damage from the storm. Directron.com employees cleaned up the debris on Saturday.

On Sunday, most orders placed during Rita were processed and ready to ship on Monday, Sept. 26, 2005. The company gave a discount for future orders to those whose orders have been affected by the storm.

All Directron.com employees are counted and a overwhelming majority of them returned to work on Monday. About half of them evacuated. Some went to Austin and some went to Dallas. The trip normally takes about 3-4 hours. It took in average 15 hours during the evacuation due to traffic gridlocks. Alfonso Moreno, Directron.com RMA manager, and his family spent 30 hours to get from Houston to Dallas. They are all pleased that Rita is over and to be back working and serving their customers.

Directron.com feels blessed and wishes to thank all of those friends, customers, and vendors around the world who have shown support and concerns during the past four days.

Michael

Posted 09/26/05 18:23

Yes, we are open! This is Paul helping long-time customer John in the front in the morning.

We had about 10 people who didn't make it today to the office. We told everyone that our office would be open today but if they need to take extra time to get back to town, we understood.

The schools won't be open until Wednesday. That is just two extra days off for the kids. AMC-24 theather in Sugar Land opened yesterday. I saw many, many kids there because my kids wanted to go there to join their friends. I guess it's a continued Rita party for them.

Michael

Posted 09/26/05 18:59

Directron.com Rita Evacuation Stories

As you can imagine, today is a day that we shared our Rita stories in the office. Those who stayed in Houston area during Rita all seem to have about the same story. Those who evacuated had all kinds of different stories. While Rita didn't cause much physical damage to Houston, it certainly caused a great deal of suffering mentally and psychologically. I compiled these stories here so that we all can learn something from this unique experience. Hopefully it will help our future hurricane plans. Perhaps the city of Houston can learn a thing from this list, too.

Alfonso took 30 hours to Dallas. Left Wednesday 11pm. Ran out of gas twice. Fortunately, someone behind his car gave him gas twice. Came back on Monday and it took 8 1/2 hours.

Nash took 30 hours to Little Rock, Arkansas. Left Thursday morning 1am. Visited Clinton's library while there. Came back on Monday and it took 9 hours.

John C. took 27 hours to Dallas. Left at 4apm on Thursday. Came back on Monday and it took 8 hours.

Jin took 23 hours to Hot Spring, Arkansas. Left Wedneday midnight. It took only 9 1/2 hours to come back.

Kevin took 20 hours to Woodland. Left Wednesday 11:30pm. Came back Saturday 2pm and it took 1 hour.

George Allen took 19 hours to Dallas. Left 10am on Thursday. Came back on Monday and it took 9 1/2 hours.

Victor took 18 hours to Dallas. Left Thursday 12:30am. Came back Saturday and it took 6 1/2 hours.

Jack took 18 hours to Dallas. Left 2am on Thursday. Came back on Monday and it took 6 hours.

Johan took 17 hours to Austin. Left midnight on Wednesday night. Came back on Saturday after midnight and it took 2 1/2 hours.

George took 16 hours to Austin. Left Thursday 1:10am. Came back Saturday and it took 5 hours.

Jacob took a total of 15 1/2 hours, first to Lake Charles (9), then Lafayette (3), and then back to Houston (3 1/2). Left Thursday 2:30am. Came back on Friday 2 am.

Helen took 15 hours to Dallas. Left Thursday at 3am. Came back on Saturday and it took 5 hours.

Reno took a total of 15 hours to El Paso. Left at 5:30pm Wednesday. Got to San Antonio 6 hours later and found no place to stay there. Went further west to El Paso for another 6 hours. Came back on Sunday and it took 17 hours.

Lee took a total of 13 hours first to Lake Charles (10 hours) and then Kinder, Lousiana (3 hours), which is 30 miles away from Lake Charles. Local residents Steward and Tony took them in. They left Kinder at 8am Sunday and was stuck at Livingston due to the closing of a bridge on 59. They didn't arrive in Houston until 10:30am on Monday - a good 26 hours for a lousy 597 miles. Loretta in Livingston took them in so that they got some sleep and break there.

Erik took 13 hours to Austin. Left Wednesday midnight. Came back on Saturday and it took 4 hours.

Lauren took 13 hours to College Station via 290. Left Thursday 5:00am. Came back Saturday and it took 3 1/2 hours.

Steven K took 12 hours to Austin. Left Wednesday 10pm. Came back on Sunday and it took only 2 1/2 hours.

Dennis took 12 hours to Dallas. Left Thursday 11pm. Came back Saturday and it took 7 hours.

Nancy took a total of 11 hours first to Katy (6:30am Thursday for 6 hours), went back home, and then to Austin (10:30pm Thursday for 5 hours). Came back on Saturday and it took 6 1/2 hours.

Don took 11 hours to Austin. Left at 7:30pm Thursday. Ran out of gas. His sister in Austin brought gas to him. Came back on Monday and it took 4 hours.

Franky took 9 hours to Austin. Left Wednesday at 7:30pm. Came back Monday morning and it took 2 1/2 hours.

Grant went to airport at 10pm Thursday and stayed there for 8 hours to board a flight to Memphis where it rained heavily due to Rita on Sunday. Returned on Sunday evening.

Mo took 6 hours to Austin. Left at 9pm Wednesday. Came back on Saturday and it took 6 hours.

Eric E. took 5 hours to Dallas on Friday 9:30am. Came back on Saturday and it took 5.5 hours.

Leo took 5 hours to Conroe. Left on Wednesday 7:30pm. Came back on Sunday and it took 1 hour.

Roy took 4 hours to Austin via back roads. He used to ride motocycles around Texas backrounds and had the nickname of "human GPS." Left Wednesday 9:30am. Came back Saturday and it took 4 hours.

Linda took 3 1/2 hours to Lake Limestone. Left Friday at 7am. Came back on Saturday and it took 4 1/2 hours.

Michael

Posted 09/26/05 19:31

I treated myself a great meal for lunch today from one of my favoriate restaurants nearby! (Shared with Jason and Hong).

Michael

Posted 09/26/05 19:32

Chinese pan cakes. Any body?

Michael

Posted 09/26/05 19:33

Yummy Yummy! High protein. High Fiber. Great Taste.

Michael

Posted 09/26/05 19:34

Michael

Posted 09/26/05 19:37

Stir fried fish-the Asian style...

My mouth is watering even by looking at these pictures. Hey, after reading such a long, boring blog, I thought you would enjoy some treats from me.

Michael

Posted 09/27/05 09:51

All of our coworkers made in to the office today. The last 10 returned to Houston yesterday. Welcome back!

Michael

Posted 09/27/05 21:57

Some funny pictures from Rita (Source: pics submitted by ordinary citizens to Houston Chronicle).

Margarita is the only good Rita!

Michael

Posted 09/27/05 22:00

Rita come get your HAM!

Michael

Posted 09/27/05 22:00

Rita: Not this House!

Michael

Posted 09/27/05 22:02

The only Rita we want is a Marga Rita.

Michael

Posted 09/27/05 22:02

St. Rita, Pray for us.

Nancy's Dad

Posted 09/28/05 00:48

We felt concern about Rita too,God Bless! It's a interesting stories and a good article.

Nancy's Dad in Nanjing,China

websuspect

Posted 09/28/05 20:20

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