Former Iolan Jim Blakely checked in with his cousin, Kathy Lynch of Iola, to report his weathering Hurricane Harvey from his home outside of Houston.
Blakely graduated from Iola High School in 1965, retiring in 2005 from a career as a pilot. He now sells corporate jets.
Blakely reports, “Yes, it did hit my area with a vengeance, but I find it amazing that the atmosphere can lift that much weight up so high into the air and move it so far and carry it for long and wreak so much havoc and yet bring so many people together. … Believe it or not, there is more love here…
Letter to the editor — September 8, 2017
