I just took a walk a couple of miles out the road that leads to Pennsylvania and was stopped by three substantial landslides - trees and debris all over the road. The landscape has changed a bit. A fishermen's shack in the vicinity was picked up by the flood waters of the creek that runs through our town (which ultimately dumps into the Ohio River 7 miles west of here) and transported several hundred yards before it hit a bridge and was deposited into a horse pasture. I explored its smashed remains. Strewn about it in the field were old tackle boxes, a couple of fishing rods, glassware, broken radios, a "Best of Steely Dan" LP and a bike. I took home the bicycle, its spokes tangled with leaves and grass, in the hopes it could be cleaned up and refurbished.
Although Verizon said the telephones wouldn't be fixed until Wednesday, our service has been restored, I'm happy to say.
I am just astounded at all the damage Ivan did throughout the East. It seems like if the MSM does not have a reporter swinging and risking his life and limb, they don't cover it in depth. And Lord help us, if a hurricane is anything less than a 4, folks don't get interested, or so it seems.
It looks as though you have much to be thankful for. It's just amazing how much power there was in that storm. Did you guys get warnings like we did?
Now those fishermen had good taste in music!