This is the third time I've tried to reply but lost power before hitting the Post button. We are OK and very, VERY appreciative of the support and prayers sent our way. I'm going to hit the button now and try to continue in another post.
OK, my previous post is there, let's see if this one makes it unscathed:
We have no reason to leave our home and we have plenty of provisions, so please consider me and my daughter accounted for -- yay!
There was a Tornado Warning scheduled to hit Alexandria at 1:30 am CDT. Fortunately, all of you were here with prayers and support and the next thing I knew, the Tornado Warning had been called off.
When a call came in on my cell phone and woke me up around 7:30 am, I was almost feeling sheepish for spending so much money yesterday on emergency provisions. As if on cue, though, the power went out and I chuckled as we watched our battery-operated TV and gobbled Klondike bars for breakfast. Every time the power came back, I tried to post here, but it would cut out again in the midst of my pontificating, LOL!
But before I go, I have to share a neat survivalist discovery with you, which I will also post on the Live thread, so pardon the repetition...
Just before the hurricane, I went shopping in the coffee aisle at Kroger and found these Wolfgang Puck flavored lattes in individual self-heating cans. They're really neat. You flip the can over on the bottom, pull back the the pop-top ring, and push a button which causes some sort of chemical reaction that heats the can to 140 degrees in 6-8 minutes. Then you turn the can right-side up and there's another flip-top ring ....
Glad you finally got through.