Prayers for their safety...
laz
Caipirabob
paradox
FLJoePA
brytlea
pickyourpoison
I'm here and all my family and pets are safe. We got lots of wind and rain but we still have water and electricity, thank you Lord.
OK here NN....just got power back. Got my cable back a few hours earlier.
It got a little hairy with sustained 100+ for an hour or two, but we (me and the cats) managed just fine. If not for my year old Siamese (named Canoe) pooping in his safe room, then shoving it under the dryer with his paw in a lame effort to hide it from me, it would have been just another hurricane.
My heart goes out to those south and west of us. My friend in Lauderedale got hammered, and those poor folks out on the lake seemed to get it bad as well.
Oh well, we're all stronger now. We can handle this and we have a responsible Governor who knows how to react to these things. We are lucky!
NautiNurse, thanks for your concern. I have finally been able to get myself someplace where there is power and a computer. The house I am staying in sustained some roof damage and it will have to be repaired. Ceilings may have to be replaced. I have no power, no phone, no internet. Oh well. BTW, most of those people who waited in long lines for things like ICE are wusses, just MHO. The large majority of us were self sufficient, even past the 3 days they say to do so.
Thanks for the prayers! We did fine, just no power for 9 days. I didn't miss anything nearly as much as I missed my morning coffee. Oh, and of course, my little battery operated TV only got Katie Couric in the morning. I think that should be illegal!!!
susie