Things we have found out through the hurricane --
1. Our house's power is on the medical power grid. This means that we will always be the last ones to lose power and the first ones to get it back. This meant that we had power a day or more before anyone else we knew -- which didn't make them very happy with us, but they did come take advantage of our water and power! :)
2. Having no landscaping is good! We have complained since we moved in that we have nothing in our backyard, but right now I am glad! The only thing that happened at our house was our old, needed to be replaced anyway fence fell down. I've never been so glad to not have trees! :)
Apparently 75 mph winds came through our neighborhood during the storm. It didn't sound too bad during the storm and when we looked at our yard we thought maybe we were spared any major damage out here. But then we drove around the neighborhood and saw things like this ---
Did I mention that mom, grandma, and Jess were here for the storm? They flew into town Thursday night and we here to weather the weekend with us. It didn't bother them in the least -- we played lots of Scrabble, cards, and dominoes...not much different than a weekend out in Farnam! Even Will got into the game a few times...
Overall we are very, very lucky. Many of the stores are still closed and all the grocery stores and gas stations are packed and a little crazy, but each day things start to go back to normal a little more. So far we are out of school thru Wednesday and are hearing we may be out all week due to major damage to some of our schools.
Thank you to all of you that have been checking on us through email or phone calls. The phone service has been a little touch and go, but it is also getting better. We love and miss all of you!
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Glad you guys weathered the storm!
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