After a nice visit from Jason, Chrissy & Grandma Dodok on Sunday afternoon the wind started picking up. The winds from IKE and a system coming out of Chicago combined to form a storm. We only got the wind, places north of us also got the rain. We had gusts up to 70 mph. I know it's not nearly what those in Texas went through but it sure scared us. We busied ourselves battening down the hatches...taking down our patio sunscreen, stacking chairs that were blowing around, moving plants inside quickly.
Quit of few roofs in our neighborhood will have to be replaced as most now have shingles missing...including ours. There are several trees down just on our block. I took some pictures before Kevin fussed for me to get inside.
We were without power for 48 hours almost exactly...375,000 were without power in Columbus area...still 175,000 today. AEP had sent a large group of it's people to Texas to help there. Now crews from other states are coming here to help. They say the power might be fully restored by Sunday. We didn't have phone or internet either. Kevin & Jami went to work but my office had no service, phone or internet, so I came back home both days. I went out to get ice for the fridge & to charge my phone in the car...also to get COFFEE! I laughed because the lines were out to the street in both the car lane & store inside.
Jami cooked fabulous meals on the grill. We had some camping equipment so our inconvenience was kept to a minimum. We read books by candlelight & went to bed early both nights. Nothing in the freezer went bad but had it gone one more day, we would have lost it all. We send our thoughts & prayers & a bit of cash to those that have gone through worse. This kind of thing makes you count your blessings & realize just how good you have it. My heart goes out to the families that have been challenged by nature over the last few years.
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