This is Pam’s Sister-In-Law. Pam wanted me to let you all know that she is still without power, phone etc…
Her next post will be titled..Hubris,Hurricanes and Miracles.
Debra

I’m running a laptop off the car battery, since there’s no power, no battery backup, no DSL… not alot of anything except fools running up and down the roads sightseeing.
Damage is extensive as it relates to foliage. Massive oak trees down, etc… Other debris is everywhere… Wait til you see the [...]

We lost power at roughly 7:00am… Battery backup is failing… We are currently in the eyewall, and have been waiting for the last hour for some peace… that fails to come. The voice on the radio says that the eye is compacting and closing in upon itself.
I think we [...]

How did the winds go from 115mph to 125mph? WTF? Anyway, this is me at 5:00am. Power continues to flicker and we are hearing some nasty noises in the hood.

At 3:30am I’d had enough of watching reporters fly down Duval street and emerged from the bedroom to broach the subject of the front plate glass window. I knew Arthur’s back is out… I knew he was comfortable in that chair playing online poker… But I also knew that if the big [...]

Why is my mower now stationed in the living room? I think the picture is self explanatory… Artie’s new toy must be protected; and in truth since the mower is brand new it’s no big deal.

Waiting… Just waiting… I was fine until a walk around the neighborhood revealed that [...]