We're FINE!
Yes, yes, yes... Hurricane Irene came right through my neighborhood. We lost power for about 4 days and then were still without internet for a couple more days... but other than that, WE faired just GREAT! We have a generator that runs our fridge and the TV for Dennis and Mom -- and it was good. Dennis had remembered to fill the tubs while I was away at Women Of Faith, so we had flushing water. I had several cases of bottled water on hand, so we had plenty to drink and brush teeth with. We even made coffee! We just unplugged the fridge long enough to brew a pot of coffee -- and if we wanted to use the microwave we did the same thing. We had NO property damage at all... not even one tree down. Other's in my neighborhood did not fair as well...
Sadly, this car was not parked. It was being driven, and
carried one passenger.
This was less than a mile from the car.
I went out on Monday to deliver hot coffee and cold sodas to the work crews. If not for that I would have never seen these two areas because the road was CLOSED to the public. Those guys reallllllllly wanted hot coffee and cold sodas! They had already been working for too many hours - and had many more to go.
I know this looks like water behind those bushes - but it's not. It's another house. This tree managed to fall RIGHT inbetween them... causing very LITTLE damage to either! What a BLESSING!
This was actually a rather common sight around the county.
People who could not wait for road crews to show up took it upon
themselves to open their roads one way or another, knowing
the road crew would take care of the rest eventually!
It was just soooo sad to see some of these OLD gorgeous
trees destroyed. This used to be one of my favorite trees
in the county. It was a stately old soldier. :(
THIS is my next door neighbor's house. They lost 12 HUGE trees in their yard - and you can't really tell in this picture - but 2 of them landed on the house. They criss crossed each other
and made it impossible for the first 3 tree removal services to get them off. They were finally able to get ahold of a really large outfit who brought in a grade-all -- which required knocking
down a couple of MORE trees to get it in. So sad. But the family is safe and we are thankful for that! The really AMAZING thing here... those two trees fell KABOOM, KABOOM... and not one window broke in the house! Not ONE! Not EVEN the one right under them!
I've seen a LOT of stuff this week ... and it really is a lesson on what's IMPORTANT in life. It's not our houses or our cars... I can tell you that. Times like this have a way of settin' people's priorities straight! And as bad as this stuff is... it is NOTHING compared to the carnage that has been wrought up north! And Katia seems to be possibly heading in the same direction. If you pray... now would be a real good time to pray for those in up-state New York, Connecticut, Vermont... and maybe send some unused household goods to your local Red Cross... So many of those people have lost everything. EVERY THING. This is OUR country I'm talking about. Ya know?
God bless them... please.
And show them mercy.
Amen.
And show them mercy.
Amen.
posted by Melli at
2:15 PM
9 comment(s):
Oh my. I am so glad you are safe. Prayers said.
By
Pacific Quilly, at
9/04/2011 2:24 AM
So glad to hear you are well, Melli! We lost no power, and had no damage in our yard. Parts of our state were not so lucky. And the Connecticut River washed away the supports for a major bride in Massachusetts on Rte 91!
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Maribeth, at
9/05/2011 2:07 PM
So glad you are ok. My oldest is in RI now and lost power for most of a day but otherwise was ok. It was his first time to deal with this kind of thing alone, so we were anxiously praying (an oxymoron, that).
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Anonymous, at
9/05/2011 3:46 PM
Happy to hear you and yours are safe. Sorry to see all the damage to the area. We have been praying for all affected by Irene and also all the horrible wildfires here in TX. We need your rain....wish there was some way to send it down here.
By
Aggiema (Michelle), at
9/06/2011 12:49 PM
I am so happy that you weren't hit, must have been terrible ! I have seen pictures on TV poor people ! I hoped for you that your area would be spared. Fortunately you are well equipped. It never happened here that strong !
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Ingrid, at
9/07/2011 5:16 AM
Very glad to hear you and yours are ok. I thought of you often while Irene hammered away at ya'll. I knew you would be ok..you had that generator. I have to get my husband one. He is still longing for one. Just wait until I tell him you used it again. :)
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Amber Star, at
9/08/2011 7:15 PM
Very glad to hear you and yours are ok. I thought of you often while Irene hammered away at ya'll. I knew you would be ok..you had that generator. I have to get my husband one. He is still longing for one. Just wait until I tell him you used it again. :)
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Amber Star, at
9/08/2011 7:15 PM
I'm so glad to read & see that you & your family are okay! I confess to being glad to have missed the earthquake & storms that have come to the area since I moved away.
Yes, I'm back and blogging from a new spot. I'm the same me, just lighter! :)
~Karen (formerly kcinnova)
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Anonymous, at
9/15/2011 5:06 PM
I'm glad to make it by your blog and find out everything turned out ok. You are right about the cars and trees though, seems these things don't matter much.
By
Cindy, at
9/20/2011 6:33 AM
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