Superfluous Hullabaloo

The Hurricane State

With two hurricanes just passed, and one headed here, Florida seems more like the Hurricane State than the Sunshine State lately. Frances left my part of Florida, and most of the state really, a wreck. Trees down everywhere, homes damaged, power outages, etc. My family's house did all right, only some tree branches down and a little bit of roof damage. Still will cost money to fix though, so it's a bummer. The tree in front of my window pounded against the house for the whole course of the storm, which was really annoying, but luckily it didn't crash through the house or anything. We had no power for four days, and on and off for the next two. No phone service for several days either, and of course we can't rely on cell phones to work ever, so they were useless. It's been a week since the storm actually hit, and some places still don't have power. Lots of traffic lights are still out, which makes it even more annoying to drive around here, and people act even dumber than usual. We had an eight o'clock and then ten o'clock curfew imposed on us for nearly a week. Some places still have a curfew. It's been very wierd and everyone just wants to get back to normal. I was very glad to find my grandmother and great aunt's mobile homes in Port St. Lucie, an area that was hit heavily by the storm, intact. Some of the homes in their park were trashed, but theirs sustained only minor damage, and we thanked the Lord for that blessing. I just hope this Ivan stays far, far away!! We've had enough!!

Steph
4:24 PM [+]