Well, as Gabrielle can attest, I have a crappy camera that never works when I need/want it to so I wasn't able to take photos on it (although I did take pictures with my cell phone, only I don't have the internet on my phone). But OMG, the friend who told me about the damages in no way prepared me for what I came home to. She said, "Of course there are branches on the ground." Uh, yeah. I have about a quarter of an acre here (large for a subdivision lot) and there is no ground that isn't covered. And we're not talking any pansy ass small limbs, we're talking big huge honking limbs that make walking through the backyard impossible. Not to mention, the french doors are blocked by branches.
She also failed to mention (although not a big deal) that the dog house has been up-ended. I've been wanting to get rid of it so I'm really okay with that. But the 40 feet of fence that is down? Uh, try about 100 feet of fence down! And the posts are snapped off - not uprooted, broken.
But with all that, amazingly, no windows were broken.
SCG and his family are coming out within the next hour to help clean up my yard and repair my fence. He lives in a brand new home and mine is 25 years old and in need of a facelift. I'm not really comfortable with him seeing my house but I'm so so so so so grateful for him for helping me because I couldn't do this on my own.
I do have electricity and enough water for a few days - hopefully enough to last until the "boil water order" is lifted. No cable though (which was a disappointment to SCG's daughter lol).
Anyway, so that's how things are here. I'm home and grateful for what I have - including good friends. :)
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Hey! So sorry to hear about the damage, but I'm glad you're okay. Fingers crossed on that boil order being lifted soon.
In what can only be described as a freak occurrence of nature, we're without power, too, thanks to Ike. Hard to believe, this far away, isn't it? Been down about a week, probably have 3 or 4 more days to go. Thank goodness for coffee houses with free wi-fi, you know? :)
Hope clean-up goes well for you.
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