Struck by Hurricane Ike

About 1000 miles north of the Gulf Coast, we seldom feel the devastation and effects of the hurricanes that plague Texas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and the Carolina's. The remnants of the storms usually crawl up here a few days later with a smattering of warm refreshing rain from the Atlantic for a day... but Ike was different!

Arriving with winds of up 60 to 70 miles an hours, we lost power about 5:00PM Sunday. And so did much of the area. 300,000 homes were out of power come Monday morning. No electricity at work... no electricity at home... And with many of the electric company's trucks having been sent out to help assist the people in Texas... repairs were slow in coming.

Of course the people just across the street had power and lights the whole time! As always... Grrr!

Tuesday morning, power still had not been restored, So I eventually decided to check out a movie and drove down to the theater. No power there either! Despite the nearby restaurants have full power and serving tons of customers. I ended up checking out a bookstore (Barnes & Nobles). And by the time I arrived home at 4:00PM Tuesday afternoon... power had finally been restored for over an hour (almost 48 hours without electricity). Before I left five trucks from New Jersey had been roaming the streets so the out of state help must have the job!

At last!!! It's so nice to be able to turn a light on again!!

Power is also restored at work... via a generator. True power may not be restored until the end of the week.

Ike will be remembered... for a long time.

McDoogle

Your Challenge: Create a hurricane of your own. Start with a squirt gun and a big fan and work your way up to a Cat 3 storm from there. Be sure to give your hurricane a really fun name. Like Otto!