Comments on: Windstorm!

By: Heather

Heather — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:03:16 +0000

JollyJo,

I talked to a friend at the gym who was in San Antonio while Ike’s aftermath blew through our area. He encountered displaced Galveston and Houston folks with no home to return to. Kind of puts it our blessings in proper perspective…

Nina,

Ten days in a Quebec winter?! We’re lightweights here!

There’s a lot of talk about the need for more buried lines, though. No one wants to do this again!

By: SF Girl

SF Girl — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:16:52 +0000

Hi, Heather! I was wondering how you did with Ike. And that was only the tail-winds of Ike! Imagine feeling the full force as they did in Texas and Louisiana! We tend to forget just how powerful Nature is, living comfortably in our homes and cars…Until we get “unplugged”, suddenly go dark, lose our internet and find a tree on top of our house… And, yes, it would have been very different in the middle of winter… I am reminded of the nasty ice-storms in Quebec, Canada a while back when people were without electricity for over 10 days in the middle of winter… Yikes!

By: Jollyjo

Jollyjo — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:06:40 +0000

Heather glad to hear everyone is fine…having experienced a couple of storms I know how destructive the wind can be and of course how inconveniencing the aftermath can be…

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:22:55 +0000

Bad Momma: The storm toppled yet another tree onto my neighbors’ playset, so our big tree has become their temporary playground.
Glad you all made it through safely. That wind couldn’t have been too good to your garden…?

Delmer: Must be nice to “not notice” a power outtage! That’s a man unfettered by cellphones and the internet…
A family we know in the next neighborhood from us was “missed” when their street was plugged back in to electric power. I hear they now have to wait until after AEP makes a second pass at missed neighborhoods before they can be dealt with individually.

By: delmer

delmer — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:21:10 +0000

A guy I work with went into the office late Sunday to take care of some things. His subdivision is new (that is, no large trees) and he didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary during his five-mile drive to work.

He had electricity at his place (in fact, he never lost it). He noticed the wind but didn’t think too much of it.

When he got to work the power was out which left him with an “I wonder what’s going on feeling.” It wasn’t until much later that he knew we were having power outages.

Having power or not having power seemed to be luck as much as anything else.

I’m sorry for the folks who can’t expect to have it back on until the weekend. I guess we’re lucky it didn’t happen in mid-December.

By: Bad Momma

Bad Momma — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:31:42 +0000

I’ve done the coffee without pot trick before! Love the photo of the boy in the tree! Glad you made it through the storm. That had to be a scary drive!

Thankfully we rode the storm out in our basement!

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:29:03 +0000

Intrepid: Consider me the illustration for your very valid point! I can go without my morning coffee, but I prefer to start my day with it (in a cup).

I’m still finishing laundry for a sister which makes me extra grateful that we can again wash clothes when we need them and that we don’t have to pull our food our of coolers. -And the lights are kind of nice to have at night…

Suzanne: Big relief (especially with kids in the car). You should write about your Fiji experience (if you haven’t already). Hopefully, most of us will never experience a hurricane, but you’re gifted at sharing details that can help others understand.

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:41:34 +0000

Moneyblog: That sums up my own reaction pretty well…

Jean-Luc: I really wanted to get more pictures, but that wasn’t practical when I had the kids with me. I snapped a couple through my window as we waited to turn around (again and again!), but the high winds made it pretty challenging to steady the camera.

Jackal: Glad you can relate to the coffee “disaster!” Why confine that lovely aroma to a coffee pot, huh?

By: Suzanne Perazzini

Suzanne Perazzini — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:44:22 +0000

It must have been great to get home.
I lived through a massive hurricane in the Fiji Islands many years ago and lived to tell the tale but many didn’t. Wind might be invisible but what devastating power it has.

By: Intrepid

Intrepid — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:15:19 +0000

I’ve always believed you should have a cup of coffee before you’re allowed to make coffee. I’m sure you know what I mean now…. Sorry about the mess! Inside the kitchen and out. I’m certainly relieved that you and the kids are safe and got to spend some good quality time together. And that the power is back. Yeah for those minor conveniences which we sometimes take for granted.!

Great Post and pictures.