Here is part one of our hurricane survival kit:
Flashlights, battery, fan, regular radio, NOAA windup radio, spare batteries, pile of cash, mobile phone. Check.
Part two of the kit: supplies. Blue margaritas, almonds and peanuts. Looks like we're good to go. Bring on the wind!
So you may remember we had a rather long night wondering what was going on outside. Well this is what we saw from our front porch in the morning. You'll note the tree lying on the gutter of that house. As the storm continued, the wind pushed the trunk further and further into the house. Thankfully that home is not yet occupied so the builder got to claim from his insurance and no-one lost any belongings.
We had some drainage problems on one side of our house - this water is 6 to 8 inches deep. Luckily the foundation is about 10 inches high on that side so this was of little concern as it was running off slowly.
After the storm this became our new lounge :-) We would sit outside and play card while watching the world go by. One nice by-product of the storm was that all the neighbors walked around in the evenings so we'd say hello and have a quick chat with any that stopped. We grilled our dinner most evenings right there on the driveway - our neighbors must think we're crazy!
As for the rest of the street - this was, unfortunately, a beautiful old oak tree that had grown up and across the street. It did not survive the storm:
And this is our pocket park at the end of the street. Somewhere under those trees is the little sitting shelter and bbq area. We are hoping they'll fix this good as new as it was nice to have a spot to sit when you walked around:
That's about all for now folks :-)
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