11:00 a.m. The power came on, apparently for real, about 10:35—after two previous attempts. Believe it or not, neither the A/C nor the water heater activated when we turned them on. It’s not that hot inside, thanks to the lack of sun and the fact that our computers were off. I’ll be happy when the A/C does come on, however, to take some of the humidity out of the air. We’re not rushing it— no point in overloading the newly-restored power as everyone’s A/C kicks in. It was certainly good to hear the refrigerator come on.
Porter had been on his way up to the roof to assess damage and fasten down the vent that had blown loose, but the heavens opened up again with some of the heaviest rain yet. The wind is pretty much calm now, though we are under a tornado watch.
We are beginning to clean up and put the house back in order, with a few exceptions: the plywood, for instance, is staying on the windows, at least until we see what happens with the approaching Hurricane Ivan.
The fact that Hurricane Frances caused much, much less damage than she might have is little consolation to those who have been hit hard, especially in the coastal areas. But that’s no reason not to be extremely thankful that she was less than a Category 1, instead of a Category 4, when she finally came through here. Unlike hit-and-run Charley, most of the local problems were due to the fact that Frances simply wouldn’t go away. That and the weakened infrastructure because we had not recovered from Charley’s blow.
Thanks again to all of your for your concern, thoughts, and especially prayers. Back to work—and lunch.
Porter had been on his way up to the roof to assess damage and fasten down the vent that had blown loose, but the heavens opened up again with some of the heaviest rain yet. The wind is pretty much calm now, though we are under a tornado watch.
We are beginning to clean up and put the house back in order, with a few exceptions: the plywood, for instance, is staying on the windows, at least until we see what happens with the approaching Hurricane Ivan.
The fact that Hurricane Frances caused much, much less damage than she might have is little consolation to those who have been hit hard, especially in the coastal areas. But that’s no reason not to be extremely thankful that she was less than a Category 1, instead of a Category 4, when she finally came through here. Unlike hit-and-run Charley, most of the local problems were due to the fact that Frances simply wouldn’t go away. That and the weakened infrastructure because we had not recovered from Charley’s blow.
Thanks again to all of your for your concern, thoughts, and especially prayers. Back to work—and lunch.
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