We were very fortunate once again with Ike. Some of the alarm is always the weather services working not to understate the problem, but I continue to be amazed that storms are more and more an issue so far inland.
When we lived in Central Louisiana I can remember occasions where we taped the windows and brought in flower pots but never really felt any concern.
For a while yesterday it really seemed like wind might be cause for concern, but in the long run we rarely lost out Dish signal and went without power only a couple of hours.
At one point we were thinking it might be a while before the lights came back on because we were listening to Christine's disaster-proof radio and one utility company was explaining they were having to wait for gusts to die down before they could risk going up in bucket trucks.
A little while after that our lights came back on. We have a different utility company.
I read, worked on the laptop and spent a little while debating whether to waste battery power on a DVD of The Spiderwick Chronicles, so we were much more fortunate than others, though my indoor-outdoor cat, Oliver, suffered some mild depression having to spend Saturday indoors.
So it goes.
8 comments:
Glad you came through fine. Yes, the weatherfolks often overstate the case I see. And it can cause undo fears in folks. Xavier ended up closing down for Friday, even though we had nothing but some wind and not even much rain.
Glad to hear you're safe and that Oliver did not sneak out into the storm.
I'm glad you came though it okay!
That almost sounds like fun!!
Excellent! Weirdly, Detroit dealt with Ike's remnants tonight after an earlier soaking yesterday.
And so it goes, indeed . . .
Hey, Sid. From Erik's comment I guess Ike didn't just fall into Lake Michigan as I suspicioned.
Glad you are all safe!
The Spiderwick Chronicles - did you or didn't you? Please tell :-D
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