i still have a hard time believing that it was ike that came through here. after all, aren't hurricanes supposed to calm down when they hit land? well ike didn't want to. sunday afternoon i had no idea that there were 90 mile an hour winds going on outside my house. sure, matt and i commented on the strength of the wind and sat in amazement, but we never thought it could be ike.
we lost power about 12:30 on sunday. we were without power and most of our cell service until yesterday (tuesday) about noon. amazing how much you take for granted when it comes to power. all your food has to be kept cool...but everyone has that need, so no ice to be found. you don't have hot water, your children must stay sticky... the hardest part i think is that you have NO IDEA what is going on. i didn't even know it was ike until my parents told us that. you have no form of communication, no way to get information. we didn't know the damage until we couldn't drive down streets because of fallen trees, or not being able to get water because everyone had cleaned the stores out, or stores weren't open because they didn't have power. long lines at gas stations that had power because there were so few...
but on monday, after our first full day of no power isaiah came in at the end of the day and proclaimed, 'this was the best day ever!' and why not? he got to play outside for most of the day with his neighbor friends, the seminary offered to feed students, so each meal we got to go to the seminary to eat. the first night isaiah even got served his hot dog by al mohler, the president, and they had a conversation. he didn't have to take a bath, and mommy and daddy just played all day. no work, no school. yeah, for isaiah, i can see how it was the best day ever.
we lost most of our frozen meat and non-essentials for the fridge. we did end up getting 1 bag of ice and we were able to keep our more expensive things out of the fridge. i think of others in texas and ohio that were hit much harder than us and my thoughts and prayers are with them. i can't imagine...
for the rest of the 100,000 in louisville that don't have power, it will anouther be 10-14 days of the same. we're thankful our pocket of life got power...
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Holy COW, Nat! Wow! I hate it when the power goes out for a few hours...let alone days...wow! I'm sure glad that it came back on for you though..that would be one stinky house!=0)
Well I guess that was your induction to the South. Who knew you would have to contend with hurricanes and other natural disasters. I am glad you are all ok and have power now. The good side is that you got extra time with your husband since he couldn't go to school. :)
wow nat. what an adventure! love that in the aftermath, isaiah got to have his best day ever. miss you!
Your story reminds me of a bad wind storm we had here when the boys were little. We had cold to contend with instead of heat, but all our frozen food was melting away anyway. Our boys were thrilled, however, because they got to eat all they wanted of the Dairy Queen ice cream cake we had gotten the day before the storm.
Love, Aunt Sandi :)
Ew. Down with hurricanes!
Glad you made the best of it.
WHOA...didn't know you guys were in it too. PTL that you have a little man's perspective!
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