Thursday, October 27, 2005
Adventures of Wilma
We survived another hurricane and although we had some damage, we feel quite lucky. Monday and Tuesday were manual labor days. Steve had to chop up the two big trees we lost. I picked up roof shingles that covered our yard. Thankfully, only a few of our roof tiles broke. Both of us picked up plant debris and dragged branches into a huge pile. We even got our power back Monday night unlike the million others in our county. Tuesday, I only worked a few hours because I think I overdid it the day before. Steve hired a 10 year old kid in the neighborhood to help him load branches and stuff and take it to the dump. I think they made 7 trips. We got most of the work done, but Steve still has to get on the roof and figure out what to do about the broken tiles. Plus, our screen door on the back porch was ripped off its hinges. We'll have to get a new one.
Life in Miami is pretty crazy right now (more than usual). Very few gas stations, restaurants, and stores are open. The gas stations all have lines that stretch for miles with cops trying to keep the peace. On Tuesday, 98% of the traffic signals were out/missing, which isn't good in a place where people can't drive under normal circumstances. Those are slowly being fixed. We have an 8pm curfew and about 800,000 homes still don't have power. Many don't even have water. Actually, our power went out again at 4am this morning and we are desperately hoping it is back on soon. One more thing (but I can't complain about this), our cable and internet are down even with the power.
Unfortunately, power was restored to the office on Tuesday. We have been back since yesterday hearing everyone's war stories. Many of my co-workers who live in Broward haven't had power or water since Sunday. The one good thing is that this mild cold front has made the weather bearable. It gets down in the 50s at night and only up to the mid 70s in the day. Temperatures are slowly creeping back up though. That is the update for now. I better get back to work.
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For people who don't know me, I come from a big family (3 brothers & 1 sister). We moved around a LOT, so I am not really from one particular place. I like to call Katy, Texas my home though.
Recent news, my Dad & Mother-in-Law were diagnosed with Terminal Cancer in April/May of 2005. My dad passed away 5-Dec-05 .
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