Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Hurricane Ike hits Elk Creek!

No, I'm not comparing us to those hit much, much harder in Texas, but Sunday we had our share of hurricane force winds...category 1 winds to be exact! And how far off the coast are we?!?

It was partly cloudy, the sun would peek through every little bit, not a rain drop in sight and wind gusts up to 80 miles an hour!! Sunday when we got out of church, it already looked like a disaster area...trees down everywhere! Fortunately, we only lost a few shingles and quite a few branches from trees in the front yard and only lost power for a few seconds. But...Metro Louisville is apparently a disaster! This is day 2 for me of no work because our building has no power and no sign of it returning anytime soon! Jefferson County schools have already told parents to plan on schools being cancelled for the WEEK and LG&E is saying it may take up to 2 weeks to get all power restored...all from wind!!

This is really weird...the weather is great and here I am, hanging out at home in the middle of the day! I'm enjoying my "free" time off, although it was quite unexpected!! :) (And yes, poor Kenny has had to work!! Believe me, he is definitely giving me a hard time about not having to work!)

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