Howdy from Iketown!

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posted Wednesday, 17 September 2008
Today, I am hooked up via inverter to the car battery, sitting in my driveway.  Neighbor on the side of me is running his deafening generator about 20 feet from me, my ears will be ringing for hours.  We are on day 5 1/2 of no power.  Thank God the weather has been nice.  That is, except for the numbskull across the gully from me who decided to burn his tree trash and the smoke is blowing right in my windows. 

I have three co-workers in my office, none of us has power.  My office has no power.  Howdy's shop has no power.  Most of the traffic lights in town do not work.  There are lines for gasoline if you can find a station that has gas and electricity.  Ice is nonexistant.

However, they came with a crane yesterday and took down the tree in the neighbor's yard that was hanging precariously over my house.  A small portion of our fence was knocked down.  Howdy's shop was unscathed.  I've actually had the opportunity to unpack some more boxes from my sewing room.  Today, I meticulously cleaned the fridge, since it was empty anyways.  Howdy is cooking a steak for dinner.  Life could be worse!

comments (6)


1. Ewe-niss left...
Wednesday, 17 September 2008 7:34 pm :: http://www.knitterbay.com

How surreal your life must seem. Hang in there! :-)


2. Jane left...
Wednesday, 17 September 2008 8:39 pm :: http://quiddity.typepad.com

It's good to see you are doing well, even though you have no power. Hope they get you hooked up again soon, and that you aren't having to many problems getting food and water.


3. Laurie left...
Wednesday, 17 September 2008 9:26 pm :: http://www.woolberryfarm.com

Glad you just have inconveniences and nothing horrible to deal with! It is funny how living this way changes how you look at everyday life though. It has been 14 years since the Northridge earthquake when I was living in LA and I'm still very strange about having bottled water and my emergency kits in two places in the house and in my car. I also keep a large supply of canned soups on hand. I think it was just that fear and uncertainty when my infostructure around me wasn't working. Wow, talk about feeling disconnected and on my own.

Hang in there, it will all go back to normal. And I hope everyone is super nice to each other like I experienced in LA in '94. That was a very nice and unexpected result.


4. marie in florida left...
Thursday, 18 September 2008 4:22 am

i'm sure your great attitude will win the day.


5. Nannette left...
Thursday, 18 September 2008 11:26 am :: http://ispindle.com/blog

glad to hear you made it through the storm! Life is always surreal after such storms. Hope things are back to normal soon.


6. Jessica left...
Friday, 19 September 2008 5:57 am

Glad to hear that you made it through, largely unscathed. I am in upstate NY, and the remnants of Ike blew through, and took quite a few of my roof shingles with it. I have only been in one hurricane, when i lived in NC, and that was enough for me. Hang in there.....