9:40 update

We have spoken with Kelly, the ICCI librarian in Miami and the folks who stayed at her place have lost power. That was going to be our backup if Lonny hadn't gotten all the plywood up and given us the OK on our place's structural soundness. Kelly's place is about a mile down the road from us. Our lights have flickered twice but no outage. We also spoke with Elsa and Keith by cell phone at around 9:00 a.m. They are riding it out at their home near the college. They are OK. They too have lost power but Keith has a generator up and running. The winds are really howling again now as we get to experience the back end of the storm. We already felt incredibly lucky but now hearing that others have lost power while we haven't, as of yet knock on wood, makes us feel all the more fortunate. Will be making a late breakfast now and trying to pass the time on the net or watching DVD's. Keep the prayers going because they are working. Katie and I are now adding our own for the rescue and police workers who even now are out and about on Cayman and for the folks now in the path of the storm. We all need to remember them in our thoughts as well.