No sooner had we written about how lucky we were to not have lost power then right at 10:00
a.m. we lost power. It was out until about 2:20 and has just come back on. In the interim around 10:45 we got a knock on our door. Keith and Kathleen were out cleaning up debris. The winds were still howling and there was a slight rain falling but the worst was clearly over. Throughout the neighborhood people were out on their porch or walking around. I went out to talk while Katie stayed in (not a good time of the month for her). About 11:15 I went for a walk and got the following pictures of the trees and wind. We only lost one tree in the neighborhood and no one lost any windows. Everyone was remarking how lucky we all are.
The curfew was officially lifted at 2:00 p.m. though they are encouraging people to not go out for long. We are doing a caravan for everyone to go get their cars here in a little while. Hope ours made it, if so Andreas it is.
Wind is still blowing pretty strong and you can see rain showers on their way. We are safe and all is well. Of course the weather channel is already talking about an area of concern off the coast of Africa. We have taken down the plywood from the front window to let some light in. You would be amazed how much you lose perspective in a boarded up house. Letting the light in was a pretty amazing thing. Will update after we check on the car. Thanks again for all your prayers they definitely made a difference and were a great comfort to us as well. There is flooding in Savannah and some other parts of the Island especially along the southern coast got hit harder than we did. The surge never got to us but did to some others so keep them in your thoughts and prayers and even as we ponder how lucky we were we sympathize with those who had to face this monster head on and not the glancing blow we took.
