Mr. Amigo Will, you have my sympathy. Having endured several hurricanes, I know what it's like in the aftermath. Glad you didn't suffer any serious damage.
For those of you who haven't gone through the experience, it's no fun being without power for up to two weeks in the heat and humidity of a southern summer. Take it from me, I've been there and done that. Try to live for two weeks without air conditioning, TV, internet, refrigerator, fresh food, hot showers, telephone, etc. And all this while trying to cut your way out of your driveway and then your neighborhood with a chainsaw. We had 25 large trees on our lot (up to two feet in diameter) and countless smaller trees down, two on the house. Walked a mile to stand in line at a food store that was giving out free bags of ice. I was grateful to get two and felt like somebody in one of those news clips that we see of refugees in a third world country lining up for food to be distributed. It happened in early September, it was January before we got all the debris removed.
Point of all this mumbling is it's not something I ever want to endure again. Hang in there, Mr. Amigo Will.
Last edited by Dave Schiller; 09/18/08 08:02 PM.
