Gulf Coast TE Folks

[sundial]

Beth, it's nice to see you back on the board. Hope you feel better today and I'm thankful that the storm wasn't worse. Oh, and that your house isn't damaged on top of everything else.

[Mr. Bloom]

Yippee! Sleeping through a hurricane...what a deal!

[Running Mommy]

So glad you checked in Beth! I was thinking about you and the Silvers' family in gulf shores.
I have a special place in my heart for the gulf shores area.

[Mr. Bloom]

Silver's family is fine in Gulf Shores. I got them out of bed at 5:30AM when I saw a tornado in the area on weather.com, but it doesn't seem there was any serious damage.

Now maybe Indiana will get a little benefit from the desparately needed rain.

[bmccasland]

Silver - glad to hear your family is doing fine in Gulf Shores. Hope they got through yesterday's rain storms OK. We had more wind on monday, then all the rain yesterday. I noticed the water was stacking in the street, so I rode my Breezer over to the canal, and yup, it was to the top. The local pumps can only deal with 1 inch / hour of rain fall, and we had more like 3 inches in an hour. The ground is definitely saturated.

Lovely topic 2, I think my stomach has forgiven me.

Topic 3 - much of this area is still without power. Apparently the big transmission lines took a big hit. Saw a press briefing last night, of the 14 lines, all were damaged, and only 1 is back up. I am very thankful for that 1. My office remains closed until next monday.

I miss my morning paper. Reading it on line isn't the same thing. + no funnies. No mail service either.

Have to clean gutters today. Noticed some weren't draining very much during the deluges yesterday. Must be clogged with leaves and twigs the winds blew off.

[sundial]

We're getting the rain here now and I can't seem to wake up for the cloudy skies and rain. I'm hoping no tornados pop up. Beth, if you ever need to vacate to the north, come see us.

[Trek420]

Thanks for checking in Beth. I am glad you are ok.