Hatrack River Forum: Isabel Aftermath: Thunderstorms and Tornados

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Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :

Total number of hurricanes survived by Mrs.M: 2

Isabel hit us pretty hard, but nowhere near as hard as Andrew hit Florida. Of course, this one was followed by a fairly severe rainstorm, which knocked our power right back out. They got the power back on again, but then we got a tornado. That’s when I started keeping an eye out for locusts. We have had our power back for a day and a half now and I am enjoying all the trappings of civilization, like hot showers, hot coffee, my straight iron, and the Internet

We discovered a few things while the lights were out.

the coolest, least humid place in our house is on the living room floor next to the fireplace
taking cold showers for 6 days is bad for your soul
the internet is like crack to Dr.M. and the withdrawal is not pretty
throwing out hundreds of dollars worth of food is somehow liberating
replacing hundreds of dollars worth of food is demoralizing

Oh well, at least it’s all over in time for me to not be ready for the holidays.
So, what’d I miss?

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

T_Smith hit 6000, Narnia hit 1008.

The Dobie was declared dead, but it's getting better!

Please never show me this again!

Other stuff happened. But I'll let someone else have a turn. [Wink]

Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :

I swear that when I first read your thread title, I thought it said "Thunderstorms and Tomatoes". And I thought, "That could get messy."

[Laugh]

self.

Posted by KEGE (Member # 424) on :

[Hat]

Congrats for surviving! I was home in Baton Rouge when Andrew hit us. Worst one I've ever been through. My parents power was out for 7 days and we live right by LSU campus. My mom throwing out all that expensive unfrozen seafood made me cry since up here in North Alabama I don't get any seafood (or am too picky to eat the stuff here).

Hurricanes are something else, but tornados scare me much worse. Were you directly hit by one? I hope not, although having one anywhere nearby is well .... [Angst]

Good luck in getting things back to normal!