grinningator

OK! I am ok! The hurricane left limbs all over the place, I am still cleaning it all up! I was without power for 6 days, 2 hrs. Food from the refridgerator, and freezer got buried in the back yard, and thanks to FEMA and the Red Cross I got some water, and a few hot meals when it was safe to go into town! That was the most horrifying thing I have ever gone through, and I never wanna do it again! I am a big dood, but hurricanes scare the shit out of me now! Its freaky listening to limbs crack and things fly off your house, and roof for hours on end, and then the power goes off, and your stuck with a flashlight in the dark, wondering if the door is gonna pop open, or the windows, or roof may come off, and you might get sucked out or something! Then you fumble around the house for several days looking for batteries to your radio, and flashlights! Then it is so humid at night you can't sleep! Your clothes were all wet, sweaty, and smelly! I took showers under the downspout in my swimming trunks, and washed my clothes in my bathtub I had filled with water before the storm! I flushed the toilet with water from an empty garbage can i stuck under another downspout, bringing it in one bucket at a time! It felt like little house on the prarie for a few days! Now the chainsaws still echo outside in the mornings! But it did one thing tho, and I wouldn't trade this for the world............. It actually brought neighbors together! People were checking on each other to see if everyone was alright, and some were helping others with canned food, and those who had propane stoves, or grills were letting others use them to cook food before it went bad, and actually sharing food with one another! I saw the neighbor kids making things with play dough and plastic forks, knives, and spoons, instead of playing video games! Wow! They actually got creative! We actually all got together at someones house and played guitar and sang folk songs, and actually talked to each other! It was amazing! We actually all got a break from the fast paced world and got to know each other better! What a concept! ~~~~,~~,`< THE GATOR

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