The Mighty Oak Still Stands!
My ultimate relief is that the oak tree in my front yard made it through the storm. Everytime we have stormy weather, I worry about that tree. I even made Christopher sleep in the living room last night!!! I prayed all night that the tree would stay strong. The wind blew VERY hard all night — I had white-caps in my swimming pool! We didn’t lose power for any length of time as I had expected. It flashed on and off about 20 times which was very annoying! Everytime it flashed off, the carbon monoxide detectors emmitted a shrill beep that scared Scardy-Dog (aka Wilson, aka Fatty-Fatty-Two-by-Four, aka The Rat) to death. I tried to console him, but he didn’t want that. He slept under the bed all night and emerged this morning non the worse for wear. I am going to ask my vet about a chill pill for him and for Sunny (the ultimate scardy-dog) for future storms.
There are trees, tree limbs, traffic lights, signs, and debris scattered everywhere. There are many folks in this area without power. Like I said in my previous post, I know we didn’t experience anything like the Gulf Coast — I sure feel sorry for them.