Ivan Has Come and Gone
The storm is over. Our power went out about 8 am yesterday and came back on sometime overnight last night. We think we also lost cable, but that could be because our power inverter wasn’t strong enough to pull the cable signal. We had a few limbs broken from our trees, but other than that we didn’t suffer any damage. We were very lucky. Several parts of town suffered trees down, power lines down, flooding, etc. We are still in flood watch because the Alabama River runs through downtown. But we are all fine. Not so for others, if you’ve watched the news. Even folks in Georgia have suffered this storm and have had severe flooding in some parts. Most of the area here in Montgomery has power back. We went out for a little while yesterday after the storm had passed and power was back on in parts of my side of town. So I knew it was only a matter of time before we got power back at the house.
I just hope Becky is doing okay in Pensacola and has only suffered minimal damage at her place. A friend of ours has a cousin in Pensacola who’s house was in pretty bad shape.
Our top sustained winds were probably around 60 mph, with wind gusts reported at 95 mph. Gosh the wind was wild! When Opal went through, it hit at night so we couldn’t really see anything. But this thing hit us during daylight hours, so we could see the rain blowing down the street. It was something. Then when the wind was dying down to about 25-30 mph, it felt so nice. The wind gusts by then were in the 40s and you could hear that wind gust coming from several miles away, blowing like trains through the trees. And seeing the trees blowing like that amazing. I have to admit, it was pretty cool to see. If only it wouldn’t do so much damage.
Now the folks in Florida once again, wait to see what will happen with Jeanne. They are predicting it might come inland as a hurricane somewhere near Jacksonville, FL. Sheesh, what a season we’ve had. There isn’t anyone now, in Florida, who hasn’t been through a hurricane this season. I just pray that Jeanne doesn’t turn like they are saying.
