I happened to drive by the office and noticed the power is on, so I took advantage of shooting off an email. The office is next to city hall and the police/fire station, warranting power. The Target across the street is working off of a generator.

Things here are still quite bad. No power or clean water expected until November 20th. Phone lines are down. Cell phone service comes and goes. Only a few gas stations are open and the lines are hours long, so we are not driving around too far. Some stores are open, but only selling non-perishable items for cash only. The damage around the county is very extensive—we’ve never seen anything like this. FEMA is handing out water and ice; however, lines are so long, its not worth getting in them.

The airport reopened today with limited flights, so I am going to try and determine our next steps as our patience in a tiny apartment is a bit challenged. Rose, on the other hand, doesn’t know the difference. She seems to be enjoying herself having me home. The weather, too, has been a blessing—low humidity with the evenings in the mid-50s—record lows.

We are fortunate we didn’t have damage to our home or cars and there was no flooding.

I’ll try and post info on the blog when I can. Rachel has been our videographer trying to capture what its like. Hard to put it into words—definitely not something we want to experience again.