Post #109698 by JonPez on Sun, Aug 22, 2004 9:04 PM

Our power here came on on Thursday, almost a week after the storm.
A large tree in our front yard blew down across the street, luckily missing a few cars and effectively making us live on a cul-de-sac for a time.
Its amazing to see all the crews from other states come in to help. Trucks from Texas, North Carolina and New Jersey were on our street last week.
We had no power, no cable, no phone (they say we'll be getting phone service by mid-September), but at least we had water. So many people down here were so much worse...
I agrees with Flounder's comments. At first the 90 degree weather and the general moistness was unnerving, but after a day or so "bag of ass" just about hits it on the head.
I'll tell you one thing... I have never drank so much alcohol in all my life. Alternating waters and beers, with a gererous amount of Cuba Libres and tropical drinks (sans ingredients that needed refridgeration) we drank from dawn to dusk just so we wouldn't mind the heat. Screw the open container laws. We wandered the streets (on foot of course, no drivey and drinkey) assessing the damage and toasting the good fortune of those who would not have to make an insurance claim and cheering for the utility trucks and tree crews. Made us feel better, thinking that they could use a bit of moral support (although they were probably wondering why they were working so hard to get the power back on for those drunken idiots).
I wanted to get a t-shirt printed up that said "Charley missed my house... But he killed my liver!"
Glad to be back in the land of the freon-dependant.