Guest guest Posted October 17, 1999 Report Share Posted October 17, 1999 Jim & Delaine Lowry wrote: > Friday night > Regarding: Hurricane Irene > We're okay. Nothing like Hurricane s,this time last year. > Electricity was off & on all night and this morning. > > Spent all afternoon and last night getting our boats moved. By the > time > that we had time to move our boat that doesn't have a trailer, it was > almost dark. We couldn't get very far down the canal because > other boats were parked there, already, with lines out on both > sides. > > So, by the time we found a spot, it was raining rather hard. We were > soaked. Then, we got back in just in time for the power to go off. > > But, it wasn't bad. We did hear that Big Pine (10 miles away) > recorded > a gust of wind at 100 mph. > > We had a lot of limbs of trees in our yard and some tree limbs > fell from a tree onto our jeep. > > My husband was up at 6 am because our dog woke him up. > About that time, the wind was 60 mph. Our kitchen floor > had about 1/2 inch water on it in one corner. It came from > the leak in the roof that still hasn't been fixed from the > last hurricane. > > But, it wasn't bad. > > The manager at our guest house still has so much to learn. The > fire trucks came late yesterday afternoon because of the power > outage and she didn't understand that she had to call the alarm > company within 5 minutes to stop the fire trucks from coming. > Carine had been such a good manager and knew so much.. > So many things just have to be learned from experience. > > Jim says that he thinks Hurricane season is finally over. We HOPE. > > September was the worst, ever, for us at the guesthouse. And, then, > we > lost money from this weekend. If we can just keep checks from > bouncing > until Fantasy Fest in 2 weeks. > > The life of the self employed....it's not easy, sometimes, juggling > money > when there's none to juggle. > > Thanks for thinking of us. > > Delaine > > > TJONES500@... wrote: > >> Delaine, >> How are ya'll doing down there? Hope you don't have too much >> flooding or >> damage. Write soon as you can. We're worried about ya. Tery >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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