Our friend Nancy who lives on the lake lost her flat roof portion on the patio plus her screen cage around the pool. Our friends Jack and Linda lost their boathouse (the boat was in it) and so many tree limbs they cannot even get to the end of their yard. I knew the houses on the lake we're going to take the brunt of Irma as the winds were out of the northwest for a good portion of the storm! Mike and Alice, two doors down, lost a huge tree which is lying across the canal. There are so many much worse off.
Speaking of worse off, the lift station in Fort Lauderdale or Pompano, I'm not sure of which, quit working and raw sewage is floating in the beautiful canals. Scott reported to Randy that the smell is so overpowering he has to ride around in his truck to get away from it. 💩 Now that's an environmental disaster in the making. (Power restored at 3 pm so hopefully things will improve.)
OK, now for some cheerful news. Rick M posted a blog last night. Yay Rick. They are still experiencing a horrible drought over the Lake Country region and in fact over most of the Northwest. It's wonderful to see that he and Ruth enjoy having the kids around!
About 230 Mark and I went to Lew and Lynn's pool to refresh ... back home we both had a nap! ✅
Sue and Wayne had a good travel day and found a lovely campground just outside of St. Louis for the night.
Dawn was called into work. Randy drove her as traffic lights are still out. She will be working until 8 o'clock. Tomorrow is trash pick up day which means everyone was working hard to get things on the curb for tomorrow's pick up. It's been quite a stressful week! They had good news when Randy got home and discovered the power was on! Yay! We hope the water has been restored to, and if so we will go there to replenish our water jugs tomorrow!
High water at RanDawn's ...
Apparently it is going down, not up!
Dinner done and dishes cleaned up, we're all in the bedroom with the window shaker running! Cool.
Ta Ta til tomorrow.
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