A Mighty Wind
Newsletter written during Hurricane Dennis...
Dennis who?
The wind, she's a blowing! Dennis is down to Category 2 and is sliding right by us. The wind is pretty unbelievable, whipping past the windows. We have our shutters down with the windows cracked to let in air, lost electricity about 9:30 or so last night. Trying to write this before the battery on my computer quits! The boys (Hal, Mo, Ryan and Uncle Brian) and Aunt Peg played poker by candlelight till about midnight. I was up till about 2am when I knew for certain Dennis would miss us. Bless the mountains of Cuba, knocks all the wind out of a 'cane. Well, most of it.
The wind from this Cat 2 is pretty macho. Don't know if I could drive my Honda CRV in it and if a coconut hit me, I'd be a goner. But no trees uprooted, only one planter knocked over. So we are good, a little sticky, waiting for Uncle Brian to get up, plug in the generator and MAKE THE COFFEE!!!
We have a huge covered back patio and we left everything as is out there, it's so protected. So we have a nice outside sitting area, overlooking the pool with the lawn chairs floating in it... that's pretty comical. Katha, the Chicken Lady, gave us two chickens about a month ago... they survived just fine in the backyard in their cage. Busy pecking even now, not crowing. A baby rooster learning to crow is pretty cute. That's all the news. I just heard a neighbor's generator go off... maybe it will wake up UB!!!
See you all. Stay safe, keep in touch!
Sally
...in usually sunny Key West!
Dennis who?
The wind, she's a blowing! Dennis is down to Category 2 and is sliding right by us. The wind is pretty unbelievable, whipping past the windows. We have our shutters down with the windows cracked to let in air, lost electricity about 9:30 or so last night. Trying to write this before the battery on my computer quits! The boys (Hal, Mo, Ryan and Uncle Brian) and Aunt Peg played poker by candlelight till about midnight. I was up till about 2am when I knew for certain Dennis would miss us. Bless the mountains of Cuba, knocks all the wind out of a 'cane. Well, most of it.
The wind from this Cat 2 is pretty macho. Don't know if I could drive my Honda CRV in it and if a coconut hit me, I'd be a goner. But no trees uprooted, only one planter knocked over. So we are good, a little sticky, waiting for Uncle Brian to get up, plug in the generator and MAKE THE COFFEE!!!
We have a huge covered back patio and we left everything as is out there, it's so protected. So we have a nice outside sitting area, overlooking the pool with the lawn chairs floating in it... that's pretty comical. Katha, the Chicken Lady, gave us two chickens about a month ago... they survived just fine in the backyard in their cage. Busy pecking even now, not crowing. A baby rooster learning to crow is pretty cute. That's all the news. I just heard a neighbor's generator go off... maybe it will wake up UB!!!
See you all. Stay safe, keep in touch!
Sally
...in usually sunny Key West!
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