MissM
Well-Known Member
Alive and Well in Pinellas County
After an entire weekend stuck in the apartment with high winds, rain and no cable or internet for several days, I'm happy to report everything is back up and mostly normal. Thankfully, we suffered little actual damage in this area, though the roofs in my apartment complex have lost a lot of shingles and there are piles and piles of wet, soggy leaves and small to medium sized branches from the oak trees everywhere. More mess then anything, but still a lot of clean-up to come.
Most everything was closed yesterday including our local mall, B&N, most resturants and many stores. Lowes was open, as was Borders, Best Buy, Target and of course Super Wal-Mart. After being penned up in the apartment for so many hours, we drove around a little yesterday and window-shopped where we could. We just had to get out of the house. I think there were a lot of people who felt the same way because the roads were quite busy and the stores that were open were doing a brisk business. I think people just needed to get away from it all for a little bit.
Some places are still closed today. My Love's work was without power all morning. Thankfully, we never lost power here, just frequent brown-outs during the weekend.
Anyway, we came through it ok from here and this is my first chance with internet access again, so I thought I'd just check in. Hope everyone else came through it as well.
-m
After an entire weekend stuck in the apartment with high winds, rain and no cable or internet for several days, I'm happy to report everything is back up and mostly normal. Thankfully, we suffered little actual damage in this area, though the roofs in my apartment complex have lost a lot of shingles and there are piles and piles of wet, soggy leaves and small to medium sized branches from the oak trees everywhere. More mess then anything, but still a lot of clean-up to come.
Most everything was closed yesterday including our local mall, B&N, most resturants and many stores. Lowes was open, as was Borders, Best Buy, Target and of course Super Wal-Mart. After being penned up in the apartment for so many hours, we drove around a little yesterday and window-shopped where we could. We just had to get out of the house. I think there were a lot of people who felt the same way because the roads were quite busy and the stores that were open were doing a brisk business. I think people just needed to get away from it all for a little bit.
Some places are still closed today. My Love's work was without power all morning. Thankfully, we never lost power here, just frequent brown-outs during the weekend.
Anyway, we came through it ok from here and this is my first chance with internet access again, so I thought I'd just check in. Hope everyone else came through it as well.
-m
