We have had a very interesting week. On Sunday about Noon, the remnants of Hurricane Ike found their way to the Madison area. We didn't get any rain, but we got 60-70 mph winds. Lots of trees and branches fell all through the area. Our house survived with only 1 shingle flipped up, but others suffered much worse. By Sunday evening, about 90% of the people in our area were without power. Lots of trees and branches fell on power lines and knocked out power all over. The top picture shows the tree that did in our neighborhood. It is hard to see but that is a power pole on the ground underneath all of those tree limbs. Because the power lines were damaged in so many places, it took the power company a long time to get around to us. We just barely got our power back this afternoon. (Friday)
Since there was no power for the city well pumps, our water pressure also dropped. They managed to get the pumps going on Monday, but then there was a boil water order on for the next two days. Isaac and Mariana have been out of school all week. We have been having lots of barbecue dinners in the evenings. We also had plenty of chances to play family games and read by flashlight. Tonight everyone is enjoying the luxury of a warm shower. This has definitely given us a chance to see how prepared we are. We were lucky that a friend at work had power and an empty freezer, so we didn't lose our freezer full of beef.
On Tuesday, Mariana had the chance to go to the temple and do Baptisms for the dead for the first time. We were glad that trip did not get canceled or postponed.
So if we got 60-mph winds in Madison, what was it like in Dallas? How did LaDawn and Denisa's families fare?
--Newel
2 comments:
wow that's a long time to be without power. I'm glad you didn't loose your beef, and that everyone is safe. Hope to hear from LaDawn and Denisa son. Just give us a quick check in.
Anette
I've also been wondering about my aunts down in Texas. Yikes. It didn't occur to me to worry about you guys up in Indiana, though. Wow.
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