HURRICANE REVISITED

Well, Hurricane Ivan has been weathered and power has just been restored. We lost power on Thursday morning about 10:40 AM just as things were ramping up with the storm. Just as the local weather guy, Jerry Tracy, predicted it was like a sustained severe thunderstorm (without much thunder). The brunt of the storm was from about noon to around 4:00 or 5:00 PM. Birmingham was hit somewhat harder than we were, especially with rain.

I drove down to the church house to see how it was (it's only .3 mile away), and lo and behold--electricity! In fact all of "downtown" had electricity, but not me! As the calls came in from various members seemingly everyone had never lost power at all. Of course, in reality over a half million Alabama power customers are still without power, but that didn't make it any easier when you look out the window and see lights.

Anyway, no feeling sorry for me (I'm sure you weren't). If you'd like to read a somewhat lengthier account and see some pictures, my sister at cut on the bias will keep you satisfied.