In Florida the cookies have a high price because they all want to fly away in a hurricane.
Hi everyone, We just got our power back after 9 very long hot days. We were at the exact point where hurricane Frances made landfall. Usually a hurricane will blow through in just a few hours. This one stalled and hung around for 30 LONG hours. The winds started on Friday night and steadily picked up until they were at their maximum of 110mph between 9-12 on Sat. night. Then the eye passed over us for five hours and it became very quiet. At 5am the extreme wind started up again and decreased until about 3 in the afternoon. We had storm panels over our windows and the house didn't even shake but the sound was endless and we really didn't know what to expect. At one point I thought that if I suspended 'self' I could experience the storm. I had never been through a hurricane before and I was curious. This feeling of curiosity didn't last long though. It was replaced by SHEAR TERROR! We had no damage to the house but we had a lot of damage to my gardens. Oh well, life IS change and I can plant again. One wonderful experience of the power being out was that we met many neighbors. Without power, TV, computers or lights, people would wonder out into their yards and actually talk to each other. It was great, we met about 50 people. We also helped each other out. One of the cashiers at the grocery store had no phones and she wanted to let her family know she was OK. I told her we had phones and I would call her mother. When we got home I called her mom and said that I was just letting her know that her daughter was OK, she didn't have a phone and she didn't want her to worry. The lady was so sweet, she started to cry with relief and then she cried because she thought I was so sweet to call her. Then I started crying because she was so sweet. The storm brought out the best in people and the worst in people. Our neighbor 'borrowed' our gas tank from our grill without asking......other wise known as looting. We did get it back which was a good thing because I had a freezer full of thawed food to cook. We got into a daily routine of taking cold showers, working to clean out the damaged brush from the yard and going to sit on line to get ice from the National Guard. I have heard so many people say that God is trying to tell us something or that the hurricane was the work of the devil. The wind is the wind and that is all. The one thing that amazes me is that the day after the storm the insects and animals were still OK. How can they have sat huddled up in 110 mph winds! We have a resident toad that catches flies every night while we sit on the patio in the light. The light attracts bugs and this bring the toad over for dinner. He will sit within two feet of our chairs. One night he fell into the pool and made noise until we rescued him. I think he knows we are 'safe'. The night after the storm he was back like nothing had happened. Life is getting back to normal again. I must admit I will never take air conditioning, hot showers or ice cubes for granted ever again. JODY ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration, Right Livelihood Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZenForum/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
