Windy as hell again but instead of from the north the winds are blowing south and......... its blowing the bamboo againt the house .... sounds like a wall coming down ....its so loud the kidds cant sleep and nor can i ........ my god is it pouring .............. WB tess im glad you are ok ...... be safe all its not over for me till MON afternoon sometime i hope ........

Still have power and cable! Not sure whether it is better to see stuff blowing and flying about or if I liked the dark better!

Lilith, Heads down and spirits up.

Hope Mr Lil and the kids are coping.

So far so good! Mr Lil is fairly easy to entertain ;) and the kids are doing well so far. God help me if we lose power and I have to make them conserve their Game Boy batteries :p

Power is back!!!! Woohoo! Lilith is right, so far, all we have is water damage. Charley was worst and we didn't even get the eye from him. Frances had her eye on us but we managed. It is wonderful to see how neighbors and strangers pull together.

Lilith if you need power I will hop in hubby's truck and drive a generator up your way. I will need it back though because I think Ivan might come by for a visit! Ugh!

Thank you PF for all your good thoughts and wishes for all of us in Florida. It is people like you that make me smile! Peace and love to you!

Peace and Love to all of you wonderful Pixie peeps who keep us in your thoughts. (((((((((((((pixies)))))))))))))))

Well, must get back outside and help clean up all the tree debri. Atleast this time we didn't loose entire fruit trees! ;)

I just got back to my home a few minutes ago, I decided around 1 pm when my power went out ,yesterday to go ahead and cross the big bridge in town and go to my parents house bfore they closed the bridges, we close all bridges at 40 mph winds and last night around here I believe they said it topped out at 75 mph. My parents lost power around 6 last night and is still out but I have power at my house now but up and down the streets its spuratic who has power. I have a 4 year old and I didn't want to hang out at my parents anymore she was getting bored and since I had power I hopped on home. Jacksonville looks awful right now, lots of trees down and open power lines on the ground.
I feel the same as Lilith I wish I had taken this a bit more seriously and prepared a bit more for it. My parents are off this week to go get a generator, because they run off a well and pumps there isn't even water flow at there house.
Good luck to the guys that its coming through to.

It's good to see some Pixie's checking in and glad you are ok.

*Hugs* for a long day ahead Lilith.

Just checkin' in and seeing how everyone is doing today.

I think I'm in the eye...all was EZPZ here. No school tomorrow though :D So happy cause I have a test to study for!

Hi Pixies, I just got back online after losing it yesterday right after I made my post on this thread. It has been a hard three days. But for us the worst we suffered is a very messy yard and no internet for almost two days. Oh and my phone is out. Try having a teenager that can't have a phone. :rolleyes:

But three days of none stop news coverage and watching the big trees around my house whip around with sudden wind gust and torrential rain for the last two days has worn me out. Everytime I heard a branch hit the roof I thought a tree was coming down. But we are fine and all is good now.

That is until we see what Ivan is going to do. :(


I am still praying for everyone in the path of Frances.

It's not supose to be coming here, but it sure is ugly outside...and making me nervous....

Here is a thought. All the people in Flordia can move to Manitoba during hurricane season, and then from about mid Dec until mid April we will all move to Flordia.

Good idea!!^^^^^ I am ready to move. :rolleyes:

Er, you should check the weather reports before you agree to anything, Tess. And don't get me started on the bugs there! :D