See those flags blowing above Tom's head? 35+++ knot winds made the Cedar Point Boat Show interesting...but that was nothing compared to what was coming later Sunday night. Tom ended up staying late into the night on the docks in order to protect the 20+ South Shore Marine boats at the show. Anchors came loose, a small boat sank at the dock, big drama. Meanwhile, I was at home with 3 boys -- brushing teeth and reading bedtime stories by candlelight. We lost power for 10 hours on Sunday in Sandusky...but Bay Village, with all of her giant trees, was much harder hit. No school on Monday - again on Tuesday for some buildings. And as of this moment I still have friends without power -- some 72 hours later. Who would have guessed just how powerful Ike would be so far from the Gulf? Here is a look around our neighborhood today...
Our street (above) is still closed due to power lines down. There were two house fires in our neighborhood - one just three houses down. Apparently many Ohio power workers are in hard-hit TX -- delaying the repairs here. Amazingly, our yard had only a few small branches down and no power outage. Whew!
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That power outage was a blessing and a curse. For us it was mostly blessing, time to "ooh" and "ahh" at mother nature and time to bond as a family.
Thanks for this great entry!
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