Thank you all so much for the kind words and prayers
We are used to hurricanes on the Gulf Coast
and have experienced many during the last 35 years
Most of them have caused minimal damage,
except Hurricane Ivan in 2004
which ironically hit on the very same Sept 16th date
as Hurricane Sally
During Hurricane Ivan we also lost our pier and boats
We had roof damage which eventually caused the ceilings to fall in
and we basically had to rebuild the whole house
Hurricane Ivan 2004
We raised the ceiling during rebuilding
which made a huge difference,
the house felt so much bigger
My son and I redesigned the kitchen, and he installed new cabinets and tile
By the beginning of summer 2005,
we had a new boat and pier
and were enjoying our newly rebuilt house
even though the landscape would take years to recover
This storm came upon us so fast
it was hard to prepare
Tuesday afternoon the water was already dangerously high
the pier was underwater and my family knew
that chances of the boats staying secure were slim
The boats did disappear but, his time we got a little luckier 🤞
My son, son in law, and a friend have spent the weekend
securing tarps on the roof,
cleaning up the debris and fixing whatever they could
Once they finished at our house they went to help friends and neighbors
in hot humid and horrible buggy conditions
There are many flooded houses on the lower parts of the island
My SIL took this video upon arrival
Information has been spotty,
with no power they have to reserve their cell phone batteries
The water came back on late Friday,
and they all immediately took showers and felt so much better!
They did bring a generator
and are using it to power fans and the refrigerator
They also cut screens from a screen door
that landed in our yard
and made screens for our windows
so they could open them up for cooler sleeping!
The grocery store is open so that helps, but gas is hard to come by.
I will keep updates coming as I get them,
I am truly grateful that I am not there
and don’t have to live in the very challenging conditions…
Thank you for praying for our little slice of Paradise…
Since we’ve been through this before,
I know with a little time and work
things will get better
🙏🙏🙏
I will be joining these fabulous parties and blogs:
Meal Plan Monday Love Your Creativity Over the Moon
Between Naps on the Porch, Celebrate Your Story,
All About Home/ Common Ground Follow the Yellow Brick Home
Tasty Tuesday Oh My Heartsie Girl Turn About Tuesday
Full Plate Thursday Centerpiece Wednesday Creative Crafts
Thursday Favorite Things Creatively Crafty Creative Cumpulsions