[tri-wings] Okay here in P'cola

Hi everyone. We have power. Robin, Penny, and Charlene, we got lucky here. They 
were predicting 3 weeks to 2 months without power but the different power 
companies have been doing a FANTASTIC job, working who knows how many hours. We 
have crews from as far away as Quebec, Canada helping out. If anyone from the 
lists knows anyone that helped out, please give them a big "Thank You" from us 
here. And the same goes to everyone that sent their thoughts and prayers our 
way. I know that we also had a whole slew of angels looking out for us. The 
schools, on the other hand, didn't fare as well. They are talking about them 
being closed another 2-3 weeks. The kids are loving it, but they sure won't 
like the make-up.
We were really fortunate during Ivan. I had all of our trees cut in the 
beginning of the year except for one big oak at the back of the house and I 
think that helped a lot. The bad thing was that we got 4 from our neighbors. 
They wiped out the fences and one went through the roof in the computer room 
but we heard it and saw the water making the sheetrock start to sag. I was able 
to punch a hole in the ceiling before the sheetrock collapsed and let the water 
drain into buckets. One good thing was that the limb stayed in the roof and 
acted kind of like a cork, keeping a lot of the water out. We'll have to 
replace some sheetrock, put a new roof on, and rebuild our shed and fences. But 
all in all we were very lucky compared to a lot of others here. My brother and 
his family got 4 feet of water in their house and lost almost everything they 
own. The rest of my family and Amy's mom and dad did fairly well, not 
sustaining much damage. Of course all of the yards and streets look like
  war zones. All of our neighbors have chipped in and we have most of the front 
yards straightened up, just don't ask about the back, LOL. The debris is at the 
edge of the road and as you ride down the road you can't see most of the houses 
because of it. Penny, we know how you feel there. I think it will be a while 
before they get it picked up. We still have to boil the water or put bleach in 
it before using it. We've been putting in a lot of hours at work, and some of 
the damage that we've seen pictures of is unbelievable. Here is a link to some 
pics on the Pensacola News Journal site:   
http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/news/guides/hurricane/galleries.shtml
I'll try to keep everyone posted as to how things go here. We are also keeping 
an eye out for Hurricane Jeanne. FLORIDA DOESN'T NEED ANOTHER ONE!!!! We will 
be saying our prayers.
Jim, husband of Amy, daddy of Amanda ( 11 ), Katherine ( 7 ), and Jessica 
Nicole ( Full T18- 4/21/99) - our little angel who we love dearly; Pensacola, 
FL. Meet us at http://www.trisomyonline.org/french.htm
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