Upate from a place no sweeter than A/C

—er lasts.

Oh.

Sorry about that. We lost power on Saturday, even before Hurricane Frances [1] made landfall, and we spent Saturday in the dark, waiting, waiting for landfall. It finally hit sometime between midnight and 2am Sunday. The wind and rain picked up, and it was interesting watching it out the window, watching bright greenish explosions of light in the distance.

Lightening, exploding transformers, what ever it may have been, a white flash with a subtle coloring of green. Noticed the same phenomenon (doo doo de doo doo!) during Hurricane Andrew [2] too.

[A downed tree behind the Facility in the Middle of Nowhere] [3] [4] [Roofing material] [5] [6] [A tree blocking the parking lot] [7] [8] [At least it fell away from the building] [9] [10]

About 6:30 am Sunday I finally got fed up with sleeping on the dining room floor, and figuring that Hurricane Frances had already past by without blowing us away, went upstairs to finish sleeping.

When I woke many hours later, I took a walk around the lake that's nearby, taking in the damage (mostly downed trees). I also briefly talked with a neighbor and learned that Hurricane Ivan [11] is expected to hit us sometime next week.

Ah, wonderful. I can only hope that this convinces enough people to flee the state, thus dropping the prices on the houses remaining to affordable levels. Or at the very least, it will reduce the amount of traffic we have.

Right now we're at the Little Pink Apartment of our friend Jessica as it, unlike the Facility in the Middle of Nowhere, has electricity, and more importantly, A/C (Air Conditioning) and an Internet connection. Woot!

[1] http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_astorm6+shtml/020253.shtml?

[2] http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/1992andrew.html

[3] /boston/2004/09/06/thumb.p9050009.jpg

[4] /boston/2004/09/06/p9050009.jpg

[5] /boston/2004/09/06/thumb.p9050011.jpg

[6] /boston/2004/09/06/p9050011.jpg

[7] /boston/2004/09/06/thumb.p9050012.jpg

[8] /boston/2004/09/06/p9050012.jpg

[9] /boston/2004/09/06/thumb.p9050015.jpg

[10] /boston/2004/09/06/p9050015.jpg

[11] http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_astorm9+shtml/062138.shtml?

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