We got power!

We got power! Only took two weeks and a day. After cleaning up the in-law's yard with chain saws and lawn tractors, we rushed home and flipped the breakers. Everything came up okay.

I had a nephew who lost his house - his family is all okay - so, all things considered, we are doing well. We are all okay, and we have a more or less intact house. Our house came out okay for the most part. The roof was pretty much stripped bare - thankfully it hasn't rained since the day after the storm - and the air conditioner is working, though it sounds like an old DC3. The downstairs carpet is a mess, with some water damage from the rain, and leaves everywhere from being tracked in. Still a lot of clean up to do.

Thankfully, the weather has cooperated, and it didn't get as hot as it does after most storms. Hot, but not awful, not for the Gulf Coast, anyway. It'll be nice going out to the patio because you want to and have too.

Hurricanes are truly awful, but I guess that's the price you have to pay for living next to the water - and we have to live by the water, too far inland is just wrong :)

So, again, all things considered, we came out okay.