Monday, September 15, 2008

Windstorm!

We had a horrendous wind storm yesterday! The remnants of hurricane Ike and a cold front combined together to create winds of 70 miles per hour. The high winds started at about 4:00PM and went on for four hours! We live in a neighborhood full of big, old trees, and they were no match for the wind. Our electricity is out (and our electric service line was ripped off the house by falling tree limbs), our phone is out, our cable is out, etc. But our house itself has very little damage. We spent the night at our house last night and with grandpa and grandma's help, we cleaned up a lot of the debris today. But since we still don't have power, we are spending the night here at grandpa and grandma's. I won't be around a computer much and we might not get our power on for a week! So I'll try to let you all know what's going on and I'll have to catch up on your blogs later!

Gotta zoom!

Ricky

7 comments:

Diana said...

Glad you are safe. Diana

i said...

Hi Ricky, glad to hear you all are ok there. Stay safe now!

Dawn said...

Enjoy the time with Grandma. What an adventure!

Cowspotdog said...

Be safe and happy with Grandma......hope your lovely garden is okay when you get back

Morgan in Pittsburgh said...

we had the same big wind! everybody at doggie school on Monday was goofy. We think the wind did it to us.

Tatum Tot said...

Oh boy life without power isn't too fun, it keeps us cool and warm and good eats!

I hope you are all okay at your grandma's and grandpa's!

Johann The Dog said...

Wow 70 MPH? We only had 60 MPH. You are always trying to beat me, aren't ya, BOL!!!!!! So glad you are all ok.

Woofs, Johann