Thankfully, we were safe. We got a new roof, our ceilings were repaired, and our vehicles got new paint jobs.
But I still miss this huge tree.
This is my favorite “Charley” picture. The fence is gone, but the gate is still standing. and locked.
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That is great! The gate is still standing and locked. that’s a Priceless moment.
Cost of fence – $1000
Cost of concrete for fence posts – $20
Keeping the gate intact during a storm – priceless
Amazing pics! That gate is too funny!
Charley is what made me want to move. I’d liked FL until then. I was in St. Pete., and originally Charley was going to be a direct hit for us, a cat 5 at that! We spent the night in the closet but I couldn’t sleep, I sat up listening to the AM station. Then at 2AM, they announced that the storm had turned. All we got was a little rain. But that’s when I made the decision to leave, I couldn’t live in a place where I had to deal with that kind of terror on a regular basis.
I’ve started to reply to you several times today – and the power went out every time. Since I’ve had the power flicker three times in the past 10 minutes, I’m hoping it’s gotten it out of its system.
I was going to say that we are fine, just rain and not even a ton of it all at once – just continued rain. But since about 3pm we have had a lot of wind. We’ve lost power for several hours today and then 10-20 1 minute or less power failures.
All in all – I’m fine…just tired of the power outages.
You have never posted so often – guess you’ve been inside too long yourself! LOL I’ve been enjoying the updates.