Still kicking ...

Well, we made it through the night and the house is still in one piece and dry. I was out with the dogs about an hour ago and the backyard is a debris field. My street is a river. We're getting sustained 65 - 70 mph winds and the power went out during the night but, obviously, it's back. The eye of the storm should pass directly over us in about 2 1/2 hours, coinciding, unfortunately with the New Moon and high tide.

Still waiting for the worst. Later ...

Update 1200:

It's high noon and the winds have died down enough for me and my crack inspection team to assess the damage.



The girls were very happy to get out for a little while since, during the storm, we were only dashing out so they could relieve themselves and dashing back in. 30 seconds tops.

I lost a total of 4 roof shingles and the branch the girls were inspecting was the most of the tree damage. I did have a near miss on the new shed, but "horseshoes and hand-grenades", and all that shit.



I am gonna be cleaning up a million little shitbag branches for a couple days though.





We weathered the storm quite well, but we're still dealing with the wind field. Dad-in-law's power is out but everybody's safe and my old aunts are all good too. We were lucky, a lot of others in this area weren't.

Sorry about the blurry pics. I'l have better ones once the sun comes out and I'm not being led by two dogs who have to inspect everything.