It's all good.
The storm went through at 5:40 this morning. We learned that it hit Dauphin Island first and then moved up north through Mobile.
Where we are on the east side of the island is protected by dunes and trees. There are also several houses between us and the Gulf right now so for us, the storm was really no big deal. I was actually kind of disappointed. I like the loud Gulf storms when the wind shrieks and the house sways.
We lost power at 4:30 yesterday and it came back on as the storm went through this morning. So we had no food disasters....though we all had to do our part and eat the ice cream before it melted. You have to bond together as a team in the face of adversity.
The girls and I took a ride over to the west side after the storm blew through. That side got clobbered a little. We've seen much worse but it will be a little while until we can move back to the waterfront house. There's about a foot of water under the house....see below.
This view is looking from the street up the driveway. The drive is between the big pole on the left side of the picture and goes up to the green garbage can by the house. Right now the power is still out on that side of the island and we can't get back into that house until the water recedes at least a little. Both sets of stairs are under a foot of water. I got up on the deck and managed to check out the house. There's no damage to the house, so all we need to wait on is the power.
When I talked to Nancy, she told me that we are on the same power zone as the school, so that power gets priority for repair. Good deal.
Here's one more picture. This one is from the bottom of the driveway looking north towards Bienville, the main road. Its completely under sand and some storm debris.
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