Life as a Leach

...let me show you around my neighborhood.  All of these were taken on Wednesday, four days after the hurricane hit.  We have a looooong way to go before this mess gets cleaned up. The roof is tarped because a tree fell on it.  This family is lucky to have gotten it fixed so quickly. Power lines...sort of... This pole snapped in half Lots of dangling wires This made me so sad.  :( These are supposed to be running electricity!  Not so much! more dangling poles This poor family can't get out of their driveway! We know this family!  That tree put a hole in the roof.  :( That's a really neat stack of firewood.  If you have a woodburning stove, I think you'll be all set for the winter with this abundant supply! The tree knocked the shutter so it's crooked! We had to go under this tree that was arched over the road.  The picture doesn't do it justice.  It was a very tight squeeze! This one is dark, but this tree...

Did anyone else have that song in their head a lot during all of this?  NO?  Just me?!  Well, we survived the storm pretty well, I have to say.  We were much luckier than many of our friends and neighbors.  There are still a lot of people without power and many with trees that have caused damage to their houses.  If you're not local, understand that this was bad.   We only lost power for about 24 hours, and our generator did its job very well (except during the storm when the wind was so powerful that it kept blowing the motor out, which was extremely scary for us!!)  Caleb wasn't too scared during the storm and loved sleeping in the basement.  "It's an adventure!" Below are a whole bunch of pictures of the storm damage taken on Sunday, the day after the storm hit.  Please note that all of these were taken on main roads, because many of the side roads were not passable.  They were also taken as we drove by, so the quality isn't...