Posted by partlycloudy on June 11, 2005, at 8:07:59
In reply to thunder storm...where?, posted by Jai Narayan on June 10, 2005, at 20:27:52
It went out in the middle of the night - I woke up in the stifling stillness of the air conditioning not working; 80 degrees and about 90 percent humidity (so gross). It made for a miserable night of no sleep and I was certain I had fried my beloved eMac by not shutting it down properly.
Luckily, the cable modem just needed to be reset :-)And now we are watching Tropical Storm Arlene trip through the Gulf of Mexico. We are getting lots of rain, but no wind damage, storm surge, or flooding.
But I am surprised at the earliness of the summer storm season. I was in a bad way last September when Florida had its 4 hurricanes in a row; my anxiety was the worst it has ever been. Seeing the destruction afterwards - for so many months - in the surrounding areas kept me triggering into panic attacks. I couldn't even handle going into a Home Depot as it kept reminding me of the scramble for plywood, etc. for shoring up our homes in the midst of the storms. The worst part for me was having the windows boarded up, with us inside the house, no power, and wondering how bad the damage was outside. We were spared the worst of each of the storms last year, for which I am so grateful! The capriciousness of Mother Nature is so very extreme.
Sorry for the ramble. I'll feel better when we get our hurricane shutters installed (have been on order for several months now).
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