Saturday, October 29, 2005

Report from the hurricanes in Florida

Below is an email from a good friend of mine.

Hi!!!

Guess where we`re at? Sunny Orlando! After 6 days of no electricity, no real food and very noisy generators that some lucky neighbours abused day and night we decided enough is enough .
One thing is wash your hair from a bottle of water, another is when you can barely hear your own thoughts because of all the noise.

Anyway , here we are, in Marriot. The storm was surprisingly strong for a cat. 2. We could see the tiles fly off our own roof and crash next to the parked cars. We came out safe and sound,
but most of the trees in the complex are simply gone, For the first time in my life I saw what the "eye" of a hurricane looks like...It came right through us - extreme calm after 100m/hr winds. We survived on grilling - steaks, chicken, veggies and such. But when the charcoal and
food finally ran out, and no sign of elctricity or gas or ice in 20 mi radius, Jonathan (her husband) grew hungry and restless. I swear the only person who didn`t notice much difference was Evan (her infant son)!

They say it might take up to a month to get the power back!!
Fortunately we`re lucky to be in a good location and we are usually the first to get it.

Anyway, tomorrow after seing Mickey it is back to the war zone !!
Lets hope there is a miracle and the power is on. That is all our news.

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