Now that Holly has connected IKE and IKEA, that's all I can think of. Damn, you, Holly!
Mom called at 2 PM yesterday and let me know they were OK. I was glad she did, because I was pretty worried. Lots of branches in their yard, no trees on the house, no broken windows, but without power.
Dad called this evening to give me an update. Overnight they got another 6+ inches and water was within 2 feet of coming into the house. That's the LAST thing that they need (they're almost done paying off the repairs from Tropical Storm Allison in 2001). Luckily it stopped raining and Dad said the water drained off really quickly. He did report that his okra crop is decimated. Which is really a bummer, okra is so yummy...link added to explain okra to my midwestern friends that may not know.
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Well, it is the 27th now, and power just got restored to Jay and Anna Marie's house and school yesterday. We have had electricity for about a week now, but it went out this morning for a few hours while they worked on restoring it to a house with a large branch on a power line in the middle of our block. It is back on now, and hopefully will stay on...I was dreading having to do everything after dusk by candlelight again. You don't know what you've got till it's gone...
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