Whew! It's been twenty-five years since we have had a "big one" in our area. This
one qualifies. We got electricity today and it was cause for much rejoicing. The
heat has been hovering around 91 and it makes the clean-up even more difficult.
We ventured out today to try and get across our county to see if my elderly
parents still had a house. The roads are mostly passable. The National Guard is
out in force helping to keep the "lookie lou's" under control. Disaster relief has
ice and water available in a lot of areas. There are long lines at the gas
stations. Most of the traffic signals are not functioning.
As we made our way across Baldwin County we were amazed at the number of times
huge trees fell around a house leaving it untouched, of course there are heart
breakers too.
We are among the lucky ones, our house is the only one in our neighborhood
not to have significant damage. My parents weren't quite so lucky. Still no power
or water. Heritage trees that we loved have blocked the drive into their home. We
hiked in crawling under and over trees. We don't even know how to start making a
path down the half mile drive to their house. It is heart breaking to see their
lives so displaced. They just want to go home.
The storm surge took out all the piers along Perdido Bay and our area of
Mobile Bay as far as we can see. School is cancelled until... From the highway it
looks like our school still has a roof.
I hope you never have to smell the refigerator after it has been left without
power for four days! UGh!
Leslie Lomers
Fairhope High School
Fairhope, AL
LLomers@aol.com
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