Surveying the damage

About an hour ago, everything quieted down outside so we decided to take a walk around the area and see what had happened.

The first thing we saw was the courtyard in front of our apartment building, where a lamppost had been blown over, along with several large tree branches.

As we headed toward the street, we passed other apartment buildings in our complex that had more damage -- trees split in half, lots of downed limbs, and dozens of roof shingles blown to the ground.

We walked to the nearest major intersection, about a half-block away, and were thrilled to discover the Walgreen's was open. We ran into several of our neighbors there and learned that two of our complex's five buildings were without power. We also learned that houses along the streets to the north and south of us were without power.

We felt very lucky, especially because the drug store had plenty of milk and frozen pizzas.

Re-stocked, we're back home.

Comments

[Robin]

Mmm, frozen pizzas. If there's ever a disaster coming my way, I'm going to absolutely hoard those Totino's pizzas, the ones you can buy 5-for-$5 at the grocery store. Not only are they cheap and easy to prepare, I suspect in an emergency they would burn for days.

[Sheilah]

So glad to hear you are safe! :)

[Wendy]

Oh yeah, you gotta love the Walgreens!! Glad to hear that all is well with your family in the aftermath of Francis.