onsdag 17 september 2008

Ike strikes West Chester

Back in Ohio. Whoooaaa! A pretty windy day this past Sunday, Sept. 14. 35 m/s (80 mph) over our little corner of the world. I don't think anyone really thought Ike would bother to come all the way this North! We'd just arrived on our little field trip with the neighbors when the wind was getting a little bit too heavy; cracking tree branches and your eyes and ears buried in dirt. Half of the corn fields were flying in the air... Benke had the time of his life on the windy patio (there is no bad weather, just bad clothes!).
Besides the damage on the property (The Landings was badly hit!), about 700.000 people in this part of the US was out of electricity for 1-4 (at least) days. We've been very fortunate to only be out of power for 2 days, but the schools are still cancelled to this day, it's hard to find gas, the shells on the grocery stores are half empty, people buy huge sacks of ice and I don't think it's only for the Coke this time. We've had some nice and cozy moments in candle light and neighborhood get-togethers over the barbecue.

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