It's been over twenty-four hours since the remnants of Hurricane Ike slammed into Louisville, and hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses here in the metro Louisville area are still without power, and are being told it could be a week or longer before power is restored. Schools here are closed, and they say they could be closed all week. Stores, gas stations and restaurants are closed, causing major drama for people who need gas, ice, batteries, food, etc. It's amazing how all of this happened when the forecast was just calling for a "wind advisory" on Sunday afternoon.
The National Weather Service said that the sustained winds we had in Louisville yesterday were the equivalent of a Category 1 hurricane. They're preaching to the choir on that one. The wind storm lasted from about noon until 6:00 last night, and believe me that was six hours too much. I've been in storms before and have heard people say that it sounds like a freight train when a tornado comes through. Up until yesterday afternoon I've never personally witnessed that, but at about 3:00 when we heard the loudest roar of the wind, we thought for sure the roof on the house was coming off. But thank the Lord and the carpenters (my Dad and Grandpa) that built our house because The Compound made it through in tact. Unfortunately we can't say the same for most of the trees at The Compound; it looked like a war zone not just in our area but all over the city.
Sure, it's been a major inconvenience not having power - I couldn't have my regular Sunday Afternoon Cocktails nor could I watch my Titans play yesterday afternoon, but at least we're safe and other than about a dozen or so shingles blowing off the house is safe. A co-worker (who is also without power) said this is just like camping - except we get to sleep on a much more comfortable place then in a tent. Makes sense to me.
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