A word in edge wise

Today is the first day that I have had any time to write so where do I start. Friday was the beginning. It is strange to sit and listen to the roof coming apart. You don't like the sound of clanking but then when it leaves you realize that no sound may be even worse. As the eye wall approached you could hear the roof parts fighting against the wind. Any longer and the story would not have near the happy ending that it has.

The eye wall took two hours to pass. Quiet, calm and no rain. Our poor dogs were able to get out for a walk during that lull but they were not the happy canines they usually are. I took time to pick up tin flashing from the roof so it would not become more destruction when the back side of the storm hit. And boy did it hit.

In all it's fury at 5 am Saturday morning it hit. It was thankfully from the opposite side and the roof that had been damaged held and the trees that were weak had been blown down away from the house already. With each howl and gust you say to yourself.....it IS getting better.

Dawn came about 7 am and that helped because you could see. The night had been pitch black and you only had your ears to tell you what was going on. With dawn your eyes could reassure you and comfort you that something worse was not happening. Through it all the wind was bad and scary but you lived in fear of the rising water. Down here we have the saying "Run from the water and hide from the wind." Saturday was too late. We were already hiding and we could only wait and see if we should have run.

By 11 am I began to breath again. The storm was passing and no surge in sight. I had no clue I could hold my breath that long. Now it was time to roll out the generator and hug your loved ones. It was releasing it's gripe on us and the clean up was about to begin.

SAM