It's over!!

Gustav has come and gone, leaving us with a couple more days of rainy weather in the forecast. We are fine here, just a lot of cleaning up to do in the yard and waiting days or weeks for the power to come back on. We have our backup generator, so we have the use of all of our lights, fridge, freezer, computers, tv, etc. Really, everything but our air conditioner, but we have some small window units hooked up to keep the house cool. This generator is the best investment we've bought based on how well it worked when we really needed it. It is really not noticeable that we don't have electricity, and when it might take a week or more to come back on, this is priceless. We went through Hurricane Katrina with 1 fan and 1 small black & white tv for over a week, so this has been nice.

The news is saying that the damage is the worst they've ever seen in Baton Rouge & surrounding areas. We have seen a few houses with major damage in our area and feel fortunate that we escaped any damage. There are curfews in effect from 8pm until dawn, so hopefully people will heed that warning and stay inside.