Well, Wilma graced us with her presence at 3:00am and found it in her heart to leave Florida at 1:00 this afternoon. That was a pretty fast moving hurricane. She landed south of Naples, FL as a Category 3 and moved NE to the Palm Beach area.
Our house sat right on the edge of hurricane force winds and tropical storm force. What that means...well, generally we had sustained winds 50-60 mph and around 6 inches of horizontally blowing rain. Wind gusts often got higher--near 100 mph. Scary stuff.
Needless to say, although we received very little sleep due to the battering rain/wind on our windows, our poor house withstood the storm and we don't have to spend the rest of the day cleaning up damage. We could only wish the rest of FL was that lucky.
Interestingly enough, after Wilma took off to sea, the skies turned crystal clear blue and cool 58 degree temps. are gracing us with a brisk, BLUSTERY, fall day!
Baby has decided that (s)he doesn't care for hurricanes too much, so keep your ears out for teaching jobs if you are in the MN area...we think we've had enough!
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Oh SO GLAD to hear that you escaped the worst of the hurricane. An YIPPEE for moving back to Minnesota. The Vikings, Timberwolves, Twins and Wild all miss you guys very much... as well as all of your friends here :)
Again we are extremely thankful to the good Lord above for sparing you the heartache once again of a hurricane! We keep everyone involved in any hurricane in our prayers!
Minnesota???? Too bad Illinois isn't in your plans? We would love to welcome you here to a new home if that is what you wanted!
And another note...the Schaumburg Flyers and Chicago White Sox would welcome you also......did I mention that the WHITE SOX ARE IN THE WORLD SERIES??????????????? Hmmm....what does CUBS stand for again....oh yeah Completely Useless By September!
Love ya ALL!
Aunt Bette
very glad that you guys and your house are safe and doing well.
here's a thought. how about the milwaukee area? close to MN and IL. hee, hee.
I am glad to hear that the hurricane missed you. It is a little funny that it was called Wilma because that is my e-mail address and has therefore turned into a nickname for me! It was fun talking to you the other night Beck!
~Laura (Cousin Laura)
Woo Hoo,
Come on back to the wonderfull state of minnesota. Then I get my half of the brain back. I am so missing it. I also miss my magic buddy.
oh yea,.. happy your ok. :)
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