Heather
(Weather Hobbyist)
Tue Sep 28 2004 04:51 PM
Re: Ed's OK!

Hey everyone. Checking in from Highlands County. Got power back on last night-one of the lucky ones, most of the county doesn't. There is no rhyme or reason to the outages or the damage for that matter. Some places are with minimal damage and some places look like a bomb went off. My house is standing, still with damage from Charley, Frances and now Jeanne. I have several coworkers who are now homeless-mobile homes or concrete block, Jeanne didn't discriminate. Areas are just leveled. We all had a wild ride for well over 12 hours, about 6 of which were the most amazing power I've ever witnessed. As far as I can tell everyone survived. Progress Energy who has done an awesome job with all three storms has asked for patience as workers and supplies are in short supply with the whole state in a mess. Teams were being flown in from as far away California. We have one fully operational grocery store that never lost power, the rest are on generator and selling dry goods only. Gas is available-atleast for today, but takes a long time of waiting in line. That's about it right now. Glad you all are fine. Thank you so much for all of your education and experience-myself and family as well as friends are all better off because of what I learned here.


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