Charlie

Hurricane Charlie~

It actually hit us in Orlando...the first time the weather people were actually right about the direction of a hurricane in our area. There was a bad case of 'crying wolf' for a couple years now. The news would get everyone flustered over a hurricane that 'was about to hit' that never did. But Charlie did...and he hit my home.

If anyone were to drive by my house they would find quite a few things missing. One-we don't have our huge oak tree in the front yard anymore. Yeah, that fell into our neighbor's yard (thankfully missing our house and theirs!). It is now currently cut up and heaped on our lawn. Two-the fence surrounding our property is now flat. That is also currently cut up and heaped on our lawn adding to the pile. Three-there are shingles missing from our roof. Mom said it sounded like people were on our roof as they were being ripped off during the storm. This is the scariest thing I think...our roof could have blown off! But it is a blessing in disguise because we needed to re-shingle our roof anyway! :)

Anyway....it was hard for me to be in Tallahassee and not with my family as all of this was going on. They called me while inside my sister's closet during the storm. My brother was telling me that our tree was falling and that shingles were being ripped from our house. Very calmly I might add...which was brave, I would have been freaking out and probably yelling at him to get inside the closet! School was cancelled for them today and tomorrow, since their schools are also cleaning up messes left by this hurricane. What an ordeal...it's going to be weird to come home now to a house without a tree. That tree was even the home of a very nice squirrel. It had claimed that tree and was even storing nuts for the winter at the base of it. :( I'm sad that it's home was blown away. Hopefully it will relocate to a better tree--one that can withstand hurricane force winds. I just re-read that part and it made me laugh out loud...here in my room. Brigitte says that was the most pathetic thing she's ever heard! ha, it's fun being quirky!