Out of Touch, but not on purpose

MIA is an understatement lately. On Sunday Hurricane Ike came through Cincinnati. We had wind speeds up to 70MPH and over 90% of the city lost power. They’ve recovered about 40% now but my home and work are both still dark. It’s been a blend of peaceful (lots of reading which is a favorite pastime so I don’t mind a bit!) with several inconveniences (ie we’ll have to pitch nearly all of the refrigerator contents, more than once I’ve wished I could use the computer, etc.). Thank God we have hot water for showers (a luxury my parents don’t have. Then again, they're missing a big chunk of their roof - it blew off and is down to the plywood).

Not sure if I’ll be going into work or not tomorrow. The electric company’s first priority is businesses but that hasn’t been going too well. We waited 50 minutes for gas yesterday and I waited another 25 this afternoon for the other car. Stations just aren’t up and running yet so people flock to the limited choices that are operating.

I’ll try to take some pictures of some of the estimated “tens of thousands” of trees that were knocked over (many over a foot in diameter had their whole root systems lifted straight out of the ground) and the stress that our power and phone lines are under as a result of limbs resting on them. It’s quite a sight.