WILMA II

The storm is past and we are safe.

As the storm approached, my wife, Bonnie, was very nervous.

We slept fitfully, waking from time to time to the sound of freight trains and jet planes passing by, which turned out to be Wilma.

As dawn broke, I dediced to look outside and noticed that our front porch was fairly dry.

Our house faces south and the winds were screeming out of the north. The result was that our front porch was both wind and water free.

So we sat on the front porch and watched Wilma in all of her fury.

She ripped some shingles from a neighbor's roof. She bent a palm tree further and further, until finally it was uprooted from the ground. She sent sheets of rain parallel to the ground and clouds by like foam from a shaving cream can.

We were later able to survey the neighborhood.

Several trees were down. One house lost its back porch. A camper was overturned. One house had a tree leaning on it, but nothing was broken therein. Some pool screens were ripped away and at least one pool cage was distroyed.

We had no flooding but we lost power for about ten hours. We never lost land-line phone service, but cell phone service was disrupted until about 3:30 pm. Water service was never interrupted.

And, praise the Lord, Wilma managed only to rip one tab of one shingle from our roof.

The radio station is off the air until power is restored in that area, and I'm sure that will be accomplished by the end of the day.

We are experiencing a cool front and some breezy weather and it is beautiful outside.

Thank you for your prayers and concern.

All is back to normal here and God is now and forever on His throne.

Praise God from whom all blessings flow!
Praise Him all creatures here below!
Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts!
Praise Father, Son and Holy ghost.