Hurricane Survival

Thank you to those who were a bit concerned about me during hurricane Katrina ^_^
(a report from Mobile, Alabama)

It was quite a doozy, if you hadnt noticed already.
I got my power back on today. Its been out since Monday morning.
There were huge trees down on power lines and homes in my neighborhood, but we were spared any major damage except for our roof.. We lost some shingles so we'll have to fix it.
We were also robbed the night before the hurricane.
Nothing major... a chainsaw, belt sander, and a rotary saw... You know, stuff you need to help clean up.
It was miserable without air. The temp was around 97degrees with 100% humidity.
I didnt really get any sleep, but at least I wasnt sleeping underwater like Biloxi/Gulfport/New Orleans which are not far from here.
Our downtown area flooded too... about 15 feet of water they said spilled into the city. I live about 8 miles from the waterfront so no big worries for me.
The pictures were very hard to imagine actually being true.

Its still hard to get food at restaurants. A lot of places are damaged and others had food spoil due to the outages. Cold drinks too..
I could kill for an iced soda now.

Gas is a real FUCKED UP situation.
I had filled up before the storm and felt lucky. The lines are literally a mile long when one station opens. Most are sold out or dont have power. People are fighting over this and some are even siphoning gas from cars at night.
Today, on a whim, I got in line because I was just under a half a tank. I needed to make sure I had enough to get to work and back this week.
I just knew though, that if I waited in that long ass line WASTING gas that Id get to the pump and theyd be sold out.
I waited 2 hours.... and managed to fight off one cheater who tried to cutthe line.
So now I have a full tank of premium... though my car is the regular only type.
but it really sucked.. it really did.. AT one point, the attendant even waved his hands like they were iout and some people left. I'm really glad I didnt.

even at work (Mobile Regional Airport), we're getting people from Mississippi and New Orleans desperate to fly out of the region since all of our flights are operating or just find someplace cool with warm food. Its rough for everyone.


uhg, Im very tired..