10-18 Thursday

[countrycorners]

Good Morning!
58 here this morn, and dark. Pine Mountain, GA
I'm supposed to be cookin Bacon and eggs over the fire this morn.
Think I need a cup o coffee first.

[Blue spinner]

Morning CC and all
it's 67 here nice
going to cook my eggs on the stove

[FUTCHCAIRO]

MORNIN SPINNER AND C.C., WE JUST GOT BACK FROM JACKSONVILLE WHERE WE WENT AFTER LOOSING OUR POWER ON WED LAST WEEK, WE HAD A COUPLE OF PINE TREES WRUNG OFF ABOUT 20 FT. FROM THE GROUND, JUST HAD THE POWER RETURN THIS MORNING SOME TIME, KEPT CALLING OUR PHONE AND THIS MORNING IS THE FIRST TIME THE ANSWERING SERVICE CAME ON, THAT TOLD ME WE HAD POWER, THIS IS THE LONGEST PERIOD OUR POWER HAS EVER BEEN OUT. WHEN WE LEFT GRADY COUNTY LAST FRI. WE MANAGED TO MAKE IT OVER TO I-10 BY WAY OF THOMASVILLE AND U.S. 19 AND HEADED TO JAX. MY SON-IN-LAW, CHRIS, GOES ON DISASTER RELIEF WITH A GROUP FROM SAN JOSE BAPTIST CHURCH IN JAX, THERE WAS NOT MUCH DAMAGE AFTER WE LEFT THOMASVILLE. MY SON IN LAW LEFT JACKSONVILLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CAME OVER TO THOMASVILLE ROAD BABPTIST CHURCH WHERE THEY LEFT EACH DAY TO HELP PEOPLE GET TREES OFF OF THEIR HOMES AND CLEAR DIRVEWAYS ETC. THE FIRST STOP WAS IN HAVANNA, FLA. THE SECOND DAY AND 3RD DAY WAS ATCATTAHOOCHE, FLA WE GOT HOME ABOUT NOON TODAY AND LOADED THE FREEZER BACK UP WITH THE STUFF WE CARRIED WITH US TO JAX., EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE WORKING O.K. TODAY WHEN WE GOT BACK TO HOME, THOSE POOR PEOPLE OVER IN MEXICO BEACH AND PANAMA CITY GOT HIT REALLY HARD, WE WILL HAVE TO KEEP THEM IN OUR PRAYERS.
PA
SEMPER FI

[Cranfield]

Glad you are safe PA, I tried calling you to check, but your telephone was out (as you know).
It does seem that Mexico Beach and Panama City got the worse of it, lots of detailed posts on Florida Sportsman NW.

[FUTCHCAIRO]

HEY CRANFIELD, THOSE PLACES IN THE EYE OF THE STORM WERE TORN UP LIKE A WAR ZONE. A FRIEND OF MINE HAD A HOUSE ON THE BEACH FRONT IN MEXICO BEACH AND THE ONLY THING HE COULD FIND LEFT BY THE STORM WAS THE FRIDGE DOOR AND NOTHING ELSE. THE DOOR HE SAID WAS ABOUT 100 YARDS NORTH OF ROAD 98 THAT RUNS BEHIND HIS HOUSE, HE SHOWED ME PICTURES ON HIS PHONE AND IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WERE NOT TOO MANY HOUSES LEFT IN MEXICO BEACH.
WE HAD A SMALL TORNADO COME THROUGH OUR PROPERTY AND WE HAD A LARGE SHORTLEAF PINE WRUNG OFF ABOUT 20 FT. FROM THE GROUND, BABE WAS LOOKING OUT OUR FRONT BAY WINDOW AND SAW IT HAPPEN. WE HAD A LOT OF SMALL LIMBS WRUNG OFF MANY TREES DOWN IN THE WOODS BUT ONLY SMALL PINES BLOWN OVER AND WILL HAVE TO BE CUT AND REMOVED. WE ARE GONNA HAVE OUR LAST FAMILY REUNION AT OUR PLACE THIS THANKSGIVING, WHEN THE WHOLE GANG IS HERE WE WILL GET ALL OF THE DOWN LIMBS AND TREES PILED UP AND HAVE A BIG BOND FIRE.
EARL