Well, Hurricane Katrina just blew through here, causing all kinds of chaos. Total damages here? Not much, actually; a few missing roofing tiles and some landscape damage, but both should be easily fixable. Insurance is a good thing!
Others in the South Florida area were not so lucky. Many low lying areas were flooded, with people having up to a foot of water in their homes. Some folks may have to wait many days to get their power restored, and as of the last time I heard, four people have lost their lives.
I guess this is a lesson to all of us; do not underestimate hurricanes, even if they're only a "category 1". I've been lax in preparing for this one, and things could have been a lot worse had a window blown out!
The power and phone just came back, but the DSL is still down. It's been about twenty minutes; a DSLAM shouldn't take this long to reboot! There's probably connectivity issues somewhere. If it doesn't come back by tomorrow, I'll have to call. Unfortunately, DSL is probably a low priority for Bellsouth at this moment...
Yup Katrina, left her mark over here...
All the trees in the backyard are totally down and the front of my house is a lake! towards the end of my street their is like 2.5 feet of water. I took some pictures of my area (country walk) and some of the surrounding areas...
http://rbring01.myvnc.com/images/hurricanekatrina
Ouch!
That's crazy... we never get flooding like that here in southwestern B.C. save for a few badly-drained roads.
I hope everyone's okay and it all gets sorted out for you guys.