Luck...

Well, seems we dodged another bullet...This weekend we spend riding out Hurricane Irene. We went to Richmond, not knowing how the tides would affect us at home. I knew it wouldn't get into our house, but I still didn't feel good about the possibilty of the Chesapeake Bay running beneath my house while I was in it. We came back to Mathews yesterday morning to find everything exactly as we left it. I couldn't believe it. I actually think the damage in Richmond was worse than in Mathews! The beach erosion really wasn't even that bad. We will have to replace the sand fence, but other than that, things seem to be in good order. We had lost power, so we finally got to use that big old generator that we put in 2 years ago--the power was restored around 9:30 last night. Some of our friends and neighboring communities weren't so lucky. Our friends in Jarratt (close to Emporia) have extensive damage to their house and they aren't likely to get power for about 2 weeks. And the Outer Banks has taken a huge blow and basically been re-shaped.

Do you know how many times we've traveled this road... It's so sad to see the destruction caused by this storm and to think about how many lives it's affecting. We'll be keeping everyone in our prayers and praying that any other storms this year go in another direction!