Some Friday Fotos...

 

The sun came back on!!  

I have lived in Lakeland, FL, for 35+ years and have experienced more than a few hurricanes. Milton was the worst, though.

My house is still without power in every room.  It is not the breakers.  The electric arcing during the storm took out a "phase" and there are 11 homes along our street who have power in some rooms and not in others.  My stove is off but my microwave works.  My AC is off (of course it is) and no outlets in my kitchen work, but the lights do.  I am making coffee in my bedroom, which has outlets that work but the light switches don't.  My refrigerator is plugged into an extension cord that stretches to my foyer.  My TV is plugged into an extension cord that goes to one of my guest rooms.  AND, I just remembered to check the power in my shed, which is on and is close enough to the cable outlet for another extension cord to reach my modem and router!!  I have internet now!!  Three orange extension cords are making my life much more comfortable now.  Hallelujah!!  

With that said, I haven't been out and about much to look at damages, but did see a lot of trees down and quite a few neighbors here in Mas Verde lost carports, awnings, and shingles from roofs.  I was so blessed and lucky to have only a window that leaked.  All the noises I heard during the hurricane were from other homes. :(

Here are a few photos I took yesterday morning...

Al and Judy's house, two doors east of my house.

The east side of my house, where I thought I might have lost some siding is fine.

This is the window that leaked.  The caulking at the top of it came out and it was almost Niagara Falls inside.  I put towels and plastic down to protect my drywall.  Now there is plastic over it on the outside to keep it dry until I can get someone to put new sealer on.

My AC/Heating unit is fine.

Some palm tree debris.

This is a hurricane tie-down on my carport.  

I have six of them and they saved it for me!

....or it could have looked like this one.

This is a link to a video my neighbor took, looking at my house from theirs.  It shows the electrical arcing and sparks flying just behind my house.  That is what took out a "phase" that left us with partial power in my house and 10 others on my street.  I heard it popping and thought my AC unit shorted out.  I also smelled that "electrical" smell that many of you will understand... metallic and not nice.  I hope the link works.  It is less than a minute and the sparking only happens once.  You can hear Bill talking to Lakeland Electric.  The wires along the street behind my house were blowing into the metal arm of the street light and that is what caused the rucus.  

https://photos.app.goo.gl/LKvNBee9CHm5yHZY6

I had my pre-op lab appointments today, for my foot surgery in two weeks.  There are still traffic lights not working and I heard stories from lab-techs of their experiences and what they saw.  We all agree that we won't stay for another big one like this was.

Peace and Hugs!!

Trust and obey!!