As promised (or was that
threatened?) here’s a short (or stupidly
long?) list of the joys (trials?)
my decision to welcome Hurricane Hermine personally to Florida wrought…
1.) 11pm to 4:30am fear fest
of wind, rain and tornado warnings.
2.) In lieu of the strangely
absent lightning, the alien-like green flashes of transformers blowing lighting
up the world outside my windows.
3.) The angry growl of
electricity underground as it tried to break its way into my darkened house. (Who
knew underground power lines could be such amazingly creepy things?)
4.) A 5am breakfast of
peanut butter crackers by candlelight.
5.) The ridiculous glee of
opening my backdoor and finding the lizard world had weathered the storm.
6.) 18 hours of no power on
a sunny, 92 degree day-after.
7.) The hum of distant generators
and the feverish grr of chainsaws filling the stagnant afternoon air.
8.) Losing my entire refrigerator
and ¾ of my freezer to Hermine and her wanton ways.
9.) But most importantly, realizing
how darn lucky the muse and I were to be able to complain about items 1 through
8.
Until tomorrow…
Chloe
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