by Aileen Mitchell Lawrimore First: Jay and I are fine. Completely. Now: here’s the story from our perspective.
When it started After 8 days of travel and a 14 hour return flight, Jay and I returned to the US to the news of Hurricane Helene approaching from the South. After our flight landed in DC, we still had an 8 hour drive ahead to get back to Asheville. We opted to go on home, despite fatigue. Jay had slept a good bit on the plane and we felt safe to travel, fearing Thursday would be worse. Good call. #paystomarryameteorologist. On Thursday, Jay scurried around getting ready for the storm. He filled our cars with gas and battened down the hatches as much as possible. I charged up every battery pack I found (I had purchased some to take to Cuba so I had extra); and I kept our devices at 100%. “Even if the power goes out we can still use our phones,” she thought, pleased with herself. And this, listeners, is where we get the phrase, “Ignorance is bliss.” The power flashed over night Thursday and went out for good about 6:30 am. We had water until the afternoon. Because our power is seldom out for more than a few hours, and our water service is almost never interrupted, I decided to wait until the power came back on to take a shower. It’s day six since the storm, and our water has not yet been restored. In a not unrelated matter, baby wipes are a hot commodity these days. Read the rest of the post
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