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Well... I have returned from a 48 hour journey to the Motel 6 and back. About 5 am Tuesday morning our power went out. A power pole BROKE in half and power lines were hanging, dangling across our road and we were trapped back here in our neighborhood because there is only one way in and one way out.
I was unable to take the kids to school Tuesday, because, well, obviously there's power lines hanging in the road.
Somehow on Tuesday afternoon my oldest son drove UNDER the power lines and showed up at my house and made me realize maybe I wasn't stuck after all, so when he left I followed him out, under the dangling power lines. They weren't HOT/active of course.
The power company said right from the get go it would probably be 6 pm Wednesday before power was restored because there were SO MANY power lines down in our area from strong winds and tornadoes moving through this area. (Mississippi)
We packed up and went right up the road to the Motel 6. Turns out you don't have to pay $200 a night to get a decent motel room. We even got free wireless Internet access. The kids loved it. They loved roaming the halls and going to the vending machine and ice machine. They loved HAVING to go out to eat every meal. I didn't really mind that part of it myself.
Well, we came back this morning and the power is back on but now I have a side by side fridge/freezer and a big deep freezer full of food that has to be thrown out and replaced. Not sure yet how much that is going to set me back. AT least $450 I think.
Someone on Twitter mentioned possibly getting my home owners policy to pay for it but we have a $500 deductible.
I feel very lucky to even have our house after all the ppl who have lost their homes and so many that have died in the last 2 weeks in Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama. We have had a few tornadoes go through our area lately but none have come close to our house. I was watching CNN last night and it reported that just yesterday over 2 dozen ppl died in Alabama.
How has the recent weather affected you?
Death to Play Dates!
4 hours ago
Check w/ your insurer... I have known of situations where sometimes, they will waive the deductible on things like this... won't hurt to ask.
ReplyDeleteWe have been fortunate here in the Delta. We had a nice size tornado skirt just north of the campus here yesterday. I didn't have another class until around 2.30 so I went tornado chasing.
Events like what happened yesterday, however, especially in Tuscaloosa and Birmingham put all of this in perspective...
I'm glad you are all safe...
~shoes~