08-14-2007, 05:14 PM
Greetings and no I'm not back in the "online saddle" just borrowing a friends computer while waiting for the storm. I spent the entire day yesterday preparing for the storm and finally had a break at around 7:30p.m. Tired, wet and aprehensieve about what kind of spanking Flossie (Bossy Flossie) might dish out, I felt confident that we were at least as prepared as we could get. No real nerves just the fatigue of a long and stressful day. My nerves did not get rattled untill the microwave was dangerously close to being pitched to the floor after what sounded like a big BOOM! Honestly, it sounded like a stick of dinamite exploded and then a violet shake shake and a little roll or two and it was over. Thank God for that!! It is now 9:20p.m. Tuesday night in Hilo town with hardly a breath of wind and only sporadic rain. It sure beats watching the rain blow through the key hole of the front door and what shounds like a train trying to demolish the house. I must be nuts but even earthquakes and storms won't make me go back to the mainland! ;0)