Re: Isabel

Glad to hear you're OK, Marge, and that you've got some help to get you through 
this. Do your kids live in the vicinity and receive damage too? Or did they 
travel to help you out?  Wow! 6.5 days is a long time without electricity.
Can all that wood you've picked up be used for anything, at least compost?

Kitty
> Reporting from Potomac, MD where we *finally* got our power back at
> 4:30 AM after 6 days and 13.5 hours of existing in the dark, which
> served to remind me why it is that I'm not fond of camping.
> 
> Luckier than many; roof intact, no flooding, only about 50 feet of
> deer fence taken out but entire property looked like someone with a
> giant chipper-shredder had been having a ball; all ground surfaces
> covered in about 2" of "mulch" plus incredible amounts of woody bits
> and branches.  Lost most everything in the freezers and fridge....ice
> was a commodity not to be found around here.  I had stocked up with 3
> bags and a 2nd cooler, but that only lasted a couple of days and not
> enough space for everything.
> 
> Kids came over with another cooler and their 1.5 bags of ice on
> Saturday and worked like beavers clearing off the front drive and
> "lawn".  I spent Friday and Saturday repairing deer fence and been
> clearing up since - still a long way to go.  Have picked up enough
> wood to build a majestic oak so far.
> 
> Logged on just now to over 1,500 emails, so at least it does not seem
> my ISP bounced anything.
> 
> Hope to see as I wade through my mail that everyone else in that
> storm's path has survived and thrives.
> 
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt@hort.net
> Editor:  Gardening in Shade

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