Wiiiilllllllmmmmmmaaaaaaaaa!!!!!

So Wilma came and went, and thoroughly trashed the neighborhood ... my grill went into the pool (which is now green with algae), and all the fences came down. No power here, or in the entirety (sp?) of Broward County for that matter, for probably the next two to four weeks. The landline was dead too, but just came up so I'm using dail-up with my laptop battery, which I'll have to charge in the car tomorrow. (An attempt to use the Treo as a bluetooth modem, while initially promising, was a total disappointment). Everyone's safe, luckily ... and since the storm we've had the best weather we've had all year. Our gas stove works too, as well as the running water ... gotta find some way to turn that into electricity. Imagine that, no cable modem, TV, microwave, printer, for a month! Also no businesses are open, no gas stations, no grocery stores. Kind of like the Dark Ages, except with gas, running water, and a laptop and a car, and a working phone line. And a house.

If you look closely at the following picture you can see the grill in the pool - the propane tank is upside down.