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A derecho is a land hurricane or wind that travels like a
freight train in a straight line....
we had been hearing all
afternoon of the possibility of a storm with 2 inch hail and
80 mph winds which would hit ahead of the the rain...
well, it hit with a vengeance and immediately knocked off
the power grid over most of the state... the sky was such a
mass of black clouds, it looked totally surreal as live
power lines bounced on the torrents reflecting fire in the
heavenlies ..my husband uttered more than once... 'this may
be it!!!!"
And then we were in for the next 24 hours of life in over
100 degree temps without electricity....
Praise God it was back on last night at 7pm and it took 5
hours to cool our house down to be bearable again...
I will never take a/c for granted again!!!And sad to say
tonight there are thousands still without power... My
prayers are with them!
Yesterday after traveling to every store in a 10 mile
radius looking for ice I finally found it a t the Tanglewood
Kroger.... but today they were out of it and the ice
companies are out as well... please pray for cooler
temperatures and rain!!! We never got the cooling rain
during this storm....
we did have scenes like these
These are news photos from the DC area as I had no
mind for capturing the troubling photos this weekend..
. but the devastation was far exceeded by the record
breaking heat.... and lack of power.... and information...
We were starved for information..... I am posting this
to
remind everyone one never knows what they might be
facing.. so be prepared.... with batteries, and radio, and
plenty of water if youre on a well... we arent praise the
Lord we could take showers but many of my friends can't
.. and dont expect ice and other conveniences... hotels
all over this end of the state were filled over capacity last
night ! If was wonderful to see the community,
friends and neighbors stepping up and offering help....
where it was possible! I must say I was disappointed that
the news outlets and radio stations were not very helpful
in getting news to the people... I expected to be hearing
something since the conditions were so dire, but I never
heard a thing of use on the radio anytime I was traveling
in the car and had it on!
