Thursday, September 23, 2004

Hurricane Damage

Last Friday we were pounded pretty hard by the remnants of Hurricane Ivan. We had torrential downpours, tornados - thankfully none touched down near us, and very strong winds.

When the remnants of Frances (or was it Gaston?) came through I took the opportunity to give the girls an impromptu lesson on hurricanes. We went to the Quantico Marina and stood out on the pier and watched as the winds and waves tossed the boats around. Now, it wasn't too bad because there were people out on the water in larger sailboats - though I had to question how many full sea-sick bags they had on board. But, it was enough to show them how strong Mother Nature can be.

I guess the hurricane lesson and constantly having the television on The Weather Channel or FoxNews for hurricane updates, complete with impending-doom music, sank in.

Saturday morning when the girls let the dog out Reagan exclaimed "Oh no, Mommy!! We have hurricane damage!!"

And, she was right.

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