Our Hurricane Matthew Wrap-Up

Hurricane Matthew hit the Volusia County coast of central Florida as a level three hurricane and thankfully not a level 4 as had been predicted.  Everyone I know received some house, yard or car damage.  I was lucky in that our damage was minor.  Some of our soffits came down and some limbs came off our backyard tree.  The soffits are up and the limbs removed.

My son, Mike lost a tree and shingles on his roof.  The tree is being removed and the shingles can be replaced.  My mom’s house lost some shingles.  My buddy, John Beatty had a hole punched in his roof, and more.

Thankfully no one I know was injured by the storm.

If you read my earlier post about Hurricane Matthew coming, you know my son Mike (and daughter-in-law, Erin) and son Chris  worked a Hurricane Shelter.  I ended up being called in to work a shelter as well.  Two days in a shelter isn’t fun for anyone, but it is nice knowing that we were able to provide refuge to people in need.

Power is back on (in most places) and clean-up and repair is underway (in most places).  School for students and teachers will resume on Wednesday (at least it looks that way at this point).

Thanks to everyone who asked about things and for sending out positive thoughts and prayers.

We now return to our usual nonsense.