Apparently Owen promised you all that I would post pictures by week's end. But first a quick update on what we've learned living on an island this week.
-power and water tend to go out often; water especially can be out for the whole day
-when driving not only do you have to be careful to watch out for the crazy island driving but also a vast array of wild animals including but not limited to horses, cows, goats, dogs, cats, ferret looking things
-the sun is much stronger down here; we're working on our "tans" aka burns
-hurricane preparedness 101. step 1: stock up on canned food, a camp stove, candles, and 10 gallons of water. step 2: go to the beach and enjoy the awesome waves! Hurricane Earl (Category 1 or 2) is set to hit us tomorrow morning. Track the hurricane here.
That's all I can think of for now, I know I had more but it is escaping me as of now. Orientation for AUC started today. I start tutoring sometime this week after the hurricane. We have internet at home now so we can update more often and start using Skype (OJGrove). So apparently the internet is too slow to upload any pictures right now. Hopefully in a few days we can get it to work. Until then be well and we'll check back in after the hurricane and let you know how we are.
Thanks for the update. It's now 7:30 Monday night and as we watch the photos from The Weather Channel and check the web we are wondering how you are down there. The storm is said to have passed just to your North but that means little as the outer area can cause even more damage as we all know. The storm has now been upgraded to a Cat 4 and may go to a Cat 5 before it makes landfall here on the East coast.
ReplyDeleteFunny how life plays out. With all of Owen's training and all of your experiences growing up here where the power was always going out, to camping, traveling and living from a backpack, and always being ready to adapt to your surroundings, I'm sure that whatever you can do to salvage the situation you are already on it. We are sure that you both can manage and hope that life returns to normal soon. Just remember "The Adventure Continues...."
On the bright side, perhaps the "ferret looking things" were blown out to sea : >
Hope to hear from you again soon.