WOW! (((WANTS2FLY)))) good to hear from you! I'm glad you didn't have something come flying into your place (without shutters, oh!)

You are ABSOLUTELY RIGHT about the trees these foreign nurserymen sell and plant around here.. I call them "garbagetrees" as they aren't worth anything! In fact, one of the trees that was the same as one that went down in my front yard, I had cut down so it won't cause me problems in the future. (it was damaged and my neighbor had one damaged last year and nothing he did, did any good and it fell into the road etc etc) But also, I lost a mahogany and a live oak, both very sturdy trees... the winds were BAD, ya know??? I had had ALL of my trees pruned earlier this year, so their canopies were not too much for the trunks, root systems. I won't do palms though, did that with Andrew, and they are short root system (depends upon how the wind hits them?) and they are extremely dense/heavy if they need adjustment or disposal! I'm geared towards something pretty that won't matter if it blows away, and won't hurt anything if it falls on it LOL!

I didn't lose water.... though pressure went down as it does after a bad hurricane (not only due to power loss at water plants, but due to broken/open pipes flowing with blown away buildings/houses) Yeah, always learned as a child to have a tub full of water for flushing, but that was back when we had well water. Not since city/county water which works on a gravity system, have I lost water for toilets. Anyway, I was busy taking baths to try and relax!

I haven't been to church.. since.. of course... wonder how Coral Ridge Presbyterian is looking??? any idea?

Glad you're ok. You must have marvelous looking calves about now