I keep telling Lynx there is abundance of fodder for potential CC threads somewhere in all of this, such as, "If You Were to Be Caught in a Mini-Hurricane, Which CC'er Would You Feel Safest Being Stranded With?"
We drove for 3 hours last night trying to find a place with adequate shelter, resources, and cell/internet connections (so I could contact my own family to let them know what was going on.) We then had to drive another hour trying to find a place that actually had rooms, because there was literally no room at every single inn we tried for 3 exits straight.
I told Lynx that we are going to have to change our forum names to Mary and Joseph.
I have grown up and lived in areas with extreme and inclement weather all my life, but I have never seen damage like this. Power lines down on every other street, and nearly every building/garage with something torn off and/or crushed. The scariest thing to me yesterday was when we tried to take one way home, found it was blocked, went back the way we came, and screeched to a halt when we found a large power line draped across the whole width of the road. We sat there for a minute, not knowing what to do, because we were literally trapped on an old country road.
At least 3 other vehicles came along, barely hesitated, and then drove straight across the line. I had a split second of terror thinking I was about to helplessly witness several people being electrocuted right in front of us.
I have to give Lynx all the credit -- he's been doing all the driving and has been cool as a cucumber. I've been trying to uphold the facade of being fine but part of me was spazzing out every which way from Sunday.
God has certainly been looking after us though. We finally were able to find a room, and it's actually a suite with two completely separate rooms and is more like an apartment, so we each have plenty of privacy and individual space, and it only cost $20 more than a regular room (praise God.) We were saying last night that maybe we had made a mistake by driving so far, but he got word this morning that his entire town and surrounding area is without power, gas, and water, so we think we made the right decision.
So if you happen to read a couple of posts in which Lynx sounds like he's talking to thin air and answering someone who isn't there, it's because he can hear me speech-texting on my phone and is typing out answers before I can even finish them.
Like I said.
There's gotta be at least a couple dozen thread ideas thrown in here somewhere, if I can just get myself grounded enough to think.
Note to self: start choosing friends who live in a lot less hazardous areas.
I'm wondering what kind of natural disasters my next stop has in store for me... At this rate, I would guess, a blizzard.
Or maybe Sharknado XIV.
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