Hurricane Olga

Well , Jane and I experienced our first one site hurricane, Hurricane Olga. While in the past we were generally on the edges, this one pretty well hit us right on. It seems rather strange that Olga didn’t get the publicity that some of the others got but a lot of damage occurred on this side of the island. It started about 10:30 am, Tuesday, December 11 and went on till about 4:00am on Wednesday morning. It was actually quite scary because the few times I looked out the windows on the side not getting the brunt, you could barely see more than a few feet away. All through the night the winds and rain were unbelievably hard and it probably was a good thing it was dark outside because the next morning when we went outside, several trees on our property were either split, uprooted or the branches shredded. It was a real mess. About 20-30 minutes down the road, more trees, full size steel signs and houses were damaged worse than the our area and an entire subdivision was flooded with up to 30 feet of water around some of the homes in lower areas. There were reports of people sitting on their roofs with their pets waiting for rescue. The strength that the Lord displays in nature is humbling. I really should have taken pictures for you, but for Jane and me, the memories will last a long time and probably won’t fade for a while either. Thank You Lord for your protection again!