The roughest part of Ike passed us in the night (late Friday night, early Saturday morning), while Aisling and Trevor slept soundly. Unfortunately for me, I have a hard time sleeping through 70+ mph winds battering the trees outside, slamming up against the windows, and making eerie sustained (about 1 minute duration or less) noises.
I also worried about the chickens locked in their coop. Would the wind blow the coop over? Would the chickens be okay? Was there anything in the coop that could harm/hit the chickens if the coop did get blown over? Would the chickens be flung out of the coop and blow away in the storm if the coop was blown over? These thoughts and more continually ran through my head. I found myself quietly getting out of bed and looking out the window several times in the night, checking on the chicken coop.
At about 6:00am, the chicken coop was blown over onto its backside.
No worries. The chickens are all fine, although I'm sure they were jostled a bit. Feather hasn't laid an egg for the last few days, but we expect she'll return to normal soon.
The power kept going on and off beginning Friday evening throughout early Saturday morning. Not just flickers, but actual outages that lasted anywhere from 1-2 hours each outage. Although this might sound horrible to some of you, were felt very blessed that it kept coming back on! Our neighborhood, with its big beautiful trees, is notorious for power outages every time the wind blows (i.e. tropical storms, hurricanes, and tornadoes.) It's very common for a tree limb to take down a power line, and even occasionally a pole with it. When that happens, we go without power for days, not hours.
All in all, we have been very blessed. Two major hurricanes in two weeks have passed through our area, and we have been spared much damage in both cases. Heavenly Father truly hears the prayers of his children. Even the saints in the Baton Rouge area, many still without power from hurricane Gustav, feel this way. They are given the opportunity to have others serve them as work parties and aid are sent to help them clean-up and rebuild. Heavenly Father answers our prayers as diversely as we are. For some, it's to be spared the devastation, and thus, build gratitude for not having to endure the trial, but help others and gain the blessings of service. For others, it's to endure the trial, knowing that He is mindful of them, and grow in faith and gratitude by the help and compassion of others.
Someday, we will have to endure the trial. I hope we will be ready.
I also worried about the chickens locked in their coop. Would the wind blow the coop over? Would the chickens be okay? Was there anything in the coop that could harm/hit the chickens if the coop did get blown over? Would the chickens be flung out of the coop and blow away in the storm if the coop was blown over? These thoughts and more continually ran through my head. I found myself quietly getting out of bed and looking out the window several times in the night, checking on the chicken coop.
At about 6:00am, the chicken coop was blown over onto its backside.
No worries. The chickens are all fine, although I'm sure they were jostled a bit. Feather hasn't laid an egg for the last few days, but we expect she'll return to normal soon.
The power kept going on and off beginning Friday evening throughout early Saturday morning. Not just flickers, but actual outages that lasted anywhere from 1-2 hours each outage. Although this might sound horrible to some of you, were felt very blessed that it kept coming back on! Our neighborhood, with its big beautiful trees, is notorious for power outages every time the wind blows (i.e. tropical storms, hurricanes, and tornadoes.) It's very common for a tree limb to take down a power line, and even occasionally a pole with it. When that happens, we go without power for days, not hours.
All in all, we have been very blessed. Two major hurricanes in two weeks have passed through our area, and we have been spared much damage in both cases. Heavenly Father truly hears the prayers of his children. Even the saints in the Baton Rouge area, many still without power from hurricane Gustav, feel this way. They are given the opportunity to have others serve them as work parties and aid are sent to help them clean-up and rebuild. Heavenly Father answers our prayers as diversely as we are. For some, it's to be spared the devastation, and thus, build gratitude for not having to endure the trial, but help others and gain the blessings of service. For others, it's to endure the trial, knowing that He is mindful of them, and grow in faith and gratitude by the help and compassion of others.
Someday, we will have to endure the trial. I hope we will be ready.
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