We Don't Like Ike

So, have you ever put the words 'hurricane' and 'Ohio' together in the same sentence? We surely haven't, and yet last Sunday that's exactly what we heard all over town. The remnants of Ike were heading to the Cincinnati area. We were sitting in church when the huge windstorm hit. The power kept on going on and off and then finally stayed off with about 30 minutes left of church (I was thinking the whole time that I would have appreciated it happening right before our talks that morning). I expected once the power went out that everyone would go home, but we finished up the block and even had the potluck dinner that had been planned after church, using light from the windows. Bruce and I were getting a little nervous looking out the window, so left as soon as we downed some food. There were branches and trees down everywhere and the wind was blowing so hard it was hard to keep the car going straight. There was a huge tree lying across the road we normally got home on, so we had to figure out another way home. Over 600,000 people in the greater Cincinnati area lost their power. I heard that 80% of homes in Ft. Thomas did, but I'm not sure if that was true. We were one of the lucky ones and never lost our power. Most people got turned back on by Tuesday--some had to wait until this weekend. Most schools in the area were closed for 3 days and the funniest thing was that Ohio declared a state of emergency, which is really funny to a Florida girl like me. It was a really bad storm, but come on!