In a message dated 9/24/05 11:53:11 AM Central Daylight Time, 
[email protected] writes:

> Hello Edith,
>   
> I remember the day after Jeanne when it was still too windy and rainy to go 
> outside (if you were using common sense) but feeling really cooped up and 
> wanting to go see the damage...
>   
> Where are you and what's the weather like now?
>   
> Blessings,
>  Lea Ann Savage
>  Satellite Beach, FL
>  321-773-7088
> 

Lea Ann,

Acutally the storm hasn't hit here yet.  The news says it will be here around 
3 PM.
I am located in east Tx a little north of Carthage.  The rains are torrential 
and the wind
is terrible but like I say, this is the front of the actual storm.  

My husband is the only person in this area for AEP (electirc company).
He says he gets one area of power back on and before he can get away the 
winds have knocked it out again.  Ours has gone on and off.  Many people in our 
small
town are out of power because they have callled and told me.  Guess the 
real thing will take the rest of us out.

My daughter who  lives next door to us (we live in the country on 50 acres)
stayed in Shreveport, La with my husband's sister so she would be closer to 
her job
since she is a nurse and on call for a Shreveport hospital.  They have been 
out of lights for hours due to an electrical fire from a tree on the lines, 
plus her phone went
out but is back on so ...so  much for looking ahead.  Like I said, the storm 
hasn't even hit us yet.

Thanks for the words of wisdom.
Edith