We’re finally back on-line after hurricane Omar. It was actually kind of a nice break not to feel the addictive pull of the internet for a few days. We got a lot more done than we possibly could have had the computers been calling us every minute.

We are really lucky. Our house and property (fences, the pool, decks, etc.) sustained no damage, but we lost a couple of neem trees, and the mango trees lost a bunch of branches. We have lots of green mangoes if anyone needs some. It’ll be interesting to see how long those amazing trees take to start producing again.

Since the storm, we have been cutting up broken branches and moving them into piles, Michael has taken a couple of loads to the dumpsters. A few hurricanes ago, they had curbside pick-up of yard waste, but our waste (mis)management authority has wasted a bunch of money on ridiculous studies, so this time we have to move the stuff ourselves.

I think a lot of people will be getting fire permits (or not) and just burning the stuff.. We’ll burn some of ours from the back yards, but a lot of it has to go, especially the mango debris in the front yard where we just did the paver project.

Fortunately, none of my nice palm trees or potted plants were damaged. We have also been lucky that we’ve had telephone service throughout. Electric power has been restored to most of the island. There are pockets still without, and the East End is a mess. A LOT of poles fell and lines are twisted all over the place. Some sections of the roads are still impassable because of this. But it could have been much worse.

That’s it for now. Gotta get back to work cleaning up.

Preparing for and enduring Omar

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