Thursday, July 14, 2005

Post Storm - Ranger

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR PRAYERS (PHOTO ABOVE)
WE ARE BACK UP AND RUNNING TONIGHT. WE GOT POWER AROUND 4PM AND I TURN OFF THE GENERATOR. MY SISTER CAME UP FROM SOUTH FLA. AND TOOK MY MOTHER DOWN THERE FOR A WEEK WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE ELECTRICY. NOW FOR THE DAMAGE REPORT. MY SON TRAILER RECEIVED A HOLE IN THE ROOF NEAR THE BATHROOM. THEY WHERE AT THERE MOTHER IN LAW HOUSE WHEN THE STORM HIT. THERE IS SOME WATER DAMAGE TO THAT AREA. MY HOUSE DAMAGE WAS TO THE FENCE AREA. MY YOUNGEST SON AND HIS GIRLFRIEND AND CHILDERN STAY IN MY MOTHER’S HOUSE. I GOT A BLOW MY BLOW REPORT OF THE DAMAGE GOING ON OVER THERE. THE TREES IN THE BACK YARD STARTED FALLING ONE BY ONE PULLING OUT OF THE GROUND AND LAYING UP AGAINIST ANOTHER TREE. THEN A TREE ON MY NEIGHBOR YARD FELL HITTING THE LANDING NEXT TO THE PATIO. THEN A BIG LIMB FROM THE TREE NEXT DOOR THEM BROKE OFF AND HIT MY MOTHER’S PATIO COVER BRING THE HOLE THING DOWN AND PULLING THE WOOD FROM THE WALL. THEN THEY WENT TO THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE TO SEE TWO TREE FALL IN THE FRONT YARD HITTING THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND HIS CAR. THEN SEVERAL MORE TREES CAME DOWN ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE HITTING THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR HOUSE. THE DAMAGE TO MY MOTHER IN LAW APARTMENT WAS A TREE IN THE BACK YARD CUT THROUGHT THE ROOF TEARING THE KITCHEN CEILING, BATHROOM AND BACK BED ROOM CEILING DOWN. SOME WATER DAMAGE IN THE BACK BEDROOM.

FOR DAYS WE WERE WITHOUT PHONES AND POWER, EXCEPT FOR GENERATOR. I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON TEARING DOWN THE REST OF THE PATIO AND CUTTING TREES. WE HAD TO CUT OUT MY SON CAR SO HE COULD GO BACK TO Panama City BEACH TO WORK. I STILL A HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE AROUND HERE. BUT THE MAIN THING IS THAT WE ARE ALL ALIVE AND WELL.
SO LONG FROM SUNNY FLORIDA

THE RANGER’S

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