Hey Gang,

Our home survived the storm but the pines in and around our home did not. Thankfull for only vegitation damage.

We stayed in our home all boarded up and felt quite safe, until we lost electricity. We are now cut off from the world of sight and are left with our hearing. Listening to the crash of 40' pines and debre hit the house reminded me of my time in Korea, in a tent, listening to the constant rubble of bombs and guns. Fellow veterans can relate.

Marg (my wife) and I came through it, with the excepion of my left index finger that got slammed by a door that the wind cought after the storm slowed down. If there are lot of mistakes in spelling, it is because I only have nine fingers to use for a while.

Makes me mad as the keyboard has always been a pacifier in trouble times. Have to go back to learning the one finger playing for a fwe weeks. (My good friend Frank Bez is an expert in this category.)

What makes me sad is the next storm due Monday is possibly heading for the west coast of Florida where I have relatives, friends and fellow members of this forum.

My prayers will be constant.

Fran in whats left of Florida