Ernesto

So this is whats going on right now Tropical Storm Ernesto. Trees are blowing sideways, the rain is so thick and combine with the wind looks like fog; no umbrella or raincoat will keep you dry and of course no power.
Well no power at the house anyway. I woke up this morning at 6 and saw that the power must have gone out and come back because my alarm clock was flashing. I reset it and tried to peak out the window but it was to dark. I could hear the wind and the rain and know it wasn't pretty. I turned on the news and about 10min later we saw a blue flash and the everything shut off. The transformer for our part of the neighbor hood had blown. Then a few minutes later the other ones in our neighbor hood blew too. I fell back asleep and woke at 8:30, called the office secretly hoping there was no power and I could stay home. But no we are on the Hospital grit so even after Isabel where there was no power in most places for 2 weeks (including my house - talk about cold showers, and no tv or computer!) the office had power after a couple of days. Ernesto is not even a hurrican so I am hoping we have power later on tonight, just not this afternoon so the restaurant would be closed and I could stay home. The puppies wouldn't even go outside this morning so I went with them (and got soaked) but even then did they not leave the porch. Can't blame them the back yard is turing into a lake and there is tree limbs and leaves everywhere. I will probable leave work early to be sure the pets are okay and no tree fell on the house. Depending on how long the power is out I may not get to go online for a few hours/days. I will try to take some shots of what it looks like later today.