SO, YES! We survived hurricane Irene. Our poor little town of New Bern is totally torn up! Trees and debris EVERYWHERE! Lots of disaster relief trucks and clean up has definitely beensteady around the city. The Nuese rose so high up to the 2nd rail on this railing
in front of our marina in the pic. The boaters who stayed (but got a room in the Hilton where
they could keep an eye out on the boats) said the ramps were going straight up instead of angled down. CRAZY!! I hate to admit, but Satchel and I had a complete blast while we were evacuated to Asheville. (Another Mommy friend and her son from New Bern stayed at the same hotel and we made a Mommy-son trip out of it (: THanks Marisa and Jake!). I took Satchel and precious belongings and left on Wed night (bc 1 true evacuation...when we left Galveston for Rita.....in the chaos was enough) with car loaded. Diron stayed back here in a hotel on base. They lost power for several days, and when they did, Diron said the alarms in the hotel/building went off constant for those days. Uuugh! Harmony fared
very well (as did all the boats.) I guess she IS made for lots of water and high winds so we were thankful. Most of our friends and neighbors here with houses were not so lucky ): The 18 inches of rain here, storm surge (not to mention Irene's eye passing straight through here), and excrutiating wind wreaked havoc. My thoughts are with them all!
Us with the boys at the Nature Center in Asheville,NC during the evacuation
Satchel & Mama
We ate twice at this place and had the yummiest Beignets!!! Mmmmm!
I also got to meet up with and visit an OT friend and her family (from AR). Rhonda, Bart, and their son Jackson were so much fun!) Satchel adored them!
Wow, you found a place to get beignets in NC? I'm impressed (and jealous). Yeah, that probably shouldn't have been my first thought after reading this post, but there you have it. So glad you guys made it through with so little damage, and thanks for helping my brother!
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