the aftermath

The next morning we had bacon and eggs thanks to Adam and his grill and cast-iron skillet. A little bit after breakfast Ms. Cindy realized that one of her cats was missing.....and so began the search for Pebbles. I went out and helped call for her for a little while, but I knew she probably wouldn't come to me anyways so I went over to Tim's. He was on campus and had only lost power for about six hours. It was really weird driving over to campus. There were downed trees and powerlines everywhere and Gustav's rain bands were still hanging over us so it was pouring and the roads started flooding. It was nice to hang out in Tim's a/c for a while but eventually I was fuh-reezing! I checked my email and then we watched Charlie Chaplin's 'The Great Dictator'. I headed back home around 5 to find the apartment cleaned up and empty of inhabitants. Erica's parents found out that their house had power so Mr. Rick had headed home, Ms. Cindy was still out lookind for the cat, and everyone else had gone to Adam's to hang out. Eventually Ms. Cindy and Eli headed back to their home and the rest of us went to Adam's for dinner. His house was a lot cooler because it's only one floor and people hadn't been triapsing in and out for the past few days. We ate like kings for dinner! Adam cooked green beans, then dirty rice, then chicken wings and legs, and then a chicken stuffed with rice and crawfish on his grill. It felt really good outside so Adam and Erica and I brought some chairs out and ate in the middle of the street and looked at the stars. Brittany and JJ started up her car and ate in there, in the a/c. City folk! Erica and I headed back home for bed and Adam came to protect us. He slept on our living room floor with a knife at his side (he's an ex-Marine as well, so needless to say we felt pretty safe).

Here are a few pictures of our apartment complex Tuesday morning as well as a video of Eli's domino experiment:JJ is standing on our patio - notice the damage to the roof.These people's little privacy fence blew right over!Portions of the back fence blew away.This poor tree basically broke in half.Leaves and branches everywhere!
This poor little crape myrtle right below my room couldn't withstand the winds.