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Well, Ike came through knocking my power out at about 3am. With the lose of power came the lose of water ( my neighborhood has it's own water supply.) I had a total of 11 people at my house....4 adults and 7 kids ranging from babies (2 of them) to teens (14 yrs) with not one of them knowing how to survive without power and water. And lets not forget the 2 dogs, 2 cats and rabbit....lol. Not long after losing power, I hear this crash in the back yard....seems a tree wanted to get a closer look at my new fence, my boat, rabbit cage, igloo dog house and ac unit.
Then came the rain.... Next thing I know I have a dang river is running under my house. The water rose to about 4 foot in my yard and was even deeper in other spots around here. A sewer line had busted close to my house, so there was this wonderful stench in the air.
We were flooded in totally for 3 days before the water went down enough that I could get my truck through. I was actually having to use my kayak to get down Dowdell Rd. with was a raging river. Actually had some fun with that. I would paddle up my street then over to Dowdell to ride the current back. Should have seen some of the looks I got....like I was crazy or something. But I informed them that they were the ones getting wet in the poop water....while I was high, dry and poop free....lol
Well, once the water went down, I decided to start cutting up the tree in my back yard....got out my chain saw and started cutting. Got alot of it taken care of before I broke the bar. It was a blessing in disguise. Due to my inattention I failed to notice the BIGGEST poison oak vine I have ever seen growing up that tree. I had cut through that stuff getting saw dust all over me. And with no water....well....should I say more? I was covered in the stuff. I haven't had poison anything that bad since I was a kid! So my bright little self comes up with the idea of scrubbing down with bleach. Usually works great....but only if you have water to wash it off. I didn't, so I sat for days with bleach all over me which caused this 'really bad' chemical burn over most of my body. It was worse than the poison oak.
So there I sat....cover in chemical burn....peppered with poison oak....no water or power....and flooded in, with no access to anything. To say the least I was miserable.
But, we made it....got my power back Teusday along with water....and got my digital services back the next day. Most things I had damaged can be repaired or replaced. And the chemical burn and poison oak has finally cleared up.
My heart and prayers go out to all the folks who lost more or all. God be with them on thier journey back to some kind of normal.
Then came the rain.... Next thing I know I have a dang river is running under my house. The water rose to about 4 foot in my yard and was even deeper in other spots around here. A sewer line had busted close to my house, so there was this wonderful stench in the air.
We were flooded in totally for 3 days before the water went down enough that I could get my truck through. I was actually having to use my kayak to get down Dowdell Rd. with was a raging river. Actually had some fun with that. I would paddle up my street then over to Dowdell to ride the current back. Should have seen some of the looks I got....like I was crazy or something. But I informed them that they were the ones getting wet in the poop water....while I was high, dry and poop free....lol
Well, once the water went down, I decided to start cutting up the tree in my back yard....got out my chain saw and started cutting. Got alot of it taken care of before I broke the bar. It was a blessing in disguise. Due to my inattention I failed to notice the BIGGEST poison oak vine I have ever seen growing up that tree. I had cut through that stuff getting saw dust all over me. And with no water....well....should I say more? I was covered in the stuff. I haven't had poison anything that bad since I was a kid! So my bright little self comes up with the idea of scrubbing down with bleach. Usually works great....but only if you have water to wash it off. I didn't, so I sat for days with bleach all over me which caused this 'really bad' chemical burn over most of my body. It was worse than the poison oak.
So there I sat....cover in chemical burn....peppered with poison oak....no water or power....and flooded in, with no access to anything. To say the least I was miserable.
But, we made it....got my power back Teusday along with water....and got my digital services back the next day. Most things I had damaged can be repaired or replaced. And the chemical burn and poison oak has finally cleared up.
My heart and prayers go out to all the folks who lost more or all. God be with them on thier journey back to some kind of normal.
. I bought anything and everything I could find....it was driving me nuts....and since I didn't have internet access I couldn't look up to see if scratching would spread it....so I just grined and bared it....till i finally got somewhere with internet....come to find out, scratching just relieves the ich....once you have it, you can't spread it. The scratching was ON!!!! 
She's under the stairs so I can't really get a good look at how many....but they look to be black and white like thier mother.
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