Morning of Gustav's Arrival !!

We reported to District 5 Fire Station for emergency duty. This is the view from our windshield as we were riding down the streets to calls. Most of you know we have an F250 pickup - James' baby. The truck weighs close to 8000 lbs.....no match for Gustav we were still rock and rolling in it. You can actually see a tree snap into the road in front of us. Needless to say we parked after that and battoned down the hatches to ride out the storm and be ready to respond when we were cleared to hit the roads again!!

WHEW....Gustav Gone and OH NO.... Ike Inching toward us!

Now that world is sort of getting back to normal will catch up on posts in order of history. Day before the storm we received a true gift -- tree man actually showed up at her house to take down rotten tree in the back yard. Look how big that sucker is.......all I can say glad it came down that way and not with the winds the next day!!