Something happens

I thought Ida was gone... Isn't it gone?

We woke up this morning to learn that the storm had been downgraded to a depression. It was still cloudy around the house. However, there was no rain - the streets had dried out and our windows had stopped leaking. There wasn't any wind to speak of either...

Until a couple of hours ago, that is. Oddly enough we started getting some strong gusts this afternoon - some of which were the strongest yet from this whole tropical fiasco.

I was standing in the kitchen during a strong gust and heard a bang and a scrape which called my attention to the front kitchen windows...

(Yes - another video. Don't worry - it's short. OH and you can actually see something in this one.)



So with that I say with confidence: We will never live to see our house fully repaired.

I promised....

Not to upload any more video unless there was actually something to record. I'm keeping that promise. There are some impressively strong winds swishing about around Pascagoula tonight and I'd really like to share the experience with my readers.

One minor problem: It's dark outside.

Apparently, I'm not destined to be a videographer.

Undaunted - as usual - I present to you the view -uh well the sound - from my back porch about twenty minutes ago a la Ida:

If it helps any - that sound out there is not rain but wind. Hmmm.. I guess you'd just have to be here? On that note - I think we're going to go settle down with the television for the night.

Ida Video: Don't expect much

Because I have a camera and the will to use it - I figured I would share these completely uneventful videos with the world. Oh what I would have given to have had a video-capable camera during Katrina....

TS Ida @ 10:27 am, Pascagoula: Not a lot to look at, I know.

TS Ida @ 3:35 pm, Pascagoula: Still not a lot to look at, I know.

Now that I have that out of my system - I promise not to post any more video until there is something to actually record. Forgive me. Thanks.

Twitter updates ... Will be updating... something.

I just added Twitter updates to the sidebar here and will updating via Twitter throughout the day as absolutely nothing worth blogging about is happening here re: Ida.

Hurricane Watch Issued for Louisiana, Mississippi as Ida Moves North - FOXNews.com

Hurricane Watch Issued for Louisiana, Mississippi as Ida Moves North FOXNews.com: "A hurricane watch has been issued for parts of the southern U.S., covering coastal Louisiana and Mississippi as Hurricane Ida begins making its way through the Gulf of Mexico toward the U.S."

We'll be gearing up for live-blogging if she continues to head this way.