Good Morning all......<br /><br />Wow, I have been gone for awhile. So many new members. That&#39;s great &#33;&#33; A lot has been going on here. For me it has been computer problems and few minor health issues.<br /><br />We were not as lucky as Keith and Rita. We had sustained winds of 84 miles per hour and our electric was out for two days. We had 750,000 people without power in the Tri-State. All schools, restaurants, were closed and it was mass chaos. Gas stations were closed and those that were open ran out of gas. We still have about 300,000 people out. They had sent 800 crews to Texas to help with power and had to recall them.........When the power went out on Sunday my son was trapped for a little while at our loca amusement park on a ride. Do many people in our subdivision lost their roofs but we were really lucky and just had the many branches and leaves to clean up. Some called it a Cat 1 from Ike and others said no it wasn&#39;t but coming from New York and dealing with hurricanes I would go with the Cat 1.<br />Who would ever think we would get this in the midwest...........Anyway that is what has been going on with us. I have so many posts to read I just might pick it up from here and welcome the new members and get to know them. My daughter just got her electric back last night from Sunday. <br /><br />Have a great day all and will try to catch up..........<br /><br /><br />Ciao for now