Hey, everyone!!!
Thanks to all who sent such kind messags and all of
your prayers/thoughts/karma were GREATLY
appreciated. The storm skirted me at the
11th-and-a-half hour, going in juuuuuust to the east
of me. this is a good thing because (for those who
don't know), the strongest winds of a hurricane are
in its northeastern quadrant. My area never
actually saw the 115-120mph winds, although we did
still take a bit of a beating.
For me personally and my family: all of our hoems
are fine, and I am actually the only one who
sustained damage! My brother's house, which flooded
18.5" last time, got NOTHING, and neither did my
mom's; I, however, lost part of my privacy fence.
And I am also the only one in my family still
without power. But thank [insert deity here] for
generators! I'm currently running the fridg, the
computer, and one little fan... those last two are
the only things keeping me sane right now. YAY for
generators! :)
Cell service is still up, thank God... that was one
of the problems we had with Ivan; all the towers got
knocked over. Not this time, huzzah. And also, I
don't think it'll be long before I have power; the
red light around the corner was flashing when I came
home from dinner and the Shell station is up and
running. So all is pretty much well in Rainne-land.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled
Buffyness.
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Buffy pulled the crank on the generator and it
roared to life. A few moments later, from inside,
there was a whoop. "Cable's running!" Willow
shouted as she began turning her beloved computer
back on.
Buffy walked inside and grinned at Giles, who was
dropping to the floor in front of a fan. "Thank
God, Buffy. I can't imagine surviving through this
for another moment."
"It is pretty hot," BUffy agreed, wiping sweat off
her forehead. "Remind me why we came here?"
"I believe you and your compatriots were blithering
about sun and fun and the beautiful Gulf of Mexico,"
Giles replied with some asperity, "and waving a
tourism brochure."
Dawn came in through the front door a moment later,
followed by the redhead from next door whom none of
them had met yet. "Guys," she interrupted the
conversation, "this is Jenn. She lives next door.
She doesn't have a generator and she was wondering
if she could put some bottled water in our fridge."
"Certainly," Giles replied, waving a hand toward the
kitchen. "Feel free."
"Thanks," the girl replied. Then she paused, loking
around at them "Um... Wow... y'all all look so
familiar. Are y'all from here?"
"Nope," Buffy replied cheerfully. "California."
"Oh," the girl said, then shrugged and moved toward
the kitchen. "I'm sure I'll think of it later.
Probably at like, two a.m."
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~~Rainne ;)
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"Let's begin at the beginning, shall we?" [Giles]
said [to Dawn]. "What has Buffy done that is so out
of the ordinary?"
"Well, when she came down to give the big, daily
motivational, 'we're all going to die' speech, she
didn't. She said stuff that really was motivating
about all the stuff we're fighting for, like puppies
and apple pie and a world with no Celine Dion music
in it, which, I could totally get behind, but it's
not like her. Then she told us all we have to take
opportunities...like the one she said she took last
night to ask you on a date which she said she's
wanted to do for years. Creepy, huh?"
--Full of Love by Gileswench--
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