Hurricane Dennis Update

(If you want an update on Scruffy, scroll to the bottom of this entry.)

I talked to Dad this morning. His house is fine, except for a broken window, and a bunch more trees have come down (again). I'm begining to wonder how many trees are left.

The consensus around the neighborhood is that a tornado spawned off of the eye-wall of the hurricane as it passed directly over the area. This tornado somehow caused the bay to rise up about 18 feet in our location, and destroyed many piers. (Dad's house is 22 feet above sea level.) It also destroyed a home that is two doors down from our house. A section of the roof from that house is in Dad's yard right now.

So, Dad and Belinda are working to get things back to normal--they hope to have electricity by Friday.

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OK, all you puppy lovers: Scruffy is currently taking his afternoon nap in his crate. He has plans to go visit the Chesnut home this afternoon. So far, we have learned that he likes to play with paper towels, he doesn't like the food that they were feeding him at the pet store, and he likes to urinate on floors. He did remarkably well last night, and he only barked a few times around 3AM. Not bad for his first night in his new home. Way to go, Scruffs.