this town needs an enema

Well, it got one yesterday.

Check it out. Debra King, quoted in the article, is in my ward. The last photo in the article is the road we drive on to get to church.

We're all fine, thanks for asking. (And thank you, cjane, for including me in your post.) In fact, when the storm rolled through, I was at my dentist's office on the east side. I was reclined in a chair when I heard a dental assistant ask, "Is that thunder?" Li'l ~j. and Curly, finished with their exams, were playing hide-and-seek and called out, "Mommy! It's snowing!" Mocoface was being tended by my friend La Peartree, who, when I called to apologize for my appointment taking so long, was grateful I hadn't been out driving. Even the description she gave didn't justify what I saw when I drove in to the neighborhood: mature fruit trees completely uprooted and tipped over; younger trees in parking strips, completely snapped in half; vinyl siding completely torn off of one side of a house; two sections of our neighbors' vinyl fence completely taken out.

We had a little water on our floor. I'm not complaining.

We still, however, do not have power. Our refrigerator is hooked up to a generator which we're sharing with neighbors. We stayed at a hotel last night. We're told it will be at least 2 more days before our power is restored. (I'm not buying into the "one-to-two week" rumours.) It would be nice to be able to cook, but it's nicer to not have to pay thousands of dollars in repairs.

Li'l ~j., who is a natural worrier (where does she get that from?) always asks about natural distasters: "Could we ever get hit by a tsunami?" "When are we going to have an earthquake?" Now, when she asks, "Could a tornado ever hit Provo, Utah?", I'll have a new answer: It did; right in our backyard.

Here's to a blustery day!