Ike Blows thru Ohio

Here are just three images from my very neighborhood, following Hurricane Ike blowing thru central Ohio. We are still without electricity as I type this post, now @ the 48 hour mark..... I am at Allen's office pirating his electricity. We played the Abe Lincoln, reading by candlelight game last night. It's interesting what you miss, without electricity, and what you gain. Also amazing just how dark our walk-in closet is -- even in the middle of the day. We hunkered down at Sarah & Scotts for the first 24 hours. We do have hot water/hot showers as that follows from our gas water heater: yeah!! The final pic is our own sycamore tree, in our front yard, the first pics are from our neighbor's right across the street.

The tree trimmers have come with roaring chain saws and given the cul-de-sac a haircut.

I've been thinking a lot about how on a street with 256 trees, there are 25 that have fallen, broken, cracked or been torn up by the roots. Some were very small trees, sheltered by bigger brothers that were whipped in two. Some big brothers fell, in the shadow of their fathers. Same winds. Trees of all sorts. Many still standing to greet today's sunshine. Somewhere in there must be the moral to the story..... just not sure what it is???