North Carolina

[Miss Lydia]

Thanks for reporting ya'll. hope everyone else comes on and lets us know how they are. glad ya'll are doing good.

 

[NewHomesteader2010]

Just wanted to touch base with everyone. We are all doing well in my neck of the woods. Had a few "scares" but it turned out to be the wind opening & closing our crawl space door.

Talk about waking up in the middle of the night thinking a tree fell or something. DH is happy to see the coop withstanding this wind. We've had nonstop rain since early this morning (I think around 2 am). The wind picked up about 10 and is dying down here and there. We lost power for 2 hours...DD slept through it and DH complained he had "nothing to do". LOL He definitely doesn't find sitting and reading a book something to do. Right now we are putting a puzzle together watching the lights flicker on and off wondering if the power will hold. I hope everyone out there is doing well and not getting flooded. We closed up the coop but left the run open so the boys/girls could go out if they felt the need.

when the wind isn't blowing you can see them all out trying to "catch" raindrops!!

Thank you everyone for all the tips!! I really REALLY need to remember to read the forum before I go shopping. I stocked up on ginger snaps (worked last time), saltines, and some good old fashioned ginger ale (I HATE that stuff) along with some sour apples and candy. I wish I had known about the teas...I LOVE herbal teas. I have chamomile for when I can't sleep (or when I wanted someone else to sleep...tee hee) and one that's for lactation.

Those won't help me just yet!! DD is LOVING the weather...she is happily playing with her mini water bottle and a zip-lock baggie, running around. Who would have thought the best toys were the "found" toys... remind me why I buy toys again??

We did see Tink recently. I was happy to see that she was okay and managed to stay safe. She is currently using my car as an umbrella and I am sure she's just waiting for it to lighten up enough to get to her food on the deck!! Please keep us posted on how everyone is weathering the storm!!

Praying for everyone's safety and their livestock/pets' safety as well!! In case you didn't hear the emergency system warning...remember: don't drive through water...be safe, don't drown, don't get electrocuted!!!

 

[henpeckedmuch]

Well the worst is over near Wilmington NC I was able to let the ladies out around 2PM They had to wad through 3 inches of water to find the only dry spot around, (a 5ft x 10ft area) they were pretty indignant about having to stay cooped up in their roost area as they are mostly free range and only have a small roost. I tried to make it up to them by giving them a peace offering of pears and tomatoes. But they were still giving me the evil eye when I came in to write this.

 

[Miss Lydia]

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happy to hear the worst is over for ya'll.

 

[hennyannie]

I've been out of the house til now so I just heard that Cape Lookout has survived the worst.
BIG sigh of relief!

 

[HenThymes]

Afternoon everyone!! First I hope all that are in reach of the storm are staying safe and sound.

Hoping it will be over soon and everything can get back to normal.

We are home from Chickenstock and had a blast!! It was really nice seeing those that were able to join us and putting some faces to names.

For those that were not able to join us we do have some shirts still available and they can be shipped.

They are $10 each or 2 for $18 plus postage to your location.

Small - 1 blue
Medium - 2 light brown, 1 blue, 1 green
Large - 3 light brown, 2 heather gray, 2 blue, 2 green
XLarge - 1 burnt orange, 1 heather gray, 1 blue, 3 green
2XL - 1 blue

*Pictures from the day to come shortly*

 

[vfem]

We did just fine I think this far inland, power was out when I got up but came on in time to get to work. Sadly, I was less then an hour into work when the internet went out instead.

That just came back about 20 minutes ago.

So I'm glad to see people are posting they're doing well. I was worried a bit when I say nearly 420000 people were out of power!

 

[Miss Lydia]

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Love those shirts HT sure would have liked to been there, but we had company from Fl. so that plus my dh not wanting to come along kept me home..

 

[HenThymes]

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Love those shirts HT sure would have liked to been there, but we had company from Fl. so that plus my dh not wanting to come along kept me home..

Maybe we will get to see you at the next one.

If you want to see some pics, they have just been loaded on the latest couple of pages of the chickenstock thread.
(link in my sig line).

 

[ramirezframing]

Just talked to Bhep, she's been outta power since morning but doing ok. No major damage just wind and rain.