Re: OOC Discussion
I now in a position do to an update on what happened in my neck of the woods. Search for "Iowa derecho" if you want to see exactly what happened, but what basically was going on was that on Monday, August 10th a massive windstorm hit my area around 1:30pm (I was asleep due to my nocturnal schedule, but I woke up in a hurry). It was a derecho, a straight-line windstorm with winds up to 100mph, though it was about 80mph in my area. Is sounded like a freight train and looked like a hurricane, with branches and bits of roofing flying by our front windows. We lost power shortly after the storm and didn't get it back until last evening on Friday the 15th. We didn't get Internet back until Saturday the 16th, and spent most of Sunday and Monday replacing the food we'd lost from our fridge and ice chest and doing chores we couldn't do with the power out. We were very lucky in that we (or my parents in the same area) didn't have any house damage and very minimal tree damage. Some folks weren't so lucky. There were trees across roads, trees on houses, and some cities had very massive property damage to a huge amount of homes and businesses (one city to the west of us has people camping in their front yards as they have no place else to stay). There are still roads shut with trees and light poles across them, and we've lost an immense amount of trees everywhere. Every day for a week the air is alive with the sounds of generators, chainsaws, and woodchippers. It's going to take weeks to get the branches and trees cleared that fell down during the storm, more to remove the trees that are damaged but still upright, and every third house is sporting a tarp to cover lost shingles, roof damage, or worse. We're one of the lucky ones and I am very grateful right now.
I will hopefully be able to update the game tonight or tomorrow.