Thursday, October 16, 2008

We Survived!!

Cody and I survived our first ever hurricane. Hurricane Omar passed over St. Maarten late last night. When it finally hit us, the Omar had progressed to a category 3 hurricane with wind speeds in excess of 125 mph. It was absolutely crazy! The sights and sounds of mother nature were incredible to witness. From our apartment (about half a mile up a hill) we could see ocean swells breaking in the ocean! Mind you this was at 3:00 a.m. so it was incredible that we could make anything out. We were guessing that the waves must have been 30-40 feet for us to be able to see them so well. Anyway, we got our taste of what a hurricane is like and hope we never have to do that again. Luckily enough for us the power and water remained on the entire time. Thanks for all the prayers! I'll snap some pictures of the damage if we happen to make it out today. 

2 comments:

Spencer and Mindy said...

yeah that kinda stuff freeks me out! glad that the power AND water stayed on for you guys! *with jill's luck, i'm sure it would of been out...haa haa!! And glad that you are both ok

The Conway's said...

I'm glad our friends from "the other side" were ok! I bet the view from your place was great to watch the storm blow in