I decided to turn off the TV because the weather channel wasn’t doing me any good. I had made the decision to stay and there wasn’t any changing that. The hour before the storm made landfall was exceptionally uneventful. There were no more preparations to make, just unsettled waiting. Looking South over the water on […]
I was too worried about my horses to say much to my sister who was crammed into a small closet with me during the hurricane. I had 36 horses on the property and seven of them were pregnant. We breed and train national championship Arabian horses. There are many expert opinions on what to do […]
My dad always has been a talker and story teller. He has knack for embellishing the way any fisherman does. After a fishing trip we would always ask ourselves if the fish that got away was really as big as he said it was. “Your back porch just ripped off,” he said mid-hurricane in the […]
After the gazebo fell, it got real. The front door was bouncing off the hinges. The chimney came off and landed by the back door. This was my husband’s first hurricane and it was proving to be very eventful. I have lived in Panama City since I was in the 1st grade. After having kids, we […]
We had the wine ready. My sister and her family lived in Panama City Beach and came to ride out the storm with us at our house in Panama City. We figured we would lose power, but that would be the worst of it. The night before the storm we rode around town to see […]