[nehalita]

many of us broward-ers still don't have power...or phone...
but great news! as of 1-2 days ago, I can officially flush the toilet (which is a big thing, trust me).
There's a major water/ice shortage (not to mention gas) here but thankfully, we have all three.

I still don't have power but I got to sneak on at a friend's house. We are fine, the majority of the people i've spoken to are fine. We are very lucky actually, the majority of us have only lost trees, shingles, and maybe a few dents here or there. I know some people that lost their whole roof.

It's funny, after being without power for 4 1/2 days you don't really care any more. I've made some friends with neighbors, walked around a lot and read a bunch for my SAT2s. School-wise, 25% of the schools have power as of now and they're working 'round the clock to get it to the rest of the schools for monday. We don't know whether that will happen or not.

I have some really sweet footage during the hurricane (we thought the eye came and went outside...it turned out to be right before the hardest part of the hurricane). I walked outside and filmed a bit but I got yelled at to come back inside. I'll post it up asap.

But the bottom line: we're okay! Just...no power for a while. Considering that I live in an area that didn't get power after Katrina because they DIDN'T KNOW OUR COMPLEX EXISTED... it may be a while. Updates later, wishes go out to all the people who were affected in wilma.