Your 'after' plants are looking great. Did your house get through it OK?

Huge areas of SOuth FLorida did not have electricity for weeks. I had already lost electricity and all the stuff in fridge and freezer 3 times just in 05 so I had a generator. Doesn't power up much but it still helped alot. My well pump did not have a plug to use with it so I never have any water when the electricity goes out but manage with rain water. Actually kind of 'fun ' for about 3 days--cooking outside, hauling water, no TV etc. and then it gets old. My area got the power on in 10 days but it took alot along to get cable and the computer back. I had the fridge going, one light, and powered up a 7" DVD player.

Anyway, know what we all learned?? We really lucked out. Those poor, poor people in New Orleans and other hard-hit Katrina areas. DOn't know how they stood it and it it is not over for them . We lost our yards and lots of people their roofs but everything was habitable (except mobile homes and low income apartments). Imagine dealing with flooded houses with toxic mud and water. And losing your pets would be too much to bear. We were so very fortunate so I am not really complaining (well maybe just a bit about my tomatoes).