Hello my dear friends. Just checking in to say I'm alive and well. All of my family is also, thank God.
I've missed the forum and all you guys so much. Yes, even you Miles.
Thanks for all your messages and support. I can't be online long, as I'm connected at my wife's place of work, and there's been intermittent Internet problems all over the place.
Just wanted you all to know I'm ok. It's been the most catastrophic disaster to ever hit the island. I was pretty scared at the peak of it all. The experience of living in a tropical island and getting slammed by a Cat 5 hurricane head-on is not something I wish to experience again any time soon.
I'll be back again when I can write more. I feel there's so many things to catch up on. You can't imagine how great it felt reading the tussles between Lyle and Kirk, Beanz and Brock..... and all the other stuff I've missed so much.
These things certainly put a lot of things in perspective.
As for my own status... my house escaped unscathed. I thought for sure the terrace roof would blow off, but it survived. My mother's house suffered some damage, but she was staying with us at the time. We're without power, and were without water for a few days. We're also without cell phone service, and for the first couple of weeks getting gasoline was a task requiring waiting in 10-12 hour lines. Thankfully it's gotten better.
The mountainous part of the island was the worst hit, and some areas are still incommunicated. I'm afraid the final death toll may yet reach the hundreds.
Hey guys... I love you all, as I feel we're all part of a family..... arguments and all.
Take care, and talk to you again soon.
TitoFan
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