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We will likely be visited by hurricane Ike within the 24-30 hours. Many people are choosing to stay and “hunker down” through this one. Nearly all of our neighbors have decided to stay. My husband and another neighbor worked putting up boards over the windows today. Then a few other neighbors decided to as well. One lady’s husband had to work a full day today, so all the guys pitched in and helped her as well as finished up a couple of other family’s homes as well. It was just like an old fashioned barn-raising! But instead of us women frying up some chickens, we actually found a pizza delivery place open so we all pitched in and ordered about ten pizzas, added some fruit and brownies and had a regular hurricane party!

Everyone was so pleased by the camaraderie and the pulling together to help each other out. One man said he’d never seen a neighborhood pull together like that. My son said he hopes to live in a neighborhood like this when he gets to that age. It was really great to see everyone working together (although there were a couple of moments when it seemed as if there were “too many cooks in the kitchen”!) I am sure that the feeling of community and counting on each other and helping each other along is what those old fashioned barn-raisings were all about!