The house I lived in looked exactly like this. I live there 6 years. I downsized to a condo in January 2000. We went through one hurricane (1999) Irene (The First Irene). Flooded to the front door, but not beyond it. He parked the truck in front of the two windows because the windows were rattling. Good thing he had because the truck was below a 50 foot pine tree, some of which fell where the truck would have been parked. We were stuck inside for awhile because of the flooding. Yes there were storm shutters, but we weren't suppose to have the hurricane go right over us. We went to bed at 9 p.m. when the power went out. We had a small battery powered radio. When we woke up at midnight, we heard the announcer say, the "eye" is going over us now. WHAT! The Eye of What? Not good coverage of hurricanes back then.
There is a screened room on the other side, no garage.
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Blessings,
Janet
Wow! You experienced Irene! So glad you didn't have serious damage from it. Happy PPF!
ReplyDeleteIs this the Yellow Cottage? It looks like such a comfortable, cozy house. You must miss it.
ReplyDeleteSweet little house that held up to Irene. Condo life is easier for sure. Happy PPF
ReplyDeleteFirst, what a beautiful drawing! :)
ReplyDeletethen, I'm so sorry to hear that you loosed your lovely house! Hurricanes.. we do not haave them here, but I have seen their "bad mood" on tv.. terrible in fact!
Oh what a scary experience Janet. Lovely sketch of the house.
ReplyDeleteWhat a story! Glad you were all OK.
ReplyDeleteAm sure it was very scary with Irene and how lovely to remember your house like this. Happy PPF, Annette x
ReplyDeleteThis looks very Florida to me, and one thing I don't miss about Florida is the hurricanes... we have cyclones here in Queensland, but live just far enough south that we are out of the zone... hope this season was a quiet one...xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a house to remember. Glad you all came out alright. great job on the drawing. HPPF
ReplyDeleteVery nice drawing of your house in 1999. What an experience! I am glad all was ok, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeletelovely sketch, it looks like a Florida house. And what memories! Glad you survived.
ReplyDeleteexcellent sketch ~ (A Creative Harbor)
ReplyDeletethanks for coming by and commenting ^_^
Sounds like a great hour. Great sketch, too! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat an experience! Lovely sketch.
ReplyDeleteWow, Janet, how exciting! If you woke up to be in the eye, of course that means you had already been through half the horror while you slept. You must be sound sleepers. Your sketch of the house is beautifully done.
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