Excellent post, Blast. Thank goodness your neighborhood wasn't hit head-on. And congratulations for being prepared way ahead of time.

Learned some things, too. Never would have thought of tossing patio furniture into the pool. Hey, if your BOB is waterproof, you could sink it in the pool, too, and it would be safe. Well, until your neighbor's car gets rolled over by the hurricane force winds right into your pool--and on top of your BOB. Or a power line falls right into the pool. Or...never mind... <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

It's great that you have good relations with your neighbors. Really, when push comes to shove, who else can you really rely on, right?

Gosh, it's awful that everyone's abandoned car got broken into. If nothing else, if the cars' owners had their registration in there, a burglar would pretty much be guaranteed of finding an unoccupied house.