In the wake of the storm

We're all fine here at my place. Katrina hit land and then turned left, aiming for Miami and taking a shortcut across the peninsula. This probably means nasty things for the people up in the panhandle that she'll hit in a few days. We have some mid-sized downed limbs around our neighborhood, but we never quite lost power. Our town has mostly buried power lines, which is quite a blessing in a storm.

We had a low-key hurricane party here, with Zed mixing Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters from mstarfire's recipe and crowitch and violet_ashwood in attendance. My now-famous Fromage Fort made an appearance, as did robyn_badfellow's new Dance Dance Revolution game pads. I made a fry-up of ostrich sausage with lots of veggies (again, based on mstarfire's recipe) and we listened to Katrina buffet the house while we watched Dodgeball for some low-brow laughs.

The office is still closed, so maybe I'll do some yard clean-up this morning before gaming tonight.

Thank you to all for their thoughts and prayers, accompanied by big hugs from South Florida!