A Hurricane? In Ohio?!

Tornadoes? Sure. Snow storms? Absolutely! But a hurricane? Here? In the midwest? I wouldn't have believed it had I not experienced it first hand. Somehow Hurricane Ike managed to blow right up from Texas and pummel us with winds at 70 mph in some spots. We're not used to that. Eight days later my home phone, internet and cable TV are finally back in service. I'm certainly grateful because there are neighbors here who are STILL without power. I was lucky because my electricity never went out.
I've never seen anything like this. The wind was ferocious. Scary. It caught my grill cover and used it as a sail to catapult my gas grill from the deck into the driveway. Where it landed upside down. It's pretty demolished. But still.... I was lucky. Other than some big limbs down in the yard, a couple ripped screens, and a few lost roof shingles I fared pretty well.

Can't say the same for my neighbor. They live 2 doors down. This huge tree landed right on their pick-up truck. It's totaled. And see the big chunk missing from their house. Yeah... that sucks.
Right around the corner a tree fell blocking the road. Can you see the car underneath? It's there. Not sure why some of these pics will let you blow them up but others won't. I haven't figured out that secret yet. Anyone know? I swiped these bottom two (that won't enlarge) off my sister's blog. Maybe that's why?
Anyway back to the subject at hand..... clean up is still underway. They hope to have power restored completely by Wednesday if not sooner. Off to catch up on blogs....