... And all I got was some cold showers.

The Kovixen and I made do with some unfortunate timing and arrived here in Florida just as the first hurricane blown sun showers started to come down. We were expecting a small and quick tropical storm to pass through on Monday, but instead we were treated to a full fledged category two hurricane. I've got the pictures to prove it!

In the hours before the hurricane hit, there was certainly some rain and wind, but hardly anything to be worried about. The house had already been boarded up except for this one sliding glass door.

Things didn't get really exciting until after the eye had passed. There was one band of particularly vicious rain and wind. And, of course, due to the rotation and movement of the storm, Port St. Lucie was stuck in this band the longest -- for about 90 minutes. By this time we had finally lost power (not to be regained for another 6 days) so we were listening to the storms progress via radio. The plywood shutters were rattling, one was even ripped away from its cement-anchored bolts. (Luckily not in the room we were in!) I managed to take a little video with my camera, so check it out.

Once that had passed the storm was basically spent. It was moving remarkably fast, about 24 MPH to the north east, and so it was done in a few hours giving us the opportunity to clean up and get the generator started while there was still plenty of daylight. There is definitely something to be said about having a generator in such a situation. It really turned what would've been a disaster of a vacation into something a little more routine. The only things that we really missed were hot showers and a fan at night.

Now that we've got our power back, things are finally returning to normal. The Kovixen and I are seeing lots of movies, reading lots of books, and doing all the things you'd expect on a Kovacs Florida Vacation.