Friday, June 20, 2008

Hurricane "SASsy siblings"

Tonight Hurricane "SASsy siblings" descended on a home in Gilbert AZ. While there were no casualties, the destruction was unmeasurable. Here are the details :)
A's Dance Team costume needs some altering done, as does her friends. The studio said that we need to make notes of what needs to be altered and they will send them to the seamstress. I offered to take the measurements, and the event grew into a Pizza Party with the other mom's supplying food and desserts.
At 4:45 tonight 4 vehicles swept in carrying the following:
4 moms, 1 seven yr old boy, 2 six yr olds (one boy and one "SAS" girl), 2 five yr old "SAS" girls, 2 three yr old boys, and 2 toddling girls (18 mos and 21 mos)
- yep that means there were 5 adults and 11 kids!!!
The destruction included 2 Costco pizzas, a half dozen sodas and bottled water, 2 bottles of apple juice, half a pan of brownies and a couple of margaritas :)
6 water bottles and 2 squirt guns were used to keep order in the after math. ALso included was one large make-up kit, all the dress up clothes, all of P's trains and cars, and the swing set.
A's playroom was a complete loss and required extensive work, but thankfully FEMA was not required :)
At 9:15 the storm left as quickly as it came, and like all storms, you just sit down and say "WOW". An assessment of the situation saw that all perishables were dealt with, but a majority of the clean up is waiting until tomorrow (like the 9 sippy cups lining the counter)
Oh, did I mention that R is in El Paso and avoided the storm all together. I'm thinking that the clean up may wait until Sunday ;)
That's it for this late breaking story... stay tune for more on the recovery process :)

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