Hurricane Ernesto moved enough north so that Mexico took the brunt, but we got very high winds and lots of rain overnight Tuesday. With everything boarded up (and the fact that it was pitch black outside) my pictures are few. But I did rush upstairs to take a couple through the cracks in the boards on Wednesday morning. This was about 8:00 a.m. — high winds, heavy rain, water jumping out of the pool.
Once Jamma and Finn were up, I went out her door (the only door boarded in a way that we could get out) to take this shot from the porch.
And here’s video.
When the rain died down a little bit, we dressed the kids in trash bags and got ready for an adventure outside.
To the dock!
Bruce told me to channel my inner Anderson Cooper, so I did.
We didn’t stay out very long; on the way back Finn had a good time checking out the waves in the pool.
The ocean waves were big (for our beach). It almost looked like we were at a beach in SoCal.
We experienced high winds (30-50 mph) all day. Toward the evening the sky started to clear a bit.
We made one trip out to the pool, but the water was much too cold for me. The boys jumped right in, of course, and snorkeled around — happy to have an outside activity.
I can’t believe how blonde Ezra is getting (must come from my side of the family) and glad you captured it in a picture. For those wondering why we put the kids in plastic bags—-the rain pelting you with 40 mph winds feels like needles sticking you and we wanted to be sensitive. Notice us in coats.