The Local Report

We're doing fine, the sun is shining in a scattered cloudy sky. Apparently there was some local damage, but no direct loss of life due to the storm and the various outages, at least as the local media reports so far. But many small communities still face power, water and sewage problems.

Speaking very locally, I'm happy to report that the hummingbirds seem to have made it through. Not only did the wind and rain make feeding impossible, the wind and rain overnight shook the nectar out of the feeder so even when it was calm enough to feed, there wasn't anything there until lazybones got up. But I saw one back at the feeder yesterday, and at least two today. They aren't likely to be around here for very much longer, but I'm glad they made it through okay. I'm sure you are, too.