Gone with the Wind

Last night, Gone with the Wind was on TV. So was a Golden Girls marathon. But, those seem to be on every night of the week these days, and having abandoned our my previous Monday-night commitment to Dancing with the Stars this season, we stuck with the old Adlanna classic. Well, fiddle-dee-dee!

And wouldn't you know, a great big storm was blowing into town just about the time Miss Scarlett showed up to Miss Mellie's party wearing "nothing modest or matronly." And, by this morning, many of the trees in present-day Adlanna were indeed gone with the wind. It was a MESS trying to get to work, but most people were being as patient and cautious as you should be when traffic lights are out and debris is littering the road. (I'm not looking at you, man who honked at me to hurry up and choose a.) dangling power line, b.) oncoming traffic, or c.) tree stump. I chose d.) none of the above, sit and wait for oncoming traffic to stop a.k.a. "Duh!".)

I thought about snapping some pictures, but all things considered, I filed that idea in my mental file marked "Unnecessary Risk." Fortunately, Fox5 Atlanta has this video I can share. This is the neighborhood I need to get through to go to work:

Storm Damage Heavy in Morningside, Decatur: MyFoxATLANTA.com

Amy & Kevin had lots of action on their street, too. Kevin, I think you should go buy a lottery ticket in your car today.

This afternoon, I stupidly went on my merry way back towards Morningside to get home. The roads were decidedly not cleaned up, and I even passed two sweet kids who had made homemade posters announcing, "NOT a DETOUR!" and "Use LENOX Road!" I smiled and waved to them like a goon as I continued turning down the very street that was "NOT a DETOUR!" (Well, great balls a' fire!)

Eventually, I returned unscathed after backtracking and abandoning the area entirely. But, I hope the Morningside neighborhood will be able to recover quickly. I l-o-v-e it and routinely covet its each and every idyllic house and dogwood tree!