My neighbor suffered a lightening strike yesterday afternoon. I heard the massive boom just before our internet went down. It apparently fried his Comcast panel and affected garage door operation. He does have the FPL SurgeShield plan that we also had installed on our system. Maybe it saved him additional damage? This is the second time this year that we’ve lived on the right side of the street. He also had lanai damage along with the neighbors next to him during Hurricane Ian. I’m fortunate to have escaped both issues, while keeping my fingers crossed. 

Last night when I took Tally out before bedtime, we had two small armadillos in our front yard. She, of course, went nuts with the barking and tried to go nose-to-nose. We chased them off because their digging can be damaging. One had started to burrow, once again across the street, around their air conditioning system. This is apparently common. I don’t know what it is about that side of the street, but obviously we live on the “Sunny Side of the Street.” (See Post #2159).

It’s been a hot Florida summer with limited rainfall. The area canals are proof, with water levels down several feet. Lawns are turning brown despite overworked irrigation systems. It was over 80-degrees when I started my run this morning, so a cool dip in our pool was a welcome reward. I was feeling fortunate to have escaped any storm damage that unfortunately produced little rainfall. I will be happy to spend the day indoors while thinking of my friends hiking in Banff. They won’t be dealing with heat but certainly altitude. I would rather deal with lightening and armadillos.