Hurricane Update

From our post last week, you guys know that a good many of our authors were in the general pathway of Hurricane Irene. Several were evacuated and others just battened down the hatches at home, but we're happy to let all of you know that we have heard from most of the authors who were evacuated or in the hurricane's path and everyone we've heard from is a-okay.

As far as the Admin Team goes, Julia evacuated inland to stay with a friend and got through the storm with nothing more major than a power outage that's projected to last another 3-4 days. Because she's incredibly pro, this didn't stop her from MacGyvering a griddle out of nothing more than tea candles and cooking sheets in order to make a post-storm pancake breakfast.

Marina was evacuated from her university campus and stayed safely in the area with a family friend. She didn't lose power but did lose her Internet connection. Other residents in her area are without power and she might still be affected by power/Internet outages in the next week or so.

Ryan was not evacuated, but like the cool Army dude he is he was working overtime this weekend to make sure things in his area were a-okay. He is doing fine and had both power and Internet the last we heard from him.

I, Austin, was not evacuated and basically just got a lot of rain from the "hurricane". We didn't lose power at home, but I've since re-located to campus and some buildings are out of power. Mine has both power and Internet at the moment, but since my school enjoys breaking things while they're fixing other things, this could change.

If you were in the hurricane's path, please leave a comment below to let everyone know what's up on in your town!