For anybody wondering, we made it through Hurricane Dennis. It really wasn't that bad, no worse than Ivan last September. Our roof leaked again and that has turned into a bigger pain in the butt than the actual hurricane. We didn't lose power until about 10 PM and it stayed off until 7 AM the next morning. Better to have it off over night than during the middle of the day. When I got up at 6 to see if the power was on, I found a 5-6' strip of our ceiling hanging down at the same spot we had a leak during Hurricane Ivan. Apparently the leak was back but luckily there wasn't a puddle on the floor, just some damp carpet.

To get the apartment management to come fix the problem has been a huge ordeal. Erika called yesterday morning as soon as the office opened and was told an outside contractor had to fix the roof. They had too many jobs to do yesterday so we were scheduled first thing this morning. After the guy fixed the roof, he left without fixing our ceiling which still was hanging down. I guess all they did was patch the roof so it wouldn't leak. After calling the office, the management (who had no idea the ceiling was falling down even after telling them numerous times) said they would send over the maintenance guy (who was out getting parts) when he returned. He didn't show up until 2 hours later, cut off the strip of ceiling hanging down and said they had to call someone to do sheetrock repair. Who knows when that will be.

As a result of all the rain, my new car popped a leak. Apparently the wiring job I did for my radio caused a small gap in the rubber molding that dripped a little. I had a pretty soggy floorboard the next morning. As of this morning, it had mostly dried without major damage.

On a side note, because of the hurricane, I didn't get to finish the poker tournament I started Sunday night. At the time I got disconnected I was about 130 out of 714. I had a major win going all in on a suited AK after a guy with a pair of Kings raised before the flop. I got an ace to win the pot on the turn. That was a great moment.

With a little over 2,000 chips, I had to quit because the power went out. When disconnected in a tournament, the server will post your blinds and fold every hand until you can log back in. Even not playing the rest of the tournament, I didn't lose my ranking of 130. Because of my unfortunate circumstances, UltimateBet has allowed me to play in the final tournament Sunday, this time only the strongest survives to go play for $200,000 in Hollywood. Might as well play, even if I have practically no chance to win.