Saga continues

The cleanup has begun.
We are progressing with the insurance adjusters and the cleanup after our stormy weekend.

Mike house is about dried out, but uninhabitable. They are staying with Nancy's daughter. Mike is out here daily, either for the nursery or for the many aspects to getting their house repaired and returning to some semblance of order in their lives.
Nancy came with Mike and Dana yesterday to gather some things that they need, but were unable to get upon our evacuation last Saturday.

Brian is living in different places until he can find a house. He has siblings and friends where he can stay until that happens. He has been actively searching for a house for sometime now. We wish him the best of luck.

We heard from our insurance company yesterday. The adjuster came out early Tuesday morning, and he recommended that our car be totaled. I am so glad. I won't have to fight with the insurance company. I have heard really great things about National Interstate, and so far they are living up to that reputation.
We have been looking for a car and have found 3. Two of them were new Hyundai Elantras, and one was a used Jeep Liberty. We have decided on a 2009 Elantra GLS. The dealership was trying to sell the last of the 2009's. We got a good deal on a new car that we need due to Mother Nature. I just hope that this car is as good as our 'flooded car'.
The other Elantra was a 'Blue'. That is a new (2010) edition of the Elantra. It lacks some of the amenities of the GLS and it cost more.
Both dealerships were knowledgeable of our need to register this car in Texas, and the dealership we bought from handled the matter nicely.
The jeep was nice, but, the MPG was 17/22 vs 25/35. Also there was a need to buy an extended warranty. Brenda really didn't like the black color either.
Now, we need to get a base plate installed, so that we can tow it, and a hitch receiver for a carrier for our bicycles.

Yesterday I finally cleaned all of the flood debris from under the coach. There was an unbelievable amount of leaves , sticks, logs and other flotsam there. Luckily, Mike has a compost pile in the side yard and all of the natural debris went there.
A dumpster is supposed to be delivered, for the rehab debris, in a day or 2, so I will put the man made debris in that when it arrives.

Ta ta for now.