I spoke to Christi again briefly at about 7pm EDT (6pm in Coz). She sounded absolutely exhausted. They still haven't slept. Although at one point it looked like all of Coz was covered by the eye and they should've been in sunny weather, she reported that they never saw that at all....all they got was a slight slackening in winds. They used that time to squeegee the floors - she had 2 inches of rain downstairs and an inch upstairs that had worked its way under the doors and in the windowframes. It's not a matter of flooding, but that the wind is forcing the rain in every crack. All the towels are too soaked now to do any good soaking it up.
Unfortunately, even that slight respite is now over and the storm is cranking back up to full force again. Christi was going to go upstairs to try to get some sleep - it's been almost 48 hours since she's been able to sleep at all.
I'd called from my cellphone and frankly, was surprised that it was working in the middle of this so we had to keep things short in order to preserve her cell battery. She said she'd call back later. I'll update again when I hear more....
