And I survived Hurricane Sandy!

[wraithfodder]

Although somewhere along the way, it got named "Superstorm" Sandy. Tough to tell when, as I had no power for six days. The storm came in on Monday and we lost power probably just about the time I was standing the garage, watching the row of 50-60' tall white plines (hate white pines, hate 'em) wavering back and forth violently and hoping they would NOT fall and hit the house, the car or me. Then the wind died down. Phew. An enormous gust roared in and KER-RACK! the huge pine at the end of the driveway snapped in half, and oh yeah, there went power. Luckily, the next day a neighbor came by and wondered if I need help and came back with chainsaw and cut out a portion so I could get car out. I did manage to get to work on Wednesday, drawn more by power and heat than the desire to work ;) Everything was covered in pine needles, the car, the house, the gutters, the entire yard. I still have to clean up the front yard.


Yes, VIrginia, there is a driveway underneath the wreakage...


Freedom!


But, we got a nifty blue sky out of it.

So, no power, no heat (that was the worst), no internet as a big tree in neighbor's yard uprooted and took out all the power/cable lines. LOTS of trees uprooted. Fortunately for all the falling trees, no one's house nearby got nailed, but there's a ton of useless wood (pine isn't good for much) in big piles in yards.  But we had water, our Y2K candles (they will outlive us, I'm sure), pizzza and I kept the cat warm by going to work and microwaving his Snuggle Safe pad each day so he'd be warm at night.

Comments

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

Oh my word..........
I just heard today that there are still thousands without power
in the NJ and NY area........
Now two weeks later.......

I remember when the freak storm hit Oregon on Columbus Day
the power in some areas was out for ((((((weeks))))))
The coast sustained 176mph winds and here in Portland it was clocked at 127mph.......
It was a remnant of Typhoon Freda which suddenly blew in from the South Pacific

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there are folks in the tri-state area without power, thousands of 'em. Some had their homes literally taken out by the storm sturge, then there were over a hundred homes burned down in Rockaways by fire while they were chest deep in water. While the tree damage in our yard is extensive, I'm very thankful we didn't suffer house damage. I can't image no power in 20-30 degree temps!

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

They did a story not too long ago about Staten Island homes that were
pulled up from their foundations and floated into a marsh some
500 yards away
It was unreal
One of the homes was owned by a returning Afghanistan soldier and his wife.........we went with them in a boat out to where their house was now located
He managed to find a briefcase above water line which contained
all his documents
He jokingly said "insurance papers to find out what they are NOT
going to cover"
There were about five houses total out in that marsh like
somebody had picked them up and carried them out there.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I hadn't heard that one. Eegads!

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

It looked eerie......sitting out there in the marsh
which looked like cat tails foliage etc.
I mean the camera man was in the boat with the man and his wife