Okay. Take the weekend of Hurricane Irene, and replay it 50 degrees F colder.
That's the last few days.
And just like the first time around, lots of power outages, broken trees, and I drove into work on Monday morning to find that we don't have power and that I should go home.
It would be funny except the storm's destruction is far worse this time around, particularly north of route 287. Two places on my route to work the road was forced into a single lane by hanging, broken branches. At one point I had to detour around a pair of trees that had fallen across the road and still hadn't been removed. At another I had to drive under half of a telephone pole leaning out over the road and supported only by its wires. From Bedminster on north, it looks like someone dropped a bomb on the place, then hosed it down with ice and snow.
So anyway, I drove back and ended up spending the day at home doing laundry and sleeping... and I have just realized that Halloween is all but cancelled, if not officially then practically, in our area because of the storm's after effects. In past years, 5 PM has been the beginning of the peak TOTing period. Today? One kid, about 20 minutes ago.
Good thing we only buy candy we like.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
That's the last few days.
And just like the first time around, lots of power outages, broken trees, and I drove into work on Monday morning to find that we don't have power and that I should go home.
It would be funny except the storm's destruction is far worse this time around, particularly north of route 287. Two places on my route to work the road was forced into a single lane by hanging, broken branches. At one point I had to detour around a pair of trees that had fallen across the road and still hadn't been removed. At another I had to drive under half of a telephone pole leaning out over the road and supported only by its wires. From Bedminster on north, it looks like someone dropped a bomb on the place, then hosed it down with ice and snow.
So anyway, I drove back and ended up spending the day at home doing laundry and sleeping... and I have just realized that Halloween is all but cancelled, if not officially then practically, in our area because of the storm's after effects. In past years, 5 PM has been the beginning of the peak TOTing period. Today? One kid, about 20 minutes ago.
Good thing we only buy candy we like.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.