Peg and I are home, along with my mom, whom I picked up from her home much closer to the landfall point than we are. We are still very close, but Sandy is hitting the Jersey shore well south of us. Both of us are working from home, Peg on a day-by-day basis and me through tomorrow at least.
We were away in West Virginia all weekend, in case anyone was worried about not seeing me in the forums for the last four days.
So far we still have power, gas and lights, and we're at the top of a goodly hill that has been far more than sufficient to isolate us from earlier flooding events (we're at least 100 feet above the highest flood levels predicted for Sandy). We're well-stocked with emergency supplies, and have a small butane burner to cook with if we lose the gas, thanks to Kat and Joe and Scott.
And almost every tree that could fall on our house already has in previous storms.
Anyway, we're hunkered down for the next 36+ hours, and expect to come out okay no matter what. We're hoping everyone else in the path of the storm is safe and well and continues to stay that way.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
We were away in West Virginia all weekend, in case anyone was worried about not seeing me in the forums for the last four days.
So far we still have power, gas and lights, and we're at the top of a goodly hill that has been far more than sufficient to isolate us from earlier flooding events (we're at least 100 feet above the highest flood levels predicted for Sandy). We're well-stocked with emergency supplies, and have a small butane burner to cook with if we lose the gas, thanks to Kat and Joe and Scott.
And almost every tree that could fall on our house already has in previous storms.
Anyway, we're hunkered down for the next 36+ hours, and expect to come out okay no matter what. We're hoping everyone else in the path of the storm is safe and well and continues to stay that way.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.