Not much going on Sandy-wise here. It got a little breezy for a while last night, and it rained a bit (but not too awful much), and now things are damp, but calm (as far as I can tell – it’s still quite dark out). They say that the hills around here broke up the wind and rain, so we were spared. New York City wasn’t so fortunate, I’m afraid, as they were swamped by a record 13-foot storm surge that left most of the place in the dark. Good luck to everybody down there – especially Sue and her hubby. I reckon it might be a couple of days before we hear from Red Hook. Good luck.
Well, I guess I spoke too soon. As I attempted to leave the house this morning, I found a tree down across the driveway. Too heavy to pull out of the way, but fortunately we could drive around it on the lawn (good thing it isn’t winter with a five-foot high snow bank). I guess I’ll have to get the chain saw out when I get home. It was too dark too see if there was any other damage, but I guess I’ll need to walk the fence line to make sure there’s no way for the varmints to escape.
Oh well, at least we have power.
A bit concerned for SP & Mike. Hope we here from them soon and they’re ok. It looks like they took a big hit from Sandy. Glad it was only a tree or two for pj and rg (liked your storm!).
UPdate! Hurricane Sandy News for Brooklyn: Tuesday 6 AM
We are ok. 6 ft of water in the basement which is one of those basements where the windows are at ground level. and where the kitchen is everything is destroyed including heat. BUT we have flood insurance.
Scary night. The water rushed in. In 1 1/2 hrs we got all that water Car alarms went. Off as the cars submerged. Tremendous beams. 12 x12 floated down the street. A potted palm landed on our steps. I rounded up the cats and locked them on the third floor and mike and I watched and occasionally tried to sleep. Then the water stopped rising and after a while it receded. 4hours from when it all started the street has no water and our basement had 3 feet less.
More was gone ny morning but a foot still remains.
We have no power so this is from my phone which is very hard to read and crappy to type on. But we are safe
Wow. Thanks for taking a moment to check in and good luck.