Well, we survived the hurricane, which was just a tropical storm by the time it made it to Massachusetts. It wasn't TOO bad in the Boston area, but we really seem to have lucked out. Just a sprinkling of twigs and leaves in the yard. We never lost power. There are definitely larger branches down in our neighbors yards, and a good part of our town did actually loose power. It could have been much worse for us.
Even though it was only a tropical storm, it still did seem to do quite a bit of damage throughout the northeast. There are some amazing pictures of uprooted trees, one right in Boston's Back Bay. My friend in the Hudson Valley as 22 inches of water in her basement. Another friend in Westport MA is without power and probably will be for most of the week. her husband was driving her more crazy than her three-year-old.
I was getting frustrated by all the people who were so skeptical about the preparations, and the hype. Yes, sometimes I think the weather people tend to get carried away, and yes, the storm was not that bad on my particular quarter acre plot of land. But, it's really hard to predict if the storm is going to track toward Albany or Worcester. I'm glad we were prepared for worse than we got. It really didn't take much more than a trip to the grocery store that we needed anyway, a half hour bringing stuff in from the yard, and a few minutes making sure we knew where the candles were. I'm not sure why some people needed to feel so inconvenienced.
I hope all of you made it through the storm ok too!
As a former Floridian, I agree, you can't be too prepared for a hurricane. I have seen the kind of damage and experienced first hand the unpredictability.
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Glad you are safe!
I agree that there may have been a lot of hype, but better to be over prepared than under prepared. With 37 deaths reported, and 700,000 people with out power, in just Connecticut if I heard correctly, on top of all the flooding, I think it was well worth the hype. It could have been much worse...
ReplyDeleteGlad you're safe...hope the recovery for your neighborhood isn't too terrible!
I'm happy to hear all is well with you, and you didn't have too much damage...
ReplyDeleteSo glad you didn't have any damage or lose power!
ReplyDeleteHello, I just found your blog from another blog I follow. YOu are right about people complaining it was all a big hype. It never hurts to be too prepared for a storm because you just never know what is going to happen. I feel sad for all the people who have lost their homes or loved ones. I am glad you had no damage and didn't lose power. We lost power up in NH for about 12 hours but we were lucky that was it. I look forward to following your blog :)
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