OT: Irene

Reporting in from Dover, DE. It was *nasty* last night, but I think the worst has passed. Haven't checked the basement yet, though. I hope everyone else in Irene's path remains safe and dry!

Sara

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Sara
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well - the wind and the rain started yesterday, but nothing really nasty yet. Gusty winds and rain. 99% of my garden art is in. A few small low pieces and the Shepard's hooks are still out. I supposed I can look at this as a head start on the fall clean up.

Still have power, but I should have told the DH to buy bread. I want toast and he's going to want sandwiches later....

C
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Cheryl Isaak

All we're getting here in Western PA are lots of clouds. I echo Sara's hope that all remain safe and dry having survived Alicia in Houston, literally hours after I moved into my house there.

Nancy

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Nancy Spera

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Fran

Here in Baltimore, it wasn't as bad a rainstorm as we had two weeks ago, but the winds brought down LOTS of limbs and whole trees. Our power went out Saturday night at 8:45 p.m....even before the brunt of the storm hit...and was FINALLY restored yesterday afternoon - Friday! In the next neighborhood over, no fewer than three houses has trees uprooted and fallen on the house. Our neighbor across the street had a huge tree split down the middle. Half fell toward the house and was five feet short of hitting it; the other half fell squarely on the neighbor's car, crushing it. (Thankfully it was all only property damage; no lives were lost to my knowledge.)

The church at which I work was also without power all week, so it was a crazy week trying to get anything done - took a laptop and went to the library and did whatever I could accomplish without access to my usual files. It was definitely a week of work-arounds and creative solutions!

(And I am sure going to enjoy my LONG weekend to de-stress...and restock the refrigerator and freezer that are now completely empty. I started with a trip to the LNS...that's the right priority, isn't it? LOL!)

sue

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Susan Hartman

On 9/3/11 4:57 PM, in article dxw8q.166714$ snipped-for-privacy@en-nntp-16.dc.easynews.com, "Susan Hartman" wrote:

Glad it wasn't worse. I missed this as I was in San Antonio - just got out on Thursday very early. DH moved some little trees waiting to be planted, and our yard got very soaked. No real damage.

Sorry about the power out - having grown up in South FL, my childhood had several years of big hurricanes with power outages of days to a few weeks. The biggest 'cane of my youth, I was actually in the hospital on Miami Beach having just had surgery. My DA was the chief surgical resident, and evidently came to my room to take a nap after some non-stop >24 hours. The bed near the window was vacant, as they'd discharged all the patients that could go. When my DA came in, and was lying down, I said something like "I don't know how you can sleep there - by the window" - it did have aluminum hurricane shutters. Guess I creeped her out, and she couldn't nap, and 40 years later still reminds me. My parents had to get a police escort a few days later to come see me because the causeway/bridge was almost washed out, and only 1 lane of the 6 & median was open. I think they were out of power for almost 3 weeks. After that I recall a few that had us out for 1-2 weeks. First the neighborhood ice-cream feast. Then we'd start grilling all the meats that were defrosting - we had a gas barbeque, and it kept on working (in-line gas, not a tank). When my folks moved to the condo we'd have hurricane parties in the halls. Except when evacuated. OTOH, my DB lost his house in hurricane Andrew - the roof blew off as he was getting my parents to come in from the den to hide in the master bedroom closet with the rest of the family. They said the roof started lifting as they were running! Guess it was some good instinct/urge or providence that got my DB to go and get them just then. But it's never fun without power.

No doubt your creative solutions worked well!

Excellent priority! I guess it's an excuse to defrost if needed. I just did that restocking 'cause being away almost 2 weeks let DH totally clean out the fridge - though not enough of the freezer.

Ellice

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Ellice K.

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