Another one bites the dust

[eibbil_libbie]

We're down to occasional wind gusts and drizzle, and the bitch has now made landfall, so it's time to update the list.



For the most part, this was wind and flooding. The rain was nearly never-ending (3 days of straight rain sucks) but it wasn't the unrelenting tropical downpours Irene brought. The house made it through with the usual wind driven rain through the north facing door and one water spot on the bedroom ceiling/wall from rain being whipped up under the eaves. We get those all the time from these storms.

Doesn't look like much in the way of damage in my neighborhood, either, but we're not in a flood zone. I'll see more driving in tomorrow, especially along the Elizabeth River.

All told - it could have been a shitload worse around here, but it wasn't. Rough to go through but we dodged a major bullet. If Sandy had tracked maybe 100 miles closer to shore, this would be a much different post.

So. That said, time to update the list and I won't be nattering about it anymore.

Gordon 1994
Allison/Felix 1995
Bertha/Fran 1996
Danny 1997
Bonnie 1998
Gustav/Kyle 2002
Isabel 2003
Alex/Bonnie/Charley/Ivan 2004
Barry 2007
Alberto 2006
Hanna 2008
Irene 2011
Sandy 2012


And now, some hurricane comic relief:

Comments

[tryslora]

I think we'll be fine... according to projects, Sandy is going to pretty much do a giant lap around NY so we'll get rain and wind for days... although right now there is no rain, and the wind is freaking creepy. I just stood outside in it and I have only once before been this creeped by a windstorm. We're at about 30ish mph gusting right now. The real fun I think comes tomorrow... we'll see. I'm just waiting and watching.

[eibbil_libbie]

Nothing quite as fun as those gusts that come out of nowhere and just shake the house. Welcome to my last 3 days =)

Stay safe, sweetie <3!

[tryslora]

And we're good this morning. It looks like the wind was coming mostly from the east (swirling around and all) for us and the mountains there (the Berkshires) broke a lot of it up. Which is good luck for us. I'm not sure what we'll get of the remnants since Sandy's cloud cover still stretches over most of the east coast. :p But we're out of the chance of anything really bad, and who knows, the kids might even get to trick or treat tomorrow.