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 take it you're another northeasterner? *peeks* Ah, I see, someone from my old home stomping grounds. I think we're getting the weird but easy version of this so far... loads of wind, little rain, and just a freaky heavy feeling from the sky. I don't like it. I don't like being outside where the weight wants to fall on me. It feels like waiting. On the other hand, that's just it... as it moves into PA and NY and starts to circle around us, we'll see what we get next. Going to be a fun week!

[imaginarycircus]

It's pretty quiet here in Cambridge/Boston, but it's supposed to kick up again later. The news out of NYC is devastating.

[tryslora]

You guys got it worse than we did, because you're closer to the coast. We ended up being protected from the Eastern winds by the Berkshires, thankfully. In other words, we got lucky.

I was in tears last night watching the news out of NYC. Seeing highways and roads that are very familiar to me (I used to work in the financial services industry for 14 years, and had to go down there often) under water was just horrifying. By the time the pics of ground zero came out, I was actually numb. Now I'm just worried about friends, and hoping things can be rebuilt.

[imaginarycircus]

I know. *squish* I grew up right outside NYC and I went to grad school in the city. I worked for a lit agency in Harlem and in NoHo. NYC will always be home for me in some ways. And my heart is just broken. I wish I could help somehow.

We're fine here. The T is back up, if delayed. Power seems to be fine here. Just branches and trees to be cleaned up. Some people on the Cape probably had a rough day and some flooding.

[tryslora]

...I am weirdly giggling because you grew up in NY and ended up in MA and I grew up 30 minutes out of Boston and ended up in NY... strange synchronicity, hm?

I've talked to other folks in Cambridge/Somerville who lost power for a while and got it back fairly quickly. The folks I want to hear from are the ones who live on the Vineyard, because yeah... island... storm... not necessarily a great combination.

I'm glad the T is back up. That area is paralyzed without the transportation; I don't even like to drive in Boston if I can take the T, and I grew up there!

[imaginarycircus]

Boston.com reported Plum Island and the Vineyard got hit pretty hard, but no word on what the damage is like on those islands. My brother runs a marina in Block Island and I know they've had some damage, but I don't think it's too bad.

I grew up in NY, then lived in CT, then NM, and then here in MA. Went back to NY for a couple of years, but my husband is NOT a New Yorker. So we moved back up here.

[tryslora]

I've done a little poking around and it looks like my friends aren't on the coastline, so while they had no power at least at some point, they weren't flooded, thankfully, so they and their animals were safe. Which is good to know.

My dad's family is in CT (a very large family) so it's a frequent visiting place for me, but I've never lived there. I managed to avoid moving west (my mom's family is between TX and AZ) because I'm a northeasterner born and bred and can't really imagine being anywhere else. My husband grew up right here in the capital district, and always wanted to move to MA, but when we realized that we were both really settled here, my parents moved here (and out of MA) instead to be closer to us. So it seems like we're entrenched here, and I like it, so that's cool. I came here for college, then grad school, and never managed to leave again.

[imaginarycircus]

I went to NM for undergrad. I do love it there, but it wasn't the sort of place I could stay after graduating.

I really hate CT. Everything bad that every happened to me--happened there. I'm very biased about it. And bitter.

I do love Cambridge/Boston though. My husband grew up in Wellesley and he is happy here. Cambridge is a very liveable and liberal city with lots of cool people. I'm pretty happy here. I have daydreams about moving back down to NYC, but that is never going to happen. Thankfully my husband is happy to visit there.

I don't know that area of NY well at all. I grew up in Rye, right on the sound and I lived in the Bronx during grad school because I was at Sarah Lawrence and living in Brooklyn would have made that miserable.

[tryslora]

Your husband and I were neighbors. :) I grew up in Natick, and spent some time in Wellesley. And Cambridge is AWESOME. Lots of great fandom around there. I miss going to Arisia.

I once dated a guy who grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson, and used to go to Lunacon down in Tarrytown, so those formed my views of Westchester County. Loads of kids who went to Union (my undergrad) grew up in and around that area.