I hope that all of you in
Hurricane Sandy’s path, your families, and your homes came through safely! Sandy
hit my corner of the country with winds that gusted to over 85 miles per hours
throughout the night of October 29th. The town in which I live took a direct
hit, and I was without electricity, landline, etc. from Monday night (Oct.
29th) until Saturday night (Nov. 3rd). Then, even though the electricity was
restored, I didn't have TV, Internet, or phone
until about an hour ago.
There are still many trees and
some power lines down all over town. One of my beautiful huge pines out back
went down and took out the neighbor's fence and my arbor, but there was no
major damage to property. As I look at news photos and at my neighbors’
properties, I feel very blessed.
I have a generator, and that was
a big help with the refrigerator and sump pump (though we didn't need the
latter). We used a propane heater in the living room during the nights and on
Wednesday an electrician neighbor came over and hooked up the generator to the
furnace so there was central heat. Gas, however, was hard to find, and we had
to wait in lines for up to four hours to fill the red plastic gas containers
for the generator. We alternated between the generator and the propane heater
as much as possible.
Chaucey, bless his little
furry-ness, got through it all without even noticing that anything was amiss!
This has been like living in
another century, but the sun is shining today, and now with all the utilities
back, things are much more normal. Again, I hope you're all safe!
I've missed sharing poetry with
you here on the blog, and I'll catch up with your comments soon. Please "stay tuned" — I'll post a new prompt this coming Saturday.
Thank you again for your caring and for your concern!
(Photo: My pine tree and the empty space where the arbor was.)
