[Magdalen] East coast storms

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Hyde Park on the Hudson, NY State:
We had received emails from our county exec asking us to be aware of the
hazards of the coming storm, to store water, food, etc.  We have a bath tub
full of water (awww) and a dozen pepsi bottles full of drinking water. We
lost power this morning, but amazingly, it came back on after an hour or
so, went off again a few more times, but only for short periods.
We could see the trees waving about as much as I have seen. I was hoping we
didn't get a tree falling on our roof. Having to evacuate our cats would be
difficult, especially if they had just gotten scared out of their wits and
hide.
We saw a small herd of deer running through the woods. We figure they
probably are spooked by the winds, which are very loud. We've been hearing
crashes and thumps on our roof, but it is most likely huge clumps of snow
blown off tree branches and then dropped on our roof. The cats were a
little frightened at times. The winds were that loud.
We had a White Xmas, and it's been with us pretty much ever since. It had
melted off a few days ago, and now we have some more snow. Only about two
inches. I think, since it feels very, very wet, we probably have been
getting some rain as well.
For the last several hours, it's been pretty calm. Every so often, the
winds will pick up again, but now it's pretty quiet.The storm warning is
until 3AM, so we'll hope nothing more comes and bangs us up.
So, we at Hyde Park are doing okay.
I suspect things are really bad closer to the ocean.


James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 11:27 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hoping that all our listsibs in the NE being impacted by the incredible
> winds and weather are safe tonight - I just heard the winds off MA were
> 91mph.
> Lynn