[Magdalen] East coast storms

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I was thinking our turn's coming. Heh heh. We got a storm warning for
Wednesday, and we refilled the bathtub, and were glad we still had the
water from the first storm... So we got probably a foot of snow, and after
a while our power went out -- and came back.  Phew! This was late at night,
so we would go to bed and hope it was all better by morning.
Then it went out again, a few times. And the last time, it stayed out.
About 2 AM or so.
Next morning, no power. We had gone to eat somewhere else (it was either
that or cold PBJ sandwiches) and  we came back, hoping the power had come
back.  Nope.  It was starting to get dark and the house was 58 degrees (F)
Well, we were really getting bummed because our cats didn't hurt anyone,
and their house was getting cold, and then, the lights came back on.
So the universe is once again a safe place.
There were some folks around here who were getting their power back from
the first storm around Wednesday. I suspect some of them are off again.  I
don't know how they cope!!!!

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 Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 2:32 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> I did not speak for a lot of others in my area. I came to church Sunday
> morning. Our rector, Fr. Chuck Kramer, usually starts by saying "Good
> morning, and welcome to Saint James on this blustery morning, the third
> Sunday in Lent." Then we get into the service.  But this morning, he asked
> that everyone pray for those who were SNOWED IN (!!) and could not get to
> church, and those who had lost power.
> It seems that we had people who got a foot of snow, and someone a fairly
> short distance away got nothing. The highly destructive winds knocked down
> trees all over the place. Everywhere I went on Sunday and Monday, I saw
> multiple utility trucks out trying to get the system together again. We
> have folks here from Montreal, God bless them!!
> When I saw the devastation in other locations, I'm grateful for our own
> good fortune.
>
> 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 11:47 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>