[Magdalen] East coast storms

[Mahoney, W. Michael]

I would guess that half or more of the worshipers in our church Sunday
morning had no electricity at home, which typically means no running water,
no heat, no internet, etc.  I am sure that there were many other churches
in the storm's path that were also filled with the unwashed.

As far as I could tell from my customary seat in the back pew, I was the
only one who giggled audibly when our rector read the opening line from the
Collect for the Day:  "Almighty God, You know that we have no power . . . .
."

Any other gigglers out there?

Loving the Lectionary,

Mike M



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
> >
> >
> >
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