We survived. Our electric didn't even go out.
Saddly I wish it had. Even if only f,or an hour. Then it would have made the money time
and effort to get my generator worth it!!! Standing in line at 6 am to get number 19 generator off a truck with only 21 on it, it would be nice to say we NEEDED IT at least. I have a ton of water and food and
nothing.......I think we will be eating muffins and cookies for dinner tonight....and tomorrow. I wonder if the eye of the storm passing over us actually helped
because those north of us got the wind and surge and those south got the
flooding. And there we sat in the quiet eye of the storm eating popcorn and
watching movies.
The shoreline is gone. The AC boardwalk is gone. Philly and NYC and northern Jersey is out of electric and flooded. One town lost their dam and flooded. Another caught on fire and burned down. The islands are shore to bay flooded. It is really sad. The local area looks good and seems like most have electric. I hardly saw a tree down. But after the June storm....I think it was a blessing to the area to finally be given a break. We are still doing clean up from that storm!!
Halloween has been canceled in NJ which will be upsetting to a lot of children that need some sort of normalcy. But then who would be handing out the treats when most are in shelters or with friends and family?
Kids are back to school and trying to cram school work and parties and
activities all in a day or two which should be interesting! But the silver lining is our kids are back to school. It is more than most who sit at home still because they can't get there or their school is a shelter.
Todd drove all the way up to Trenton for work only to find the state offices are
shut down and most of Trenton is out of electric! Well,
instead of groaning and rolling over to take another nap because I put the updates
on again, he should have watched it cause I knew it was hit! So heaven knows what
he is doing for work today.
Myself? I have to sort and put my house back in order.
We did get two nice roof leaks in the bathroom which has NOT made me happy. #1 Cause I seriously do not want to be dealing with that!! #2 Todd won't know how and I will either have to call someone in or wack Todd a few time with a pot to get his butt up and at least try!! You see we STILL have repair work from Hurricane Irene. She came for a visit LAST fall! I am all for repairing the drywall myself. Not so sure how to find the cause of the leak though. I think that water simply came in the vents on the roof from the direction of the wind and rain but I don't know and we have to find out where the issue is. Which should be fun.
Off to decide where to begin? Emptying the tub of emergency water.....putting the bottles of water and all away....putting Halloween decor back out..........picking up the tons of Barbies that were left all over Delaneys and my room while she played during the storm............oh the challenge of where to begin..........
