Hurricane Sandy

I started hearing about Hurricane Sandy last week and started wondering if I should do my school plans for this week or not.  I hate writing my plans and then having to redo them.  By Friday it was obvious we were going to be affected.  On Saturday I slacked on my storm prep, opting for a beautiful day in Harvard Square and lazy night at home playing Zelda.

I certainly paid the price on Sunday.  I had a meeting in Portsmouth in the morning and tried to go to the grocery store there with no luck.  I tried three other grocery stores in Cambridge before I was able to get a parking spot 1/4 of a mile from the Whole Foods at Fresh Pond.  As a friend pointed out, pre-storm panic is much more civilized at Whole Foods.  They even had a cheese tasting so although it was packed it wasn't obnoxious.  I left with $50 worth of non-perishable food and enough snacks to last a week.

JO and I spent most of Monday watching the weather from our living room.  I don't remember another storm quite like this.  We were fortunate to keep power for the entire day and night.  We saw a couple of trees fall but nothing major.  I couldn't get over the wind and the crazy rain.  I'm currently engrossed in the coverage from New York and New Jersey and can't even imagine what people there are going through.

I know a lot of people are upset that we don't have school today, but I for one am glad.  Roads are still closed, power is out all over the city I work in, and I can only imagine what my commute would've been like (and I live close.)

At one point the Red Car Parade zipped through our neighborhood.  Not sure what that was about!

We watched this tree all day and sure enough, around 3:00 p.m. it fell.  The city was dealing with a lot of other major tree problems so a passerby ripped down the limbs and pulled them off the road.  Community spirit at its best!