Good news: We are fine, our families are fine, our neighborhood seems fine, we didn't lose power, and damage is minimal. Yay ( Read more... )

No, for us it wasn't all that bad. We didn't even lose power. But we were one of the luckiest ones; lots of people around here are going to be without power for days. Some trees fell on houses. And up north, the flooding is quite serious.

We got lucky as well in that the storm weakened much more than originally predicted. No complaints there!

I am obsessively checking forecast sites, which leads to more worrying, which leads to more checking, which leads to making mental lists of things I should do when I get home, which leads to more checking, which leads to wondering whether I've worried and prepared enough.

This is not exactly new behavior. This time I will have someone to stay ( Read more... )