Weather Patterns
I notice a trend with major storm warnings around here. Last year, when Hurricane Irene was on its way, our household did all the serious storm-preparedness things you're supposed to do -- getting batteries and non-perishable food, filling water bottles for drinking, etc.... And absolutely nothing happened to us. It was maybe a little damp. Then, at the end of last October, the freak blizzard caught us entirely off-guard, no prep, nothing -- and we lost power for five days.
Sure enough, after we took a bunch of precautions, stockpiling water, filling the bathtub for water to flush the toilet, planning how to use up the meat in the freezer if the power went out... nada. I'm not even sure if it rained here.
Of course, the hurricane did screw up the arrival of my laptop. The tracking page tells me that it's sitting in a building somewhere in North Haven. D'you suppose they'd mind if I just drove down there and asked them to give it to me? *sigh*
For everyone who didn't luck out as much as I did with the hurricane, stay safe. (Of course, if you don't have power, I doubt you're reading this right now, but the sentiment holds.)
Sure enough, after we took a bunch of precautions, stockpiling water, filling the bathtub for water to flush the toilet, planning how to use up the meat in the freezer if the power went out... nada. I'm not even sure if it rained here.
Of course, the hurricane did screw up the arrival of my laptop. The tracking page tells me that it's sitting in a building somewhere in North Haven. D'you suppose they'd mind if I just drove down there and asked them to give it to me? *sigh*
For everyone who didn't luck out as much as I did with the hurricane, stay safe. (Of course, if you don't have power, I doubt you're reading this right now, but the sentiment holds.)