Winds strip the last of the fall color away.
- I had planned to talk about the political ads we’re being inundated with, on TV, radio, the robocalls claiming our evenings, the flyers in our mailboxes. They surround us, overwhelm us and most of all confuse us. Yes I had planned on talking about that and my hope that the election comes soon so that we can all find a bit of peace.
But tonight the news is full of Hurricane Sandy, and we must focus on the East Coast. All the political jargon and angst fades away. What’s important right now is that people have made their way to a safe place; made arrangements to safely wait out the storm.
My hope is that things are not as dire as the weather models and reporters are predicting. That we get some or a lot of rain, maybe even snow, but everyone survives and structures withstand the elements.
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Mostly my hope is that all of you out on the East Coast, my blogging friends, my customers and all your friends and families make it through tonight with nothing more than damp shoes and windblown hair.
Stay safe, all of you. And please be careful.
Change Is Hard 
October 30, 2012 at 6:03 am
We are just fine here. Never lost power, and no big amounts of rain. My sister lost power yesterday afternoon, but she is much closer to the center of the storm.
Beautiful full moon this morning. Think I’ll go for an early walk and enjoy the peace.
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October 30, 2012 at 6:39 am
Glad to know you’re all good there Sara. Enjoy your walk…no school I’m guessing! 🙂 Hope you sister and the boys get their power back early today.
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October 30, 2012 at 9:48 am
Hope everyone is safe and sound!
Glad to hear that Sara and her family are all good.
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October 30, 2012 at 6:42 pm
Very important that we find out if our family and friends are safe.
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October 30, 2012 at 9:56 am
It was worrying about all the damage being caused but it was kind of nice not to inundated with politics for one night
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October 30, 2012 at 6:43 pm
I agree, it was nice not to think about politics for awhile…but still..at such a cost.
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October 30, 2012 at 1:29 pm
I’ve been praying for my family and friends along the East Coast, too — thankfully, most of them came thru just fine. It’s a blessing to have so much advance warning of storms like this — and to have presence of mind to take precautions like battening down the hatches!
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October 30, 2012 at 6:43 pm
So many people are in terrible trouble now though..the damage is devastating.
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October 30, 2012 at 2:12 pm
Watching the reports on a New York City channel last night was overwhelming – it’s hard to imagine winds like that and water like that – and harder to imagine the people that actually go out into it to report to us. And then there were those that were on the beaches, far too near those huge waves, just because – although the photo op might have been very hard to resist. I suspect recovery will take awhile, but hopefully the weather will be kinder for the winter.
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October 30, 2012 at 6:44 pm
I think it’s still overwhelming…I’m seeing the first images now, having been at work all day. Terrible. But not worse than Katrina….and we got through that, in a way, though I believe there is still much to be done down there.
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October 30, 2012 at 5:21 pm
Our prayers were for a lot of folks. We see a lot of herricanes, so we were hoping this one would be a hurrycane and leaves soon.
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October 30, 2012 at 6:44 pm
It’s left…but oh the mess it left behind.
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