Hurricane Sandy is on her way. She's going to hit New Jersey, but her tail is going to whip around and wreak havoc across New England. We're prepared. In fact, today, we even took a walk to see how things looked so far.
The town has been busy taking down trees as a precautionary measure. This is not a knee-jerk reaction to Sandy, it's par for the course for living in Connecticut. I especially liked the way this tree trunk looked with the English ivy vines formed around the trunk.
The leaves are at the height of falling... and this is dangerous as it can clog up the storm drains.
We were surprised at how many people still have their boats at the Compo Beach Ned Dimes Marina. This picture was taken at 8:00 a.m. It's 5:00 p.m. now... perhaps many of them are already out of the water for the season now that Sandy is knocking at our door.
The town has been busy yesterday and today creating a huge sand berm as a barrier against the high tide and storm. I felt like a two-year-old boy, excited to be watching the big trucks at work.
Here's a bench to give you a better sense of size. These berms are 8-10 feet high!
The stairways were barricaded with a plywood and sand barrier. Very interesting to see.
The tide is very high, making the flood threat even more dangerous, but this morning, it was still the calm before the storm.
Just to give you an idea, here's a view of the trees on my street. See how many of them still have their leaves? I suspect that by this time tomorrow there won't be a leaf to be seen... on a tree.
Everyone is encouraged to clean out their storm gutters and their drains. If these get clogged up, with the amount of water they're predicting, we could have the greatest amount of damage from clogged drains and gutters. I just hope that I can keep them cleared.
Stay safe everyone!
I've been wondering how you and your family are doing. Hope all is well and you made it through the storm in good shape.
Posted by: Millie | Saturday, November 03, 2012 at 19:38
How you doing??!!
Posted by: Denise | Thursday, November 01, 2012 at 09:51
Hopefully we are at the height of the storm now, Monday night. The sustained winds are pretty high but we've been spared the worst of the rain. Keeping our fingers crossed for people down by the beach when the high tide and storm surge converge tonight at midnight (we are on high ground, but the low lying areas here in Milford are under mandatory evacuation). Stay safe!
Posted by: Julia G | Monday, October 29, 2012 at 21:02
fascinating Jennifer. SO glad it pretty much over by Al. She had to stay at the hospital for 36 hours, but is safely home now.
Medics stopped briniging all but the most critical patients to them around 0200. Somehow, others still found a way to get to the ER....Al was busy all night.
YOU be safe now. You certainly outline sensible and interesting precatuions taken in your used- to- this AREA!!
Posted by: kathy b | Monday, October 29, 2012 at 18:25
be safe, knit some sandy owls.
Posted by: karen | Monday, October 29, 2012 at 16:32
Charge cell phone, ebooks, etc. Be sure to have plenty of paper products -- no TP in a power outage is a terrible thing!
Be safe!
Posted by: Barbara Seiver | Monday, October 29, 2012 at 13:29
Sending positive thoughts your way! At least you're prepared! Stay safe.
Posted by: margene | Monday, October 29, 2012 at 10:52
Stay safe my friend!
Posted by: Estella | Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 17:19