[Note: I am absolutely fine. I lost power from 8:30pm to 3:30am, but that’s it. The winds have really died down. Though I will admit to being a bit afraid at times last night around dinner, since the wind was so loud.]
With that said..
Holy crap. Maybe I should have just stayed in bed. Poor New York City. 😦
Here’s a quick rundown link of everything I missed while asleep.
Including:
pictures of the HMS Bount ship sinking (image 1, image 2)
pictures of a lone carousel (lights still on) surrounded by flood waters. As this was taken hours ago it is almost definitely gone. It’s in Brooklyn. Here’s a reference picture taken a while back (on Wikipedia) to understand why it’s now underwater.
waters entering a PATH station through an elevator shaft (subway will be out of service for at least 4 days)
Latest word was 6.5 million without electricity.
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Obviously I haven’t really been outside. But I did take one picture, as a way of comparison. Eight days ago I posted a picture of the beautiful red leaves on the tree right outside my door.
Admittedly some of the leaves had already fallen off, but now it just looks sad. I took this last night as the darkness stared.
I also wasn’t expecting the noise of the wind when I opened the door long enough to take this picture. And the extra bit of strength I had to give to close the door again!
Not sure if I can try the sleep thing again, as I am wide awake. But we’ll see.
Need to send this. Power flickered again…
We have been thinking about you, and so happy to see your post Niki. Virginia
Thanks… things are returning to normal here, though the lines at the gas station are very long. Thankfully not something I personally need, though.