Sandy, the aurora is rising behind us....

Greetings from Eastern...

For two days I've been humming the old Bruce Springsteen song as Hurricane Sandy approaches.  I'm still not sure how much rain we are expecting.  I hear things from 2 to 8 (or more) inches.  Say some prayers for the folks in New Jersey, Delaware, and New York who live along the shore and hopefully have evacuated for safer havens...

My husband and I live on top of hill so the only flooding we will experience will be the normal leaks and creaks you get living in an old house.  My brother lives down the street (and down the hill from me) and I know he will keep me posted on how the creek is doing.  Personally I wish he and his wife would stay up here with me but I get that they are more comfortable in their own place.  We live surrounded by small bodies of water--creeks, ponds, so its not unusual for us to get locked in because of flooding around us.  My brother's house is high enough to avoid flooding as long as he moves his car to higher ground.

We will surely lose power as we live in an old city with a lot of old trees and folks who don't drive wisely in this kind of weather.  We tend to lose power on a regular basis anyway so we are always prepared with the usual batteries, radios, and plug in phones.   I'm charging up the old laptop so I can at least write during the black out.  So we are prepared for the worst but hoping for the best!  

Hope all the rest of my blog friends in the path of this Nor'easter stay safe and dry!