Thankfully, where my family is, it appears that rain was the only part of Hurricane Irene that really impacted them much. Roads are flood and most impassable. My sister’s town – along with the rest of Connecticut – is still without power, but my parents’ house never lost electricity. [Thank goodness, because my parents pretty much watch TV and grump around. My brother maaaaaaaybe joked around about medicating everyone into good behavior if they lost electricity, but let's just say I'm glad we never found out how much truth lay in the statement.]
My baby sister and Kim’s cat, Friedrich, (whom Rhi evac-ed to safety) are still hunkered down in Mass. It will be interesting to see how many trees are down as she makes her way down Route 84 and into the backwoods of Connecticut. I wonder how many trees will be down and how many times she’ll have to turn around. Even more interesting – I wonder if she will be able to find Friedrich who may ignore the jangle of his leash in favor of all! the! bugs! he can kill at my parents’. It’s like Friedrich-heaven, I’m sure. Well, except maybe not quite as morose. Maybe more like a Friedrich-amusement park? Yes, that’s more apt, methinks.
I’m glad everyone is safe, even if I am jealous of all that rain. The sky sprinkled on me for five minutes on the way into work and you would have thought it was Christmas from the way everyone was shouting and laughing in their cars. I have never seen such joyful Monday-morning commuter traffic, let me tell ya. It almost made me forget that someone stole my hurricane. Maybe if I am very, very good, one of those systems brewing in the Atlantic will make its way through the gulf and shower us with a few days of rain. Possible back-up plans include raindancing, stealing Kim’s friend from Philly who lost his house and all his worldly possessions in Hurricane Katrina and was just slammed with flooding from Irene, and…well…I haven’t really come up with Plan C yet.
So! To recap! Family and friends on the East Coast: water-logged, but safe. Texas: Still scorching hot and drought-ier than you can imagine. I have the glimmer of a Plan C forming in my mind, but it involves duct taping drinking straws together to create the world’s longest rain gutter…
Friedrich the Great and Uncle Joey watching Irene float by...
Tags: Hurricane Irene, hurricanes, weather
August 31, 2011 at 5:46 pm |
I’m glad everyone is safe! Not to leave a comPLETEly unrelated comment…but why haven’t you entered the giveaway yet my dear? http://wildfireapp.com/twitter/233/contests/147926 Just saying….