Well, I spoke too soon and I did NOT knock wood!
We're all still OK, as are kitties inside and out, and the few people in the RV park. I was up most of the night, so went to sleep after updating family and friends (incl TCS
). Woke up about 2 this afternoon to the RV rocking in very heavy winds and heard what sounded at first like gunshots.
The rain had stopped, but wind was crazy. It has since calmed down, though there are bursts/gusts still. We did lose power about 4 this afternoon, no idea when it'll be back. The last hurricane to impact out here (1996), power was down 2.5 weeks.
Looked out window and was... surprised LOL. Outside is buried in leaves and branches. And trees. Those sounds... they're not gunshots. They're trees or branches cracking. It went on all afternoon and was just the strangest thing. "There goes another one!" Very weird!!!!!!!!
Thank goodness Gary moved the car caddy. It was in the parking spot next to us. It would have been crushed by downed tree. There was a tree that looked like it would come down, so we moved the car from across the road to our site. The tree did come down. It wouldn't have hurt the car as it went sideways, not at us.
Some of them are up at the roots (ground just too wet to support them) - others just snapped in the wind.
A lot of the poor trees around here just look... all beat up! Their poor limbs are broken off or askew. I took pics, don't know if you can really see how bad it is. I'll post later. We have TERRIBLE internet without the cell booster (we use cell air cards), and without electricity there's no booster.
We do have the generator.. but the ferals are under the RV, so we won't run it unless we have to.
Last I saw, half a million were without power in NJ, though it was mostly in the southern counties. Now, I don't know. I don't know if we're down so they can fix others, or if we're down because of the lines or power station problem.
Baloo came out to greet us when we went out to survey the damage. Dot and Tabby ran up too (can only pet Baloo and Dot. Taby and Babygirl just watch). But Baloo was such a chatterbox, telling us all about what had been going on.
The ground is just SATURATED, with puddles/little rivers everywhere, and it was funny to watch him navigate them as he walked with us.
So anyway, my cell phone chews battery like crazy, and I hadn't synced recently, so needed some numbers. Lit up the computer to grab them, and as the air card antenna is better than the cellphone antenna, thought I'd pop in. If you don't hear from me, it's just because we don't have power and aren't running the generator to charge laptops and phones back up.
Thank GOODNESS it's 67 out today. Not sure what we'll do in warm weather... though I guess the kitties won't need refuge from the storm. Don't know weather outlook, but let's just hope there's not more rain, because if it's getting hot, I don't want kitties underneath so we at least have the option to run the gene.
Thank you so much for the vibes... and I hope everyone else is STILL ok!!!!!
Not only are they acting like this is no big deal, keeping people (very few) from safety, but also getting them liquored up before they go back outside!
IDIOTS!
We saw someone walking, and their umbrella blew backwards, out of their hands, and went flying up the street.
There are branches (some of them quite sizeable) and leaves EVERYWHERE. It JUST stopped raining for the first time in like... 14 or 15 hours?
