The longer we wait for the storm of the decade, century, millennium, AD, the more stuff we buy to make sure we survive the on-slaught of the wind and rain. What started out as a few extra batteries on Friday has developed into a pilot light ignitor, small light for the bathroom, more extra batteries, a search for a search light to accompany the one we have, 24-48-72 hour updates, to snacks, fishes, Progresso soup (this will be a first) and potato sticks! It must be the storm of the century if we have potato sticks.
This morning "we" woke up deciding that we need sand bags for Sandy. Now there is a entrepreneurial stand ready for some kids to take advantage of, I can see the home made sign "Sand Bags for Sandy". So at the 11th hour or is it the 9th hour, out I went in search of sand bags. Over to the local hardware store where I got the last bag of sand, but no sand bags! Unsure as to how we would make sand bags I heard form headquarters that the fire station at Cos Cob was offering sand bags. When I arrived I saw at least 30 people filling bags with sand. No panic, some concern but mostly people just being civil and nice to one another. These are probably the same people that would cut me off on the road, insist that they were ahead of me on the grocery store line and otherwise not give me the time of day, but as we anticipate Sandy we are all of the same mind towards this unwelcome guest.
Hope you aren't hit too hard this time! We still have power in Pittsburgh but schools are closed tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteMy sister lost power in the city.