Well, we seem to have survived Sandy with minimal problems, assuming that it
has now moved on completely from our area.
Rain and winds from Monday morning until Tuesday – morning for
the winds and, well, it’s still raining and it’s Tuesday night.
The length of the sustained winds was amazing, and I’ve
never seen winds that high around here. We
officially had sustained winds of 40 – 50 mph for hours at a time. I would estimate we had 20 -30 mph in the
morning and mostly 40 mph for much of the day but there were gusts to 50 – 60 mph
throughout the day and based on the sound I’d say the highest winds were around
70 mph with.
Around 10 pm Monday I realized that there was no wind or
rain. The center of the storm, the eye
if it had still been a hurricane, passed overhead. That was interesting. Then the wind and rain started up again about
an hour later.
We were very fortunate.
The lights flickered 4 or 5 times but the power stayed on. Only small branches down for us and some very
clogged gutters. A few larger branches
came down across the street but no major damage done. The basement is wet but not flooded. All in all we made out OK.
I know that others did not fare as well and I wish them a
speedy recovery as fully as is possible.
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