IT'S A GIRL...

...Named SANDY! And she totally turned out lives upside down for a few days and for much New York City and New Jersey their lives are still that way. We have only been here a year and 3 months (ish) and have now lived through 2 hurricanes. Hurricanes rarely come the East Coast this far but we have been luckily enough to experience two of them! Hurricane Irene last August lost a lot of steam just before she hit us last year and although there was flooding, things did not get destroyed like they did this year. Much of the Jersey shore is completely gone. NYC is in a mess with flooded subway systems and power outages. Parts of West Virginia got 28 inches of snow. Fairfield County in Connecticut got the worst of the storm in Connecticut. Many houses along the shore, if they were right on the water have been washed away or so severely damaged by the hurricane that they will have to basically tear everything down and rebuild it. Fortunately for us, we just got the high winds and little bit of rain. We lost power from Monday evening to Friday afternoon but other than that we are safe with no property damage. Our landlord was kind enough to let us plug into his generator so we didn't lose any food and were able to enjoy some good movies during the storm and week without power. Brett's school was cancelled all week due to Main Campus not having power until late on Friday. I didn't have to work on Monday or Tuesday but went back to work on Wednesday.
Megan was unable to get a flight out of Boston on Monday morning due to them cancelling her flight. She was able to make it out of the Hartford airport on Tuesday afternoon and touched down in Juneau at about 1 pm Juneau time. She had to travel for over 24 hours to get home but she finally made it home just in time for Halloween with her boys.
Here are a few videos that we shot during the storm and after the storm just so you can all get a feel for the damage in our area, just click on the links below to get to the videos.
Start of Sandy
6 pm
In the Midst of Sandy
Old Apartment Destruction
Near the Church
Seaside Park
More Seaside Park
Seaside Village - we did service here after the storm
Enjoy the videos - sorry if I make you sick in some of them.... Driving in the car doesn't help.
We feel blessed that nothing worse happened to us or our friends and family. Please keep those who are less fortunate than us in your prayers, especially with the upcoming Nor'easter that we have headed our way.