On Friday afternoon, I decided that I should be a good kid, and make myself a little prepared. I found a flashlight in my car, but made a swing by Home Depot to look for another. They were ALL OUT of flashlights and batteries. The woman working there looked at me like I was crazy, trying to buy flashlights and batteries!
(No worries, my roommate has kerosene lamps.)
(Amanda did her part in the preparedness battle by rocking a rain slicker and sweet boots.)After a failed attempt to purchase batteries, I went to Target to grab a few things so I could use the rainy day making care packages for my kids. I figured it would be helpful to have some limes over the next few days, and was disheartened to see that Target was fresh out:
(The bottled water section looked the same as the limes: empty.)People were taking this hurricane preparation business seriously, which actually made me worry a bit for my lack of preparation.
Luckily for us, the story wasn't so bad here. I know the Carolinas, and the Northeast got hit with lots of flooding, but the only thing that flooded here was the inside of my car. Sad day. Thankfully the dealership repaired a faulty seal in the windshield this week and my car is almost dry!
(A sad, wet back seat. No, the water did not come from the water bottle.)We lost power for a bit on Saturday, and most of the day on Sunday. Special thanks to Amanda for helping me get through the stir crazies that come with power outages by inviting me over to her place for dinner. Although her building featured several lovely announcements saying the power was out, her's worked like a charm!
(Must be some backup generator in that building.)The only thing I don't quite understand is this: In El Salvador, we had several tropical storms that brought 3-5 days of non-stop rain. Hurricane Irene came and went within 24 hours. How does that happen?
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