Way back about 1982 was the last time we had a residual hurricane "eye" pass through the neighborhood. Last night we went through the Southern edge of the "wind wall" twice ~ total silence except for the sirens denoting emergencies for somebody.
When it came to trees falling on power lines, Dominion Power had done a good job and cut down everything that could fall on a wire. Woke up this morning to a mere 178,000 customers (affecting about 1/2 million people) without power in the immediate area.
What I wonder is if the stop lights work, are the grocery stores open, can the doctors get to their offices, are the hospitals safe, etc.
We had 75 MPH "steady gusts" for a good 10 hours yesterday ~ and then 53MPH steady wind until about 3 AM. The silence woke me up ~ a mere 13 MPH wind doesn't make much noise.
I know already that the front of my house was hosed down like a commercial cleaning service had come through here. Even my front door has that new, fresh look ~ and the trees are now without leaves ~ so much for a colorful Fall.
“Way back about 1982 was the last time we had a residual hurricane “eye” pass through the neighborhood.”
If it only passed through your neigborhood then how “epic” could it have been?
Now that I’ve been able to comprehend the scale and scope of what tsunamis can and have done, I think I have a better understanding of what epic proportions really are. If the eye of a hurrican passed through MY neighborhood, I might feel different but the aftermath of this storm or natural disaster they call “Sandy” will pale in comparison to the 2004 and 2011 tsunamis.