Sandy Aftermath

It wouldn't be a real storm if we didn't lose at least one tree. So here it is. The obligatory tree that was sacrificed.

Seriously, is there something wrong with our dirt that these trees can't stay in the ground? And don't give me that crap about how the ground was saturated with 6 inches of rainfall. Only one other tree in the neighborhood fell. I'm a little tired of storm cleanup. That's the second time this year.

We moved to Maryland and got hit by 2 hurricanes, 2 snowpocalypses,  1 derecho, and 1 earthquake. WTF, world.

At least this tree fell on the neighbor's fence and did very little damage. We just have to figure out who's going to get it off the fence. We already offered to help them chainsaw the branches and get them out of their yard, but our residential chainsaw isn't powerful enough for the main trunk.

Other than that, we had a window leaking and some dripping in the basement, but neither was real serious. There was period Monday evening where we looked outside at the wind and decided it was best to stay away from the windows. We set up the air mattress in the front room downstairs that was farthest from the trees.

That was a horrible night. I can't believe we make our guests sleep on that thing.

The only thing on TV was CNN or The Weather Channel. DirectTV stopped all other programming to the other stations. We saw a LOT of coverage of idiot reporters standing in flood waters. I started hoping for a shark attack.

The nicest thing about being stuck inside for 2 days was the dog. He was a little scared and slept for 23.5 hours on Monday. He didn't want water or food, and definitely did not want outside for any reason. So we built him a hurricane bunker out of pillows and he stayed there all day long. And the next day too.