Karen Sandler

Tag: hurricane sandy

  • Hurricane Virgin Update #Sandy

    I think I might still be a hurricane virgin. If there’s an opposite end of “got the worst of it,” that would be us here in NW DC. The wind shook the house a bit, the rain was getting close to horizontal, but other than a couple puddles in the basement (the walk-out door blew open), we were high and dry. I called my cousin in Brooklyn and all is well there (although her sister in Staten Island has no power). I’m worried about my Manhattan friends. I hope they all check in over the next couple days.

    Here’s some video of what it was like here. As you can see, kind of boring. I guess that’s the best way to go through a hurricane.

    It got a little worse after nightfall, but not much. Glad to be spared, and sending good thoughts to those who went through storm surge, flooding, and power outages.

  • Hurricane Virgin #SANDY

    As someone who grew up in Southern California, I grew up being freaked out by earthquakes and wildfires. I live in NorCal now, in a seismically stable area that’s nevertheless just as much at risk of wildland fires.

    When I first planned my visit to the East Coast for a writers conference in New York and a week-long visit with family in DC, I never expected my timing would be perfect to experience my first hurricane. Hurricane Sandy certainly isn’t the kind of weather I would have scheduled if I’d been given the choice. I probably would have asked for some nice sunny fall days without the state of emergency thrown in.

    At the moment, it looks like an ordinary storm–a decent amount of rain, a gusty wind. Plenty of leaves on the ground from the downpour. Assuming I have electricity and a charged up computer, I’ll check-in as things progress.

    How are things where you are? Lots of rain already? None? I hope everyone is keeping safe.