Quote Originally Posted by tulip View Post
Jess, it's still really bad here. Does your mom have a corded landline? If not, she can't use a cordless phone because there is no power. Cell phones work unless she turned it off to save battery. Still really blowing and raining hard, trees down everywhere. I'm sending you PM with my phone number; maybe I can help track down your mom tomorrow.

I'm a bit frightened and alot exhausted. This has been going on for many hours, and there are many hours still to go. We are not expected to have power for several days.

Folks north of me: this is no joke. Dont take any chances. Hunker down.
Thanks. She's always had an extra phone around but I don't know if the phone lines are still up there, either. She doesn't have a cell phone and now I'm wishing she did. And a bike, for that matter. I'm glad she finally did everything I told her to do with securing things in the yard and getting extra food.

It has actually so inundated my world just from the internet exposure that I was surprised to look outside and see the sun here earlier. I had a train of thought in the back of my head that I needed to prepare for being stuck and it has been hard to remember that I don't live back east anymore.