Sandy, aka here we go again...

[withm]

Sigh,
I've brought in all my deck furniture and plants. Done laundry, run the dishwasher, charged up all my electronics, cleaned out anything questionable from the fridge. We rarely get power failures, and winds in the 75 mph range should be ok. Yeah, trees will come down, and I'll just have to hope one doesn't land on my house. I'm evacuating in the morning.

The big threat for me is serious flooding. I live at about 3' above sea level. I'd thought about parking over at the bike shop where the elevation is about 5' and walking home, but then there is this pesky mandatory evacuation order to deal with and they don't issue those capriciously. Then again, who wants to be the one that said, sure you can stay home, no problem.

I went over to the ocean just at dusk to see what was going on. The wind was gusting to 30kt easily, and it was high tide. Or should I say, extremely high tide - to the foot of the dune and the waves were easily 8' or more in the surf zone, and forecast to build to 19' over the next couple days. A couple days of that will make the high tides really interesting. The rain has just started, and I guess it's going to rain for the next 3 days. Oh joy!