the magic word has been said...
Oct. 24th, 2005 06:21 pm"Nor'Easter"
*buckles up and battens down*
(Wilma and Alpha are supposed to meet up and come a'visitin overnight.)
Update: It's pouring outside, and the wind has picked up. We've made sure we know where the candles and matches are, and that there ar fresh batteries for flashlights....
and that the laptop batteries are fully charged. Priorities, donchaknow. Here's hoping we don't need any of it.
*buckles up and battens down*
(Wilma and Alpha are supposed to meet up and come a'visitin overnight.)
Update: It's pouring outside, and the wind has picked up. We've made sure we know where the candles and matches are, and that there ar fresh batteries for flashlights....
and that the laptop batteries are fully charged. Priorities, donchaknow. Here's hoping we don't need any of it.
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Date: 2005-10-24 11:18 pm (UTC):: runs and hides ::
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Date: 2005-10-24 11:32 pm (UTC)It's a Nor'seder.
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Date: 2005-10-25 12:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-25 12:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-25 12:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-25 12:46 am (UTC)wonders if, to East Coast types, "drain" is a dirty word right now
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Date: 2005-10-25 12:48 am (UTC)Only if it's clogged.
(it's raining. Again. And we're on ceiling-watch.)
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Date: 2005-10-25 12:56 am (UTC)Interesting to see whether we get an El Nino monster bad rain year, flooding and landslides, the whole deal, this year. Feh.
In the meantime, make some hot cocoa (or a gimlet or whatever warms you) and hang on.