Day two with a storm that’s named after a fish that was easily found, (literally on our doorstep) is winding down. The marsh stayed in the marsh and high tide passed without incident. The water was amazing – it looked like a lake with huge waves in my front yard. We still don’t have power, but have enough gas for the generator to last the night and there are gas stations here on the cape operating and open to get more tomorrow. We have plenty of food, heat, and with town water, water wasn’t an issue, so all in all we came out of this okay.
Outside is another story. After a long nap, due to being up almost all night with the wind, we braved the outdoors and spent the afternoon with things that have motors and gas. My garage is frozen solid with a foot of ice on the bottom and the sides and top iced shut. The car probably won’t move until Monday. Thank goodness my husband was able to free his truck. It was parked with the driver’s side facing the ocean, so it was sealed shut, too. The ice is still heavy on my front window and we don’t want to chance scraping that off, since it’s a new window. The whole front of the house was painted in solid ice overnight.
As far as snow totals, it’s hard to tell. There was a four foot drift in front of the garage and grass showing in the backyard. We have a huge snowblower so we made short work of our driveway and that of the neighbor ladies across the street.
Now we are tucked in, generator running, watching TV on the iPad, candles burning (not really – the genius in me figured out that I could use my electric candles – I only have one in every window ) and day two is coming to a close. Outside of a few concerns about the marsh and enough gas for the generator, it was kind of a fun experience. Definitely a learning experience. We decided we are investing in a home generator system. Living on the ocean, power is always an issue with these nor’easters in the winter and hurricanes in the summer. Having this small one made this storm really comfortable, but I have a wiring nightmare running across the floors.
And so, as another day goes by, it takes with it yet another Cape storm adventure, and…I have written.
UGG SO IT GOES HERE—-SAME FOR FALMOUTH