It’s official! We’re camping! Power on East Sandwich Beach went out about 8:30. It took us an hour to get the generator going, hook up the heat and I can use the microwave and charge the cell phones. So, so far, all is well. We have plenty of food and all the scents of the candles smell wonderful.
Now, as for the storm. My back patio is still bare, but the front of the house facing the ocean is covered with snow – like a thick white paste. We have 17 foot waves in the bay and it’s high tide right now. It’s too dark to see what the marsh in my front yard looks like, but the people across the street are okay. Now the tide will start to recede. The one that could cause flooding is at 10 am tomorrow. At least it will be light outside. We will probably have the marsh up in my neighbor across the street’s backyard and the pics should be amazing.
The wind is ridiculous! I tried to open my front door. I opened the inside door, but could not even push the storm door open an inch. The wind is coming directly off the ocean, toward the front of the house. The back is a lot less snowy and windy. My husband goes out the back door to check the generator and says it’s not as bad back there.
I feel like I’m in a cocoon in the middle of this blizzard. The wind howls in the front of the house and the generator hums in the back. We have enough gas for two days and in the daytime we can ration it. My husband saw the flash on the next street over when a branch fell on the wires. The police were already there to check it out.
Make no mistake – it’s eerie out here, but I’m cool with it as long as there’s enough gas to get through the night.
And so, as another day goes by, there’s nothing more to do but hunker down and listen to the wind until daylight, the blizzard of 2013 is on the books, and…I have written.
Photo: The bottle behind the candle says “Relax”. Ok Lord, I am relaxing in you. Take us through the night. Amen.
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