The last 18 hours have been less than fun I must confess, but thank fully apart from a shredded garden and a good layer of leaves in our pool we have escaped the wrath of the hurricane unscathed.
It was not in the top #10 of life experiences. DH was away and I chose to hunker down on a makeshift bed in the basement for a good 12 hours or so and it's really only in the last bit of this evening that the winds have calmed enough for me to head back upstairs and start to restore the house to it's usual place.
We'd taken lots of precautions, putting things away, moving furniture and vulnerable knick knacks out of harms way. Boxed papers and documents into storm proof containers. And whilst the repair of all those efforts will take time I don't regret the preparations for a minute.
It was scary! And I spare many a thought for those on Long Island (and elsewhere) who have been much less fortunate.
Living a'top a hill is apparently a good thing.
Whilst managing the Hurricane I was also dealing with life enfolding dramas down in Australia...
#1 Son had a terrible bicycle accident on Friday night and ended up breaking his hand and incurring some nasty cuts and abrasions and was ambulanced off to Hospital.
His first time dealing with this sort of thing with no "next of kin" available and I was scrambling to find people to check on him in a proper fashion.
Thank God for Skype and internet connections that keep you in constant contact - hurricanes or hospitals, it is indispensible.
(Image courtesy http://www.thedailybeast.com/)
OMG Marie! Hope your son is on the mend and feeling better. Hope it wasn't to bad of a break and heals quickly. Irene knocked out power here for a week. When it came back on we discovered that my 'puter was a victim of the storm in addition to everything in 2 freezers plus my frig upstairs. You're right, the past couple of weeks have sucked.
Hugs!
Terrie
Posted by: Terrie Lightfoot | September 09, 2011 at 05:44 PM
glad all is well,
sounds like it was a test of many things over the past week.
Posted by: grrlandog | September 03, 2011 at 06:53 AM
Oh Wow. I didn't know this. How horrid!
Best to your boy...
Posted by: Chris | August 31, 2011 at 07:14 PM
glad you came through it all ok. Your son needs to look on the bright side of it all -- it's a good story to embellish the hell out of when girls ask "how did you get that scar?"
Posted by: Don Madden | August 30, 2011 at 08:53 PM
I'm glad you are ok, and hope that your son is back to normal very soon! It is so hard when they are ill or injured and we are too far away to swoop in and take care of them!
Posted by: Vicki in Michigan | August 30, 2011 at 11:10 AM
Thank Heavens you could keep in touch with things in Australia (I really love the 21st century). I hope your son recovers quickly. I'm glad to hear you survived Irene relatively unscathed. Good luck with the clean up.
Posted by: joanne thieme huffman | August 30, 2011 at 07:30 AM
I'm so glad that you literally weathered the storm. Best wishes for a speedy recovery for your boy and for your own heart at having to deal with it so far away.
Posted by: Dori | August 29, 2011 at 08:29 PM
I hope things are better for your son. I know this is so hard for you not to be there with him. Glad the hurricane did not bring you damage that you cannot repair. Thinking of you.
Posted by: Nancy Gene Armstrong. | August 29, 2011 at 08:01 PM
Glad to know that you got through Irene alright, she had lost a lot of her steam by the time she reached us and all I had to deal with was power outages for a few hours. Very thankful.
Can't imagine the stress and heart pull of having your son injured and trying to help him from such a long way away. But thankful that you did and that it was not worse than it was.
Posted by: Bren | August 29, 2011 at 05:29 PM
I'm glad you came through it OK. I hope it wasn't too scary with you being by yourself. Hope your son is recuperating well.
Posted by: Jane | August 29, 2011 at 10:04 AM
so glad to hear all is well with you . we are fine here in so. jersey as well. sump pump still going thank heaven! been thru that long distance accident thing so I know how you feel but at least or best there is skype and the internet! hope he is doing ok.
Posted by: lyle baxter | August 29, 2011 at 07:37 AM
Oh Marie! SO glad to hear that you are safe and coping with what the megastorm has thrown at you. Have been thinking of you hunkered down, reading by candlelight.
Not so good to hear about your boy - must be the season for it! Is your son here in Perth? If so, let me know if there is ANYTHING I can do for you or him. I mean it!
Posted by: Cindy Lane | August 29, 2011 at 07:36 AM
Hi Marie,
good to read the news because we are thinking a lot of you since the last days. We took the last chance to flight home on Friday. On Saturday all flights from Boston are cancelled. And than the accident of your son.. oh no... Can imagine how you feel as mother so far away from him. But hopefully all will be good soon with his injuries. What a drama!!!! Thinking of you xoxo
Posted by: Christine Baier | August 29, 2011 at 05:59 AM
Good to hear that all is ok at your house. We all followed the happenings on TV over here in Europe. Hope your son is doing much better by now!!! Take care, Cyn
Posted by: Cynthia Schelzig | August 29, 2011 at 02:27 AM
Glad to hear you are ok, sorry to hear about your son!!! Hope he is doing well, road rash can be a nasty ouch!!!
Posted by: Tera | August 29, 2011 at 02:12 AM
I got the clear and OKAY from all my friends in the area, Thank God
Posted by: Chantal | August 29, 2011 at 02:01 AM
Hey kiddo! Whew! You are OK- and kitties? (we now have a sweet polydactyl 5-yr old cat- Bernie hand-delivered him to us 2 weeks ago- in Oregon!) So sorry about your son - so hard when you're so far apart- yes- TG for internet, skype(we don't have that) and all sorts of 'modern' communication devices...best of all- thanks for friends and family who see us through all this stuff. Hugs to you!!!!
Posted by: Corinne Stubson | August 29, 2011 at 01:50 AM
Hi Marie,
Was thinking of you and am pleased to hear you came through the hurricane unscathed. As for the matter of sons in other countries we are mighty grateful for skype and other friends and relatives to help too. But the not being there is a bit scary.
Take care
Leanne Ford
Posted by: Leanne Ford | August 29, 2011 at 01:14 AM