I'll Huff, and I'll Puff, and I'll Blow Your House Down

We're pretty lucky in that where we live (Connecticut) is usually fairly free of natural disasters. Sure, we get our Nor'easter snow storms, but to be honest, they've been few and far between lately. They're not what they used to be. However, the weather is always changing... and it's been pretty weird recently. Winters around here usually bring temps around freezing, maybe a bit below at this point, with some snow. Instead, temps keep ending up in the 40s-50s and we're getting a lot of rain. A lot. Today, we're predicted to get about 2 inches. It may not sound like much, but when the ground is pretty much frozen other than the top layer, it's not exactly a good thing. Flood watches are in effect, and the water is pouring into our basement right now. Fortunately, there's a sump pump down there to take care of it.

However, we're also under Wind Advisory. (Or is it Wind Watch? I can't keep them straight!) Winds are supposed to be sustained at near 40 mph for at least an hour, with gusts up to 60 mph throughout much of the day (at least, that's how they defined the advisory...). I can hear the wind blowing outside right now, and I'm so grateful that it's not cold because our apartment is anything but air-tight. Hopefully, we won't lose power. Otherwise, that Flood Watch will be a big problem for us.

When we owned this house, Brian and I once awoke after a November ice storm to find that we had no power. I don't know exactly how long it had been out, but it was probably near 4 hours. Sure enough, the basement was full of water. We spent the next 4 hours manually bailing it out until the power came back on. And we were lucky. We're on the same grid as the hospital, so power usually is turned back on as quickly as possible. Others who lost power in that storm had to wait it out up to 4 days for it to return. I cannot bail out the basement by myself with a baby in tow, so that power better stay on this time!

(Oh yeah, I'm starting to feel much better. I'm not queasy anymore, which is good. I lost nearly 5 lbs while sick, but now I have a voracious appetite so I'm sure I'll put it back on pretty quickly. Margaret is still pretty wheezy, but no worse. We plan on returning to the real world tomorrow.)