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The fringes of Sandy have just started coming through here. Lots of rain and the wind is starting to pick up. It’s kind of scary because this is exactly the same time of the same month Wilma went through and that one was very bad. Time to go out and bring everything in or tie it down. I’m not putting my shutters up though, that is way too much trouble for a Cat 1.
it’s just the mess that the wind makes. I’ve already gone out twice today, in the rain, and skimmed the pool because of all the messy trees my neighbor has.
People with pools don’t plant messy trees in their yards but the neighbors don’t care. The guy behind me has two huge mahogany trees (that never should have been planted in the small space they are in) and they have to be one of the worst trees for dropping stuff. In April they lose all their leaves and they are small so can’t be raked but heavy so can’t be blown. Then, they get these great big "nuts" (size of a baseball) that break open and fall over the place. You have to pick those up by hand. Then he’s got these fishtail palms that have a fifty-gazillion seeds that drop all over the place. They sink to the bottom of the pool and the cleaner sends them to the filter where it gets all clogged up. (Sorry for the rant.)
But thanks, anyway, Nora. Some people have snow, we have hurricanes.
Last night the wind blew some of my patio furniture into the pool and blew a couple of huge potted plants over. Now, we are under a hurricane warning until 5:00 tonight. <sigh>
You usually don’t associate hurricanes with upstate NY but this one could take a sharp turn and cause massive flooding in my area. In fact, the weather people are calling it a possible “unprecedented event.” I am dreading this one and pray it veers off course.
I took a break in the storm today to pull everything out of the pool and put it all away. It’ll probably like it doesn’t rain when you take your umbrella. But, better safe than sorry. At least it’s all safe and won’t be blowing around anymore. We’re under a warning until 11:00 tonight, then I’m handing it off to you.
We didn’t get as much rain as I expected so Sandy may be holding it to dump on NY. I hope not. Just stay safe, don’t worry about "things."
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