Thursday, November 1, 2012

Three days after "Sandy"

Well, we are still here to tell the tale, and what a tale it was!  This storm had such a huge scope and left so much damage that I don't know if the U.S. was really ready for it!
We were very lucky where we are in Maine, but other parts of the East coast weren't as fortunate.  We kept a very close watch on the storm in the afternoon and evening and well into the early hours of Tuesday morning.  The winds and the rain were really strong here and caused some minor damage to some seafront properties, but we were fine.  We didn't lose power and were able to watch the weather channel all day.  It was kind of surreal watching videos about NY and Connecticut while listening to the waves crash and the winds howl, knowing that even though it sounded bad outside our window, it was relatively little compared to other areas. Even our part of the world in Ontario didn't escape.  Ottawa had heavy winds that night and Toronto, where our oldest son Adam lives, had very strong winds, and a woman was killed as a sign fell from a building because of the wind and struck her head.  This happened five minutes away from Adam's place.

Here are a few photos after the fact.  We didn't want to go out taking photos during all this.


 
This is the B&B where we stay.  As you can see, the only thing which separates us from the ocean are the beautiful dunes.  They are a real protection in storms. You can see, that during the storm, the water level came right up to the bench.  In normal days it doesn't come near that and when we come during the summer, you still have lots of beach area left at high tide - not so during hurricane Sandy!



This grey building is also ocean front and as you can see, it lost a lot of shingles.


These waves had calmed down a lot, but they still look like they are boiling up to me!


If you look very closely at the previous photo in the middle of the picture, you will be able to see a surfer.  Believe it or not, there were a few surfers out in their wet suits this morning and we watched this guy catch an unbelievable wave!



This beach is very sandy normally, with very little seaweed - not this morning though, all kinds of the stuff had washed ashore!


Dan Fogelberg wrote a song called "the sand & the foam".  He lived in Maine and we love to listen to his music.  This photo reminded me of him.


And finally, I couldn't resist these two photos of Wendell.  I think he looks like Moses, about ready to part the Red Sea!  He found that piece of driftwood washed up on the beach.  I am not joking when I say that he has it drying out in our room right now and plans to put it in his home office when we get back!


Thirty one years ago on November 6th we were married "For time & all eternity" in the LDS Washington temple (pictured here)


Our church has temples all over the world and yesterday we went to the temple in Boston.  Here is a photo I took when we arrived.


It was a very grey day and we were still feeling the effects of the storm, but inside all was calm and peaceful.  We always spend some time here when we come to Maine on our own in October every year.

I'll upload a few more photos tomorrow.  Right now, it's time to shut down the computer and relax.

1 comment:

  1. I hope you have a wonderful anniversary Julie.Time and all eternity is a wonderful sentiment and although I dont share the same religion as you I do believe that when we die and pass over we meet up with all our loved ones again and that we are connected forever.

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