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Good Monday morning,
The storm wasn't bad at all here in Central MA. One tree down, lots of rain, not that much wind. My son and daughter survived without incident. My 19 year old grandson was very disappointed and thought it was a big let down and he was on the southern coast of RI where they got hit pretty good. Kids!!!
It looks like upstate NY and VT got hit with a lot of flooding. I saw on the news this morning where a 150 year old covered bridge got washed away.
We were lucky.
Nancy
Hurricane Irene
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Shirley,
I can paddle little riffles, but anything that gets "rapid" (as in, you know, rapids!) causes my brain to shut off completely, instead of prompting me to use my skills... so my skills don't improve. We've done white-water rafting together, and trips where I'm on a raft and he's in his kayak.
Your area sounds beautiful (and farther west, I believe...). He has paddled the Mongaup near Port Jervis, NY, and also the Tohickon in Bucks, which is a relatively easy drive for us - so he knows it well and enjoys it like an old friend. Our friends live near a creek in the Delaware Water Gap area that looks scary to me (and looks like great fun to my darling!).
There is something magical about sitting on moving water (in my case, if it moves gently). Watching people 'play' in the waves is amazing... rodeo-like tricks, surfing, almost acrobatics. I can see why he loves it.
Nancy, glad your grandson was disappointed! I heard about the flooding in Vermont - I was so focused on the coast I didn't realize the storm was still causing so much damage and flooding that far north of us. It sounded terrible.
Love,
Sara
I can paddle little riffles, but anything that gets "rapid" (as in, you know, rapids!) causes my brain to shut off completely, instead of prompting me to use my skills... so my skills don't improve. We've done white-water rafting together, and trips where I'm on a raft and he's in his kayak.
Your area sounds beautiful (and farther west, I believe...). He has paddled the Mongaup near Port Jervis, NY, and also the Tohickon in Bucks, which is a relatively easy drive for us - so he knows it well and enjoys it like an old friend. Our friends live near a creek in the Delaware Water Gap area that looks scary to me (and looks like great fun to my darling!).
There is something magical about sitting on moving water (in my case, if it moves gently). Watching people 'play' in the waves is amazing... rodeo-like tricks, surfing, almost acrobatics. I can see why he loves it.
Nancy, glad your grandson was disappointed! I heard about the flooding in Vermont - I was so focused on the coast I didn't realize the storm was still causing so much damage and flooding that far north of us. It sounded terrible.
Love,
Sara
Sara,
It does sound like fun. I used to have a strong desire to go "white water rafting" but never got the chance and I guess I'm over it now. Haven't thought about it in years. Someday I'd still like to do something like that though.
It's nice that you can accompany your husband on some of the trips. I have no idea what my reaction would be in a swift water situation where I had to do all the navigation. I'm sure it takes practice which I, obviously, have not had.
Love, Shirley
It does sound like fun. I used to have a strong desire to go "white water rafting" but never got the chance and I guess I'm over it now. Haven't thought about it in years. Someday I'd still like to do something like that though.
It's nice that you can accompany your husband on some of the trips. I have no idea what my reaction would be in a swift water situation where I had to do all the navigation. I'm sure it takes practice which I, obviously, have not had.
Love, Shirley
When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber"
-- Winston Churchill
-- Winston Churchill
Hi Shirley! 
The only time in my life I really thought I was going to die was during white water rafting. I bounced out of the raft into major rapids at 9 AM on a cold, early June morning in PA. The water was ice cold and completely took my breath away. There was no way to get another breath until I got to the bottom of the rapids because of the roiling white water all around my head. A friend nearly died when her raft flipped over and she surfaced under it and couldn't get out from beneath it immediately.
So maybe it's a good thing that you never got the chance.
Love,
Polly
The only time in my life I really thought I was going to die was during white water rafting. I bounced out of the raft into major rapids at 9 AM on a cold, early June morning in PA. The water was ice cold and completely took my breath away. There was no way to get another breath until I got to the bottom of the rapids because of the roiling white water all around my head. A friend nearly died when her raft flipped over and she surfaced under it and couldn't get out from beneath it immediately.
So maybe it's a good thing that you never got the chance.
Love,
Polly
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused.
My sister-in-law and neice were driving out of their neighborhood in the Catskills area of NY yesterday in a small SUV. She decided to drive through wheel-deep water (despite her husband being the local volunteer fire chief and working for the NYDOT keeping roads safe!), and was quickly washed off the road into a flooded creek. She had to extract her 5 yr old daughter and dog from the car and sit on the hood of the car crying for help as they floated downstream (the dog was forced to swim to shore). Eventually a fireceompany came by boat and rescued them. Her hubby is pissed...
My friends in southern Connecticut are still without power and without potable water due to a water main break. Not sure if kids were able to start school today as planned.
We lost power for 24 hours. Luckily, our power line also powers a substation for sewage pumps near a nearby stream. If the pumps fail, the sewage gets pumped into the stream and the Potomac River, instead of going to the water treatment plant, so we are high priority!!
My friends in southern Connecticut are still without power and without potable water due to a water main break. Not sure if kids were able to start school today as planned.
We lost power for 24 hours. Luckily, our power line also powers a substation for sewage pumps near a nearby stream. If the pumps fail, the sewage gets pumped into the stream and the Potomac River, instead of going to the water treatment plant, so we are high priority!!
I don't blame her hubby - she is one lucky lady to survive that breach of good judgment without any loss of life. I can't believe she would do that with a 5 yo on board. 
Either it was her lucky day, or someone was looking out for her.
I'm glad everyone is OK.
Tex
Either it was her lucky day, or someone was looking out for her.I'm glad everyone is OK.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Joe and Sara,
I disagree with your thoughts about the news coverage of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene. I think because of the coverage, there were fewer lives lost. Currently the count stands at 40. Add to that the devastation in Vermont, Connecticut, NY State, and elsewhere, and it is a wonder more lives were not lost.
Just my two cents worth,
Sharaine
I disagree with your thoughts about the news coverage of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene. I think because of the coverage, there were fewer lives lost. Currently the count stands at 40. Add to that the devastation in Vermont, Connecticut, NY State, and elsewhere, and it is a wonder more lives were not lost.
Just my two cents worth,
Sharaine
Bear in mind that fatalities due to accidental causes occur every day. In fact, according to statistics, in 2007, (the latest year for which complete statistics are available), 123,706 people died of accidental causes in the U. S. That's 339 people per day, every day, or almost 7 people per day, per state, (average of all 50 states). For the 10 or 11 states that were affected by Irene, that would be roughly 70 people per day. For any 3-day period, that adds up to a couple hundred fatalities, due to accidental causes.
I'll grant you, any loss of life is regrettable, but we have to keep those numbers in perspective, and statistically, 40 lives lost in an event that affects such a huge populated area, is a very small amount, when you consider that 5 times that many people would normally lose their lives to various accidents, during the same time period. In fact, there was probably an overall reduced fatality level, over the weekend, because the weather kept people from getting out and living dangerously. I doubt that was because of the media, though. The media take themselves way to seriously.
Tex
I'll grant you, any loss of life is regrettable, but we have to keep those numbers in perspective, and statistically, 40 lives lost in an event that affects such a huge populated area, is a very small amount, when you consider that 5 times that many people would normally lose their lives to various accidents, during the same time period. In fact, there was probably an overall reduced fatality level, over the weekend, because the weather kept people from getting out and living dangerously. I doubt that was because of the media, though. The media take themselves way to seriously.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.