News Flash – Hurricane Sandy
October 31, 2012 in Community News, News Flash by JM Strother
This has been one heck of a week, with a major disaster striking the east coast of the United States. It seems inappropriate to me to run a standard issue of the News Flash when one overwhelming news event should have all our attention and affects so many lives in a very real way. There are still some members of the #FridayFlash Community we have not heard from which is quite worrying. If you have the means please consider giving what you can to the American Red Cross for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. You can contribute on line.
If you are in the affected area please, please do not take any unnecessary risks. If you had news for this week, and it was time sensitive, please contact me directily (jmstro@gmail.com) and we will help get the word out via Facebook and Twitter. We will have our regular News Flash next week. In the mean time keep those affected by this storm in your hearts, thoughts, and prayers.
~jon
Image via NASA’s AIRS satellite.
Founder of the #fridayflash meme and of Friday Flash Dot Org
Jon M. Strother is a writer of fact, fiction, and bad poetry. His passion is fiction, though creative nonfiction and an occasional how-to will creep in now and then. He has written several novels and novellas, so far unpublished, many published flash fiction pieces, and created #fridayflash.
Jon lives in an inner suburb of St. Louis and enjoys cycling, gardening, and wasting far too much time playing Civilization III. Hey, we all have vices. He's got a wife and kids, and a Beagle affectionately known as Psycho-pup. Jon blogs at Mad Utopia.
We had scary winds and heavy rain, but didn’t suffer any injuries or structural damage to anything important. The power went out Monday night around 8:00 and has been out ever since. No power means no heat – with daytime temps in the 50s and overnight lows in the 40s, it’s been pretty chilly at my place even with a fireplace running continuously. A roaring fire this morning brought the living room up to 62 degrees, with the rest of the house eventually getting up to 60.
Power company says we might be restored by tomorrow night, around 11:00 pm. Maybe.
Thank you for commenting, Tony! Glad to hear nothing major happened at your place, though no proper heat is bad enough. Good thing you at least have a fireplace to use, I can imagine this being more difficult for those who don’t.
Rooting for the power to come back soon!
I am very glad to hear that loss of power was the worst of it for you, it could have been so much worse. I hope you get you power back soon, and maybe a little warmer weather. Hang in there, Tony. We’re thinking of you.
~jon