So, the storm has passed. It's finally stopped snowing, but it's still pretty cold. The ground is still covered with snow, and the roads look treacherous. Granny is trying to motivate Tony and I into shoveling the driveway. I guess you can tell how that's going.
We were watching the news this morning, and the main story was about the storm. Apparently it's going to take alot of money to get all the snow off the roads in order for the cars to drive safely. I looked up past nor-easters online and found some interesting stuff.
In the blizzard of 1996, there were 154 deaths and various damages that cost billions of dollars (literally) to repair. Thankfully, there haven't been any major damages in our area. I'm also thankful that we had snow and not rain. After the Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962, six feet of water covered the Main Street of a small town, and the entire mainland was flooded. The winds got up to 60 miles per hour, and all electrical power was down. Dan Jones, a waterman who lived on the island, said that the storm, "was the Lord's punishment on us."
Now, I wouldn't go as far to say that the storm that hit us is God's wrath, in fact we fared pretty well here at home. We never permanently lost power (however, the lights would go out for a couple seconds and then come back on again), and we had plenty of food. We attempted to make a fire, again but that didn't really work out so well.
Another interesting thing that I found was that during the Superstorm of 1993, 25% of United States flights were cancelled for two days. I really hope you guys can come home as scheduled...
Anyway, we have to go out and shovel now. Enjoy your last days in paradise - trust me you'll need the happy memories when you come back.
- Courtney :)
P.S. For more information about the Ash Wednesday storm (which was pretty interesting) click here. The pictures are amazing.
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