A freaking hurricane....really??
k in Utah NOTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS!! We have mountains they have water, which is why i decided that i am staying in Utah forever!! haha!!
Sunday night is when the wind started to pick my my host mom told me not to worry about it, that it would probably not even hit us hard. Because by the time that it got up to us, it would lose some of its power!! well guess again..
Monday we were fine and still had power but thats when the wind started to really pick up. The kids didn't have school because they cancelled it, so we played just like a regular day. At about 4 o'clock the lights started to come on and off. We got all of our flash lights out and kinda just had them on hand. At about 5 the power went out for good. The kids were a little bit confused when they tried every light switch and no lights came on! haha! So we continued to play until there was no light outside to light up the house. We had cooked dinner while the power was still on so the kids would be able to eat. That night we were able to sleep in the house because it wasn't that cold. I couldn't sleep though because the wind was blowing at high 40-60 mph, with gusts of 80 mph. So that kept me up for a while until it was a background noise to me.
So you would think that wind wouldn't do much damage...let me tell you it does!!
I was COMPLETELY shocked by how much damage it did. The next morning we couldn't even get out of our neighborhood. There were trees down everywhere. It looked like big foot just came and stopped on all of the trees. They were hanging down, laying on the main roads, leaning on houses. There were leafs everywhere, and the roads looked awful. Wires were down, phone poles were down everywhere, and cable/phone lines were ripped, torn, and destroyed. We also found the top of our chimney off, the cap that holds the pipes on, in the backyard. We had to go spend a couple of days at my host mom's parents house in Queens. They had power, a nice warm bed to sleep in and TV (of course for the kids)!
I complained about not having power..why?? I felt so selfish after hearing all the news when we would turn the tv on the news how people have lost everything, cars, houses, loved ones. I never will take that for granted again that is for sure. We are back in the house now after five very long days..and things are getting to be back to normal. I have never been in a hurricane before but Sandy was ranked the worst storm in United States History, and i was in it! Something cool to tell my kids when they are older!! Now when i go back home and in class you tell something about yourself...(well i guess college doesn't do that), i can say i was in a hurricane!! haha!!
I feel blessed for nothing further damaged and for being kept safe through the storm, i know that many people had been texting me and worried about me..i am truly blessed to have them in my life!! Prayers were answered that day:)
sandy aftermath:
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| oh just our chimney cap! |
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| This van got owned |
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| This is what every part of our neighborhood looked like |
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| Had to clean everything out of the fridge!! NO power=bad food |
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| This is how cold it was in the house when we finally got power and were able to come back home |
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| Blackout in Manhattan |
What we did while the power was out..
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| thank heavens for iPads and fake candles |
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| vivian showed me her dance! |
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| yes they "roasted" marshmallows on the candle |
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| "roasting!!" |
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| YOu though we were watcing tv on the 64"...nope that TINY little one in the bottom left corner!! classic :) |
