Storm Coming

The storm has already done some serious damage.
Storm Sandy is Heading this way,
Being 800 miles wide,
Yesterday, Sunday, in Vermont, The outer fringes were already wispy, innocent looking clouds,
the air too warm for late October,
scary warm.
At the grocery store,
calm at first, then, what seemed to be a group
seemed to swarm the aisles and started
scary pushing.
Then at home we spent a glorious day outside, put away loose things,
waterhoses, the end of the garden.
It was timely anyway, since winter is just around the corner,
the last of the leaves mercifully fell before they will be blown all over
by the coming storm.

Storms & Astronauts

I was eager

to get online to write my blog post.

The thunderheads had risen so high in the sky, ever expanding.

Then the cold wind pressed down on that brief spell of hot heavy humid air. The cold front pushed away the heat.

Then the Thunder started, heavy shaking thunder, no lightning at first.

Then the storm progressed, coming up against the house in waves.

The lightning and thunder impressive.

The air cleared and the windows were back open.

The evening news said Sally Ride died.

61.

It was so sad to think her life was done.

She influenced so many women to be scientists

and astronauts.

Nasa did a bio with condolences.Link below.

My condolences to Sally Ride's family & friends.

She was a great role model, astronaut, physicist, teacher, and person.

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/people/features/ride.html#

Lag

Lagging behind my normal pace, we are happy it is cool in Vermont
and overcast this morning. I thought my illness may have been bad water from our
survivor episodes. Now thinking it is overheated stressed out brain then flying in cramped, then
harrowing, then delayed along with multiple other people feeling they had missed
the last air-boat of the day. We had all been there before.
I did a movie of the animals we saw in Virginia.
Plus some storm shots. The music is something You tube had.
Hope you like it.
mg

Storms

The Storm last Friday in Virginia seem largely underrated by the press. Afterwards, Many who could have reported were unable to facebook, tweet or call, drive, eat,cool food, cook food, draw water, plug in, cool off, or even mentate.
On a battery powered radio, The sleepy NPR announcer said 2,000 without power.
Turned out to be  2 million.
The heat, for me, unbearable. Still recovering from that pervasive heat.
With each moment, an awareness, there were many worse off, completely cut off, in more need.
The storm, had a fancy name, it was a tumbleweed of Hell, rolling over us in a giant frenzy.
We heard a howl, above, almost the freight train sound, lightning, pounding, sticks blowing up against my brother's house, wind pulsating, whipping tree branches up and down, lit by electrical flashes, long after the power died. Each time a wave of heavy wind, a slowing, then a revving again.
I finally fell asleep about midnight out of sheer overheated exhaustion.
In the morning, giants trees snapped and felled. Other items untouched.
We were OK and then began survivor mode. For me, conservation of energy mode, maximum cooling, limit heat. My frogg toggs towel helped keep me somewhat cool.
The places we visited needed us as we did their company. Photos are being worked into 2 movies and will be out soon. The trip, though a storm challenge shared by 2 million other people, was all worthwhile.
On the way home our plane flew into DC slipping right under one heavy black cloud spewing lightning. It was a wild ride with the drunk guys in back saying Whee...
Last night, another blast of a storm, thankfully we dodged this one's damaging winds, we saw places with trees down.
Looks like these storm-steam rolling storms are on a roll lately.
Better keep some survivor supplies on hand.
Best wishes to the sufferers of Virginia's 6.29.12 storm.
mary