Hurricane Sandy

Well Emma has officially been through her first hurricane.  As it was heading towards NY we made the decision that we would stay with my parents while Gary held down the fort at home.  While we didn't get hit head on in MA we certainly felt the impact of the storm with the winds and rain.  I can only imagine that Gary was feeling it much more but was also sitting at home thankful that he didn't have to go out and walk the dog. :)  Luckily the area where we live was relatively spared by the storm.  Sure there are trees down and you can tell something went on but we never lost power and many of the stores in the area are business as usual just 2 days later.  Unfortunately many parts of NY were not as lucky and are still trying to recover.  The subway has been shut down for several days which led to a long and horrible commute by bus today for Gary now that the stock market has reopened.  We made it home Wednesday (2 days after the storm) and overall it was a relatively easy drive.  I wanted to fill up the tank before getting home since gas might be hard to get and really expensive in the near future for a while.  After stopping at 2 gas stations without power I managed to find one that was open and thankfully had no line.  I filled up and hopefully it will last for a while as we don't drive much as it is and I will drive even less now that there is a gas shortage.  10 miles down the road I started to see gas stations with really long lines and was thankful that my tank was now on full.  The average gas line in our area is taking people 2-3 hours to get gas and they are only allowed 10 gallons at most places.  Here are a few pictures of the storm aftermath in our neighborhood and spending time with Grandpa in our extended stay in MA.

Reaching for Grandpa's Hand

Just Hanging Out

A limb fell on this car just down the street from our house.

This is a street just behind where we live and where we walk everyday with Wembley.  At least their house was ok and most of the damage was to the garage.

Further down the same road

Cut up tree limbs lining the side of the road