Archive for November 13th, 2009
Pretty much just more of the same. Freakouts by me, random traipsing around in the water by J, and Ava in heaven with another full day of Mama and Daddy held captive in the house and who, in her opinion, were clearly placed there solely for Ava’s entertainment.
These photos were taken slightly after high tide on the morning of Day 2.
Note all the stuff (including riding lawn mower) piled up on the side deck.
The final damage total wasn’t too bad – less than our deductible since it didn’t manage to reach the insulation under the house. It flooded our shed and J’s workshop with minimal damage to the latter. We also ended up with some water in the garage but nearly everything had been relocated to higher ground. It did mess up the garage door sensors and a falling branch killed one of the post lights on the fence.
Our neighbors were not so lucky. They ended up with water in their house twice. With Hurricane Isabel the tide only flooded us once and the water was in and out in a flash, but with this Nor’Easter the water stayed for hours thanks to the wind so that made it worse in some ways.
You know, I expected the hurricanes here. I never realized (until I’d experienced a few) that a Nor’Easter is just as bad, if not worse, in some instances.