today October Storm
Although it would have been a bit fun to have snow to play in today, I feel really bad for all of the people who are without power for who knows how long. 250-300,000 people? wow.
Then there is the damage-- the kind that will take awhile to clean up and then the permenant damage to the aestetic view of various yards and streets. I can't get over how many trees went down.
Someone on tv mentioned that the damage is equivelant to a typcial hurricane. Apparently its Buffalos version of a hurricane with the amount of damage and disarray.
No nearly as much tree toppling would have occured if the leaves and such had already fallen for the season.
Earlier this afternoon @pyrcedgrrl (give her a B-day shout out!) and I ventured into the Village of Lewiston to grab a cup of coffee at the Orange Cat coffee house. As they tend to keep irregular hours, it wasnt surprising that they were closed, although we were a bit annyed as we both looked forward to socializing with the locals. We tried another place, and it was closed.
hmph.
???
We continued down Center street looking for caffeine. Everything was closed.
???
Slightly perplexed until we arrived at a street light being operated by a generator. The usually super busy village appeared to be a ghost town.
Ahhh, we understand now. Everything really is closed because there is no power.
So we did have some power outage in this area as well.
We managed to stroll into a semi open DicCamillos bakery on Center Street. They had some coffee left over in their thermos' of which we reluctantly purchased. It smelled a little bitter.
and it was.
So we took our new found source of caffeine and continued our stroll down Center Street until we reached the Niagara River. Not bundled up enough for the cold air, we sat on a swing over looking the water and talked anyways, both detesting and relishing the hot bitter coffee.
Tonight, we have fresh coffee, a large bottle of wine, cake, music and friends over for a small impromptu gathering. Very nice.
if you happen to be in the area, stop over!
I hope you are safe and warm.
Then there is the damage-- the kind that will take awhile to clean up and then the permenant damage to the aestetic view of various yards and streets. I can't get over how many trees went down.
Someone on tv mentioned that the damage is equivelant to a typcial hurricane. Apparently its Buffalos version of a hurricane with the amount of damage and disarray.
No nearly as much tree toppling would have occured if the leaves and such had already fallen for the season.
Earlier this afternoon @pyrcedgrrl (give her a B-day shout out!) and I ventured into the Village of Lewiston to grab a cup of coffee at the Orange Cat coffee house. As they tend to keep irregular hours, it wasnt surprising that they were closed, although we were a bit annyed as we both looked forward to socializing with the locals. We tried another place, and it was closed.
hmph.
???
We continued down Center street looking for caffeine. Everything was closed.
???
Slightly perplexed until we arrived at a street light being operated by a generator. The usually super busy village appeared to be a ghost town.
Ahhh, we understand now. Everything really is closed because there is no power.
So we did have some power outage in this area as well.
We managed to stroll into a semi open DicCamillos bakery on Center Street. They had some coffee left over in their thermos' of which we reluctantly purchased. It smelled a little bitter.
and it was.
So we took our new found source of caffeine and continued our stroll down Center Street until we reached the Niagara River. Not bundled up enough for the cold air, we sat on a swing over looking the water and talked anyways, both detesting and relishing the hot bitter coffee.
Tonight, we have fresh coffee, a large bottle of wine, cake, music and friends over for a small impromptu gathering. Very nice.
if you happen to be in the area, stop over!
I hope you are safe and warm.