Hello

     Yes, I've been away.  Will anyone return?  Don't know.  It is my blog and I always say no apologies.  I find them rather empty when I go to one with an apology about being to busy and stuff. 
     Somewhere in the last week of November there was a storm named Sandy.  I'd not really given it much thought.  Partly because the person at the job that would worry over it didn't really mention it and such.  It hit and wow.
     Sundays are my day at the cigar lounge.  Watching football with friends and just relaxing away from the house.  I truly treasure it.  No one really seemed that concerned over Sandy at all even at my house.  Halloween was on a Wednesday, never mind the full moon.  The one thing they did do was to arrange for an extra tank of oxygen to be delivered, a wise move it would turn out.  My sister has one of those cpap machines for sleeping.
     I remember the wind and not so much the rain.  It felt different.  I gave it the respect I thought I should and declined going to the lounge.  Not much happened in my house.  We did loose power at 6 P.M.  I was undaunted.  I remembered how much I enjoyed Irene the year before, but that was in a heat wave in August.  Went to bed about 8, giddy at the thought of having nothing better to do.  Housemates were irate and irritating without Internet and television.  They had a radio, I figured no huge deal.
     Monday broke and the storm still raged a bit.  It seemed over in the afternoon.  My manager had called and said work was closed for the storm.  I began to think this storm was bad then.  My job almost never closes. 
     There were trees down around my neighborhood.  The temperature was about 67 in my house.  I began to wonder.  Generators were beginning to whir.  My brother in law went out and couldn't get out of our community.  Yes this was a storm.  I began to think about it being the beginning of winter and such.  I lounged about the house paying little heed.  At bed time it was 66 in my house.
     Tuesday I ventured out.  There was devastation, thankfully only power loss for us, reports started coming in over the radio, it devastated flood zones especially on the south shore.  I drove through town.  No power, my entire town was without power.  Turns out I was in one of the towns that was hardest hit.
     I drove and started to feel like one of those people that get in the way to look at accidents and turned around.  At home we heard the radio.  I had listened in my car, sounded dread full.
     A teaser see if anyone comes back.  I will continue tomorrow.