"Hurricane" Sandy

We're okay. We survived with no so much as a power outage, although work and school were canceled for two days (so far). More family time. Yay! We understand that teh wind and rain caused some serious upheaval elsewhere, with trees blown down, flooding, power outages, and (!) 16 deaths so far. It has been good to have a reminder of preparedness, and we think we were much better set this time than for the derecho a few months back. The wind sure blew hard last night, but I guess the weak branches/trees near us got taken care of by the last storm and/or by careful trimming in the interim. In any case, we feel blessed to be able to say we have not suffered.