Weather of an Apocalyptic Nature

So, we had some freakish weather here over the last few days. My school is open, of course, but we're about the only system in the county that is. There are trees down everywhere, many torn up by their roots, and many that cracked in half. On Saturday, there were hurricane force winds here and there. Something like 150,000 people are without power in this county; it's expected to be restored Wednesday or Thursday.

Chez Chai is fine, no damage to people or property. The Sibs, however, has been without power since Saturday night, which is when a really big tree across the street from here came up at the roots and the branches landed in her front yard. Missed the house, just clipped Little K's car a bit, I think.My communication with her has been sporadic because she's conserving cell phone battery life, but she's coming to my house to recharge later. Meanwhile, she says her house and Little K may appear on the channel 4 news tonight. (You realize, of course, that Little K, who is 20 now, is way bigger than my own daughter K, but he's still the youngest.)

I think I'm going to wait until tomorrow to try a supermarket, although what I will have for lunch tomorrow I cannot imagine. Maybe I'll just get a salad from the cafeteria and call it a day. How bad could that be? Today I brought a frozen meal which didn't altogether cook by the time I ate it. Eeuuww. Maybe by tomorrow, everything in the stores will have been replenished, and I won't end up buying the same food they had Sunday that had gone unrefrigerated. Whaddaya think, safe? Not safe? All I want is yogurt. (Oh, and I just realized that I can't buy chicken after school tomorrow for tomorrow night's dinner because it's a crockpot recipe. Crap. I'll have to see how that all goes. And check my freezer tonight.)

So, did I mention that K got a teaching job for September? Heh heh, just kidding. I'm still all excited about it.

I'm going to post now and then actually work.