Largely unscathed-Surviving Irene

Here in Arlington, Va we survived hurricane Irene largely unscathed. That is not to make light of the many power outages in Prince Georges or the homes that were crushed by fallen trees. We also experienced several deaths outside our immediate area related to the storms.

Overall in my area it was not as bad as it could of been. I lost cable/internet for about 12 hours, neighbors lost tree limbs but I did not see any down trees in the immediate area. Folks said their Verizon service was mostly intact. All in all, not too much excitement here, which is a good thing. None the less, it is Washington where we like to panic and prepare. Here's a photo of the local Safeway right after the rains started falling....how much toilet paper, bread and milk can you use folks.? :-)

On the other hand.....I see no reason to be totally unprepared to hunker down and wait out the storm. Here's my cart.

Chocolate, wine and cookies....yep, that'll do. :-)