The Sunday before Sandy arrived Marc and I prepared the house by basically winterizing our yard. This meant pulling the table, chairs, candles, flags and other miscellaneous summer items off the of the screened and putting them away in the garage. We brought the canoe in from the pond, covered the wood and took down the hanging flower baskets. We also made sure all our windows were closed and locked and the gutters were clean.
Inside the house we filled a pot of water to use for flushing the toilet just in case we lost power and therefore the power to pump the water from our well. We filled both our cars with gas and we also stocked up on some extra bottles of water to drink, candles, snacks and an emergency radio. All in all we both felt very comfortable in our home and prepared for the worst.
Thankfully we didn't experience the worst. We never even lost power. We went to bed early, in the guest room since it was away from the big trees, and woke up in the morning refreshed and safe. There were a couple of downed trees out in our woods and 6 more inches of water in the pond but overall everything seemed to be as it was the night before. The best part is that the roof that Marc fixed earlier this fall stood up to the challenge and we both feel confident that it will last the winter.
I can't tell you how thankful we were to be safe and to find out that our family and friends in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and New York were also safe.
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