Publius & Co.

There's got to be a morning after.

We're alive. We have power (as opposed to nearly 1 million in the rest of the DC Metro area). We may still lose power, tho, as repairs are started.

The gf and I spent the night in the basement, along with the dog, the guinea pigs, and the rats. Lights out was at 10PM--we get up at 5AM on weekdays, and I, for one, need my beauty sleep.

We can safely say it's true that rats are nocturnal; one of them (probably Curly) spent a lot of the night chewing on his cardboard box. In the middle of the night, the air mattress deflated for reasons unknown; stick the dog between two adults and you have a recipe for a restless night.

A picture taken less then 20 minutes ago. You can see there's no eye (at least, not to my untrained eye) but there's still a boatload of moisture. I just showed the pic to the gf and she remarked, "I hope the people in Ohio are OK!"

The rain is almost non-existant, but it's still pretty windy.

The County Executive has urged people to stay in their homes, and to stay out of the way of repair/cleanup crews--sound advice that people will, no doubt, ignore. There have been at least three reported deaths, and the local ABC affiliate had an interview with two women who were walking in the flooded streets of Old Towne section of Alexandria, Virginia. They had attended a Hurricane party and were heading home. The girl reported the water was calm, but they were bumping into newspaper boxes and other hidden debris.

Would've been interesting had they gone over a manhole that was missing its cover.

Posted by Victor at Septiembre 19, 2003 05:31 AM