In the path of Sandy

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The Post’s office is right in the path of Sandy, as projected by the Weather Service. The center should be overhead about 11 AM tomorrow. We have been sitting here listening to the wind pick up and the rain come down intermittently. So far no torrents and no large trees or branches down, but the storm is still off-shore waiting to do its thing.

Last night I sat watching the television make dire predictions about the consequences of Sandy, a mega-storm which will affect large areas in the East. I learned what sea water would do to the electrical system in the New York subway, the sand along the Jersey shore, the homes in Eastwick just to the East. Hopefully none of that will happen, but it does remind us how vulnerable we really are to nature.

Outside our windows here are some large oaks, hickories and maples that date back at least 75 years. They are bending in the wind, dancing around, throwing their large branches up and about like a conga line going nowhere. We expect the power to go out at any minute. Robo-calls from PP&L have left alerts. Thank god they are not from politicians. Cars are off the roads. Dogs do not get walked.

Wet red, brown and yellow leaves coat the ground outside and swirl up momentarily as gusts blow through. The Conestoga River, which can been seen through the trees, is usually sleepy and slow. Today it roils through its bed like all the cafe au lait in the world hell-bent to get to some party downstream.

Meanwhile we wait here and listen.

Tom Godfrey

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