We made it through a tough week. Tuesday held my first Virginian earthquake, and Saturday held the "underachieving" Hurricane Irene. It was tough, but we pulled through. (Ok, I know that my jesting is very cruel for those who suffered true damage during both natural disasters)
Still, I was FREAKED OUT by all of the information about Hurricane Irene. From Wednesday on, I felt as though doom was headed for Virginia Beach. I spent Thursday packing up my books and desk area. Let me explain this over-prepared freak out a bit - we're moving soon anyway, and the school year is starting, so I knew that this was a good excuse to filter through some junk and pack up the good stuff. We also bought canned goods, water, and moved furniture away from windows, then went to the Andersons to camp out away from the oceanfront.
And part of a tree fell down. Like, half a branch. And there were a lot of leaves strewn about in the yard. Yep, that's it. Oh, and power went out for about 3 hours.
But I am SO happy that we are lucky. Hurricane Irene's category 3 status fell to a category 1, and seems to have really only been a tropical storm. The damage was minimal in Virginia Beach, and we are lucky. I am convinced, however, if we had underprepared, it would have been an awful situation, full of the doom and destruction I anticipated.
Phew.
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