There is nothing anyone can do now. Duncannon is closed to everyone. Even residents can't get back in to town. Lisa turned off the power and gas, got as much food out as she could, but now it's just hope and pray. She told everyone to evacuate this morning before she left to go pick up my parents at JFK airport. We'll probably be shut down for at least a week.
The tough part is going to be the clean up. Oh god, it's going to be a mess.
I can't cry. I'm still at work. Not the first week on the job.
Oh, Maria. So much love to your and your family.
Oh, Maria, honey, I'm so sorry. I didn't even think about the restaurant when I heard about the flooding. I wish I could help. And when you get to the clean-up part, if you *do* need help, Stephen and I could absolutely come up, and bring two boys big enough to do a lot of work. Seriously.
Hang in there, babe.
Maria, I'm crossing fingers and toes that the flooding/cleanup is as minimal as possible.
CJ is missing school today to work with the local Life Flight crews. Life Flight is doing training for their folks and invited the ARP team to participate and get a better understanding of how they can work together. I wonder if he will get to go up in one of the copters.
{{Maria}} Whatever you need. If that's stiff upper lip ~ma for now, you got it.
(((Maria))) I don't even know what to say--you know I'm thinking of you and your family.
I was supposed to be driving to Ithaca tomorrow, but I'm uncertain whether the roads will be safe. The road from here to there is mostly through a state forest, and it looks like it's alongside water. Not too many towns around there, so probably not a high priority.
Maria, honey. I'm thinking of you, love.
Dear Universe, the following people are not on your route anymore: Maria and her entire family. Also, all buffistas. Go elsewhere. Like Pluto.
