Because an overhyped weather (or traffic!) warning is no one's friend. Also the possibility of being weathered in with DVDs and hot chocolate sounds fun.
Yeah, NYC in particular could really use a measured response to an actual natural disaster. After the zero preparedness to the Christmas Blizzard (which wound up being a massive clusterfuck) and the over-preparedness to Irene (which wound up being a massive non-event), we just have no clue how this emergence preparedness thing is supposed to work.
Fairway this morning was still more or less fully stocked, but they were running low on decent sandwich bread and bottled water. (We filled up all our giant water jugs yesterday, but I did need to buy some weird diet bread instead of my usual Arnold whole wheat.)
What I don't understand is that Sandy is supposed to be the good girl, and Rizzo is the one to watch out for.
BWAH!
I assume we've all seen this?
Federal government is closed tomorrow in DC. The announcement was made at 5:35. That's the earliest announcement I can remember.
Our schools -- and most schools along the Philly to NYC corridor, I think -- are closed for Monday and Tuesday already. We have food, but I realized I need to bake something tonight in case we have no power in the morning -- we don't have anything but cold cereal for the kids otherwise.
Aaaand now we're closed tomorrow. So maybe I'll go swimming in the morning
t /crazed swimmer
My offices are both closed tomorrow. DH's office is technically open but I assume that's because NBC also broadcasts the evening news out of that building and those people will need to get to work somehow.
Awesome!ED texted everyone back around 3pm to make the call that we were not to come into work on Monday. So no anxiety of do I/do I not have to wake up early, or the quiet resentment that it's a "those with office jobs don't bother coming in, but my dept. has to" situation. If it had been Old!Evil!ED, the text would have read "you don't *have* to come in if you don't want to (but it will cost you a vacation day if you stay home)".
Jessica,
OMG that Sandy picture map is the BOMB.
In case anyone was wondering, for dinner I went with an arugula and pomegranate salad with onion, radishes, tomato, smoked Gouda, and turkey kielbasa.
I was just coming by to post that Joss vid. Parkour!
I know Calli, but I think interest in the vid is being overwhelmed by the legitimate worries about Sandy's approach.
I'd eat salads with you any day, shrift. My usual (because I am that lazy) is simply baby spinach, strawberries, goat cheese, TJs balsamic vinegar dressing with a chopped up basil pesto chicken sausage (also from TJs.)