sandy... aka "frankenstorm"

Well it has begun, that wonderful time of storms, wacky weather, unpredictable patterns and of course panic. No potential nor'easter would be complete without panic. For that last 5 days meteorologists and news broadcasters alike have been predicting the storm of the century ... SANDY. A crazy mix of a hurricane and nor'easter that have combined and plan on taking over pretty much the entire East Coast. This wacky combo of weather promises hurricane type winds, rain, snow, power outages and flooding. Sounds awesome right? Well honestly to me it kind of did, after stocking up on essentials (Velveeta- this can be melted on the stove or grill to make a wonderous amount of things, bread, bacon, spaghettios, fruit, water, ginger ale and batteries) I was more than ready for a day or two at home cuddled up with no power playing board games and reading books. Sort of like a long extended vacation (without any political jib jab clouding the tv and radio) minus the sun and palm trees that I would normally associate with a vacation. Don't get me wrong, I was not hoping for this bad boy or more appropriately bad girl to destroy any homes, or flood NYC or do anythign drastic, I just wanted that cozy stuck at home relaxed feeling. But as it turns out Sandy had other plans, not for us here Massachusetts, or Western Massachusetts rather, she actually decided to pretty much skip us all together, after pretty much everything in the state was closed down, including work -Thank you three day weekend. But she did decide to make a quick visit to NJ and NY and CT causing some pretty unreal damage and flooding. The pictures and news casts have just been amazing. There have also been quite a few fake images that have popped up all over and it always makes me laugh at the reaction they get, or the poor people who get wrapped in them thinking they are real. I am sending many positive thoughts to all of the individuals seriously effected and I hope they clean up well. But this entire experience was almost a let down here, I know better safe than sorry is a great motto and I appreciate and respect it but sending entire states of people into a widespread panic almost takes away the actual message for those that really do need to be prepared, although again I thank you weathermen for allowing me a lazy day at home yesterday. It just seems to me that there should be some sort of happy medium... Hey world a bad ass storm is coming so we reccomend we have yourselves prepared but there is no need to tackle people down for generators, I MEAN YOU LIVE IN NEW ENGLAND - you should be ready for these things on the drop of a hat!

 

Being prepared is always a good thing, especially if you are a boyscout!!!

 

Ok... I can't help it, this one cracks me up, mostly because we made out quite ok up here BUT you have to admit is is well done! Thank you http://movieline.com/2012/10/28/hurricane-sandy-grease-meme-frankenstorm/ for sharing!