Storm Sequence
Oct. 8th, 2020 10:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rebeccmeisterYesterday I looked out the window just as a thunderstorm blew in:
Then I got back to work. Even though the power stayed off, somehow the wifi in the building still worked, and the UPS that I bought 2 months ago was doing its job. But after a bit more time passed, I figured I might as well head on home; the building ventilation was off and I wasn't feeling especially great. My sinuses don't enjoy abrupt changes in barometric pressure, it seems.
When I got to the edge of campus, I saw the first signs of the carnage:
Those are NOT small branches.
As I approached the intersection of Schuyler Rd and Spring Hill Rd, out of the corner of my eye I spotted an even bigger tree, completely uprooted.
Once I rounded the corner, I saw emergency flares. A tree had fallen completely across the road, to the point where I couldn't easily hike around it with my bike. I backtracked onto Highway 9, not my favorite route, and trundled on home, dodging more branches and pine cones and leaf piles. Power stayed on at home.
The power was still out on campus this morning, so classes for today are canceled and I'm working from home. I rode in before I learned the news, so I got to see another downed tree, still draped across power lines, also on Schuyler Road. Work crews are very busy, I am sure.
Students had just been lamenting about how there will never be any snow days again, now that we all know how to get things done online. Joke's on us, I guess. I hope they aren't too miserable once their phone batteries are all dead. Mostly I hope they all get some sleep.
The water was beautiful this morning, calm and flat. Not too much debris, either.
I don't know why, but I was reminded of Shaun Gladwell's Storm Sequence. Here's a snippet of it:
https://youtu.be/18rDgAr19DI
This was filmed on Bondi Beach in Sydney during a storm surge that produced huge waves on the beach. The film installation is a hundred times better in person, but this is what we've got.
Then I got back to work. Even though the power stayed off, somehow the wifi in the building still worked, and the UPS that I bought 2 months ago was doing its job. But after a bit more time passed, I figured I might as well head on home; the building ventilation was off and I wasn't feeling especially great. My sinuses don't enjoy abrupt changes in barometric pressure, it seems.
When I got to the edge of campus, I saw the first signs of the carnage:
Those are NOT small branches.
As I approached the intersection of Schuyler Rd and Spring Hill Rd, out of the corner of my eye I spotted an even bigger tree, completely uprooted.
Once I rounded the corner, I saw emergency flares. A tree had fallen completely across the road, to the point where I couldn't easily hike around it with my bike. I backtracked onto Highway 9, not my favorite route, and trundled on home, dodging more branches and pine cones and leaf piles. Power stayed on at home.
The power was still out on campus this morning, so classes for today are canceled and I'm working from home. I rode in before I learned the news, so I got to see another downed tree, still draped across power lines, also on Schuyler Road. Work crews are very busy, I am sure.
Students had just been lamenting about how there will never be any snow days again, now that we all know how to get things done online. Joke's on us, I guess. I hope they aren't too miserable once their phone batteries are all dead. Mostly I hope they all get some sleep.
The water was beautiful this morning, calm and flat. Not too much debris, either.
I don't know why, but I was reminded of Shaun Gladwell's Storm Sequence. Here's a snippet of it:
https://youtu.be/18rDgAr19DI
This was filmed on Bondi Beach in Sydney during a storm surge that produced huge waves on the beach. The film installation is a hundred times better in person, but this is what we've got.
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Date: 2020-10-08 04:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-10-08 04:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-10-08 04:45 pm (UTC)Massachusetts got the same system, with even more widespread damage. Stuart reported to me that power went out at our house late afternoon and was not restored until 11:30 this morning.
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Date: 2020-10-08 05:10 pm (UTC)Power is still out for the college campus area. The outage map is pretty overwhelming to look at!