Emergency Management
Monday, October 29th, 2012From Monday Mom – Neetika:
Happy Frankenstorm! If you are reading this from the East Coast, I hope you are safe and dry. Hopefully you have your candles ready and pots filled with water. At this point, I don’t know what we’re all in for. We are in New York City—translation: islands surrounded by water. The mayor has announced that the transit system is shutting down Sunday night—now that’s a big deal. My husband works on Wall Street—among the most vulnerable parts of Manhattan—and I’m relieved he doesn’t need to go in. Whatever we face, we face as a family, and that’s somewhat reassuring.
We live on the third floor of a walkup so I’m not too worried about flooding, though our car is parked on the street. My major concern is losing power. Since Haley is out of the infant stage and can handle a lot more, I know she will be all right. Yet it’s still nerve-wracking to be unable to guarantee her safety.
Perhaps the most annoying feature of this weather system? Its disruption of Halloween! We were planning to go to a Halloween Fair over the weekend, but the weather just didn’t look too great. I really wanted to show Haley off in her elephant costume—she looks too adorable in it. Luckily, she doesn’t really get the holiday anyway. We’ll always have the cute pictures. One day we’ll look back and laugh about how they were all taken indoors.