Duck and cover = Perfect Storm a comin'

[Coito ergo sum]

We're on very high ground, on top of a hill. It may be the highest spot in our town; I'm not sure. It's good to avoid flooding. It sucks to avoid high winds.

Flooding is almost always worse than wind.

[orpheus]

We're on very high ground, on top of a hill. It may be the highest spot in our town; I'm not sure. It's good to avoid flooding. It sucks to avoid high winds.

Flooding is almost always worse than wind.

True. The really bad times for us are in blizzards. There's only one driveway up to our place. It's very long, steep, twisty, and it ices over almost immediately. Very dangerous to try to drive. Dangerous even to walk. Plus there are almost always power lines down near the entrance, so people can't even get close. When that happens we're pretty much trapped up here, and if (when) the power goes out there's no heat. We've learned to take this very seriously, and we evacuate early if we can.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

765,000 customers without power.

[amused]

765,000 customers without power.

Maybe I should crank the heat up to 130 and stockpile it in case I lose power.

[Coito ergo sum]

[orpheus]

Location

Location

Location

[Ian]

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[Ian]

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[Ian]

Manhattan, Lower East Side:

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[SteveB]

Holy Schinikey! Feels like it isn't real.

[Robert_S]

Apparently those clouds off to the east are part of it.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Meanwhile, well inland in New Jersey.

[hadespussercats]

Just wait til high tide.

All that was at 10am this morning! 7 hours ago!

I am dying to know what it is like there now.

High tide is at like 8pm. And, there is like a full moon or near full moon tonight.

Well, seems like my cousin, who lives in Alphabet City, was wise to go along with the evacuation earlier-- lots of water. And they've shut down the grid in lower Manhattan.

We still are dry (relatively) and have power (obviously). So, so far, so good.

All bridges and tunnels to and from the island are closed, so we're here for the duration. S'okay-- I rarely leave Manhattan as it is. I think August was may last time.

Drinking some Malbec. and watching NY1-- which is unfortunately in one of the watery parts of town.

[hadespussercats]

Rainy and windy, but no more than a summer thunderstorm yet. Well, the wind's picked up. But people are still sometimes out and about.

Get this-- on my local parenting listserve, a mother was asking whether she really had to pay her nanny for today. "I asked her to come out, but she didn't. Now I have to work from home. What am I supposed to do?"

Thank gawd people on the listserve gave her the smackdown. I was worried they'd all be like, "Yes, that's terrible. How are you supposed to stay home and work if she won't come in from Queens or wherever? "

Well, the answer to her question is probably not. Nannies are nonexempt employees, which means that the employer has to track the nanny's hours and pay overtime for any hours over 40 the nanny works. By the same token, that means that the employer only must pay the nanny for hours actually worked, and if she is not at work, even because she takes the day off due to a hurricane, the employer need not pay her. Unless, of course, part of the nanny's deal involves paid time off, and the day could be considered a paid day off.

Yeah, yeah. It depends on the contract. There are salaried nannies in these parts, sometimes.

It was more the tone. Lady can't go in to work (because of the storm), but is upset at nanny because nanny can't come in (because of storm) so lady can get work done at home.

Hello first world problems.

[Ian]

Much of Manhattan now has no power:

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