'tis better to light a candle than curse the darkness
until i lit a candle... and i still cursed the darkness...
it was spooky. living here, i've experienced drenching rains from inland remnants of hurricanes and tropical storms. but yesterday was the first time a still-intact storm actually passed directly overhead. we're about 200 miles inland, yet the eye of the hurricane passed over my town around midnight and it was the eeriest thing! all evening the rain and howling wind had been picking up in intensity. then all of a sudden, everything was quiet and still. it was an eerie calm and quiet, where. when i looked out, everything was dead still, except by the silhouette of the moonlight, you could see clouds swirling around in a circular motion in the dark sky. you had to have been there, really. about half an hour later, the noisy squalls resumed and lasted throughout the night. no tornadoes this time, luckily.
did you know that i used to want to be a meteorologist? all my life, storms have both fascinated and scared me. it's hard to explain. i guess it's their savage, wild beauty. but then i've always been a curious person and i've always loved science, so maybe it was a need to understand how things work in the world around me.
today i woke up to electricity (and a warm fridge and thawed freezer). outside there is messy chaos as a lot of traffic lights are still out and trees and wires are down everywhere. two huge trees fell over here, but thankfully none fell onto my car. but i believe someone who lives in my building no longer has an intact car. from all accounts, i'm just glad i don't live an hour east of here, in richmond, where the water is undrinkable and the power is still out. ugh.
so crazy!
