This is a picture of the Saw Mill River Parkway after Irene. It's the main road I take to get around Westchester. Again, I am so grateful that we were not personally hit harder, though I have to say that my whole house is starting to smell like mildew from the basement flooding.
This morning my friend Libbie is coming over for a warm shower, coffee and Internet access. Like roughly half the people in town, she still has no power. She was over here yesterday for a few hours, and I must say it was kind of fun to have company in my home-office. She also brought over food to stash in my refrigerator and told The Weatherman and me to help ourselves.
Which brings me to the Food Pantry - ack! No power since Saturday, so all the food in our refrigerators and freezers have gone bad. Also no power in the church where we are housed. The bakery that gives us end-of-the-day donations had nothing to give us yesterday evening, because while they had power, so many folks don't, that they sold out of all food. The Pantry is supposed to be open tonight, but if there is still no power, it won't be safe. Obviously we are worried about our clients and scrambling to think of alternatives.
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