Survived My First Storm on the Atlantic Coast

There were no thunder and lightning like I am used to.  It just rain and strong gust.  All of a sudden the apartment turned into a nosiy place of banging, rattling and howling wind.  It was so loud that I decided to tuck myself into bed at 10:30 pm (best place to be on a rainy and cold day).  I can't even hear the TV well with the noises.  The noises continued through and at 1:30 am, I was still awake as it was impossible to sleep with the sudden banging noise.

I have never slept with the small window closed but the noise was just too much so I went ahead to close it and lo and behold the noise was done to a minimum and I finally fell asleep. 

A storm like that is bound to do some damages of fallen trees and lost power.  Thank God it was pretty uneventful for me except for a bit of sand found on the living floor dislodged from the rattling.

The storm system is expected to continue till Friday / Saturday.

There will be a break of sunshine on Sunday before Joaquin comes along.  As to the Joaquin's path, it's still too early to predict.  Either ways it will be rainy and gusty just how much rain and how gusty is the question.  Anyways, a trip to the grocery stall is needed incase there is a power failure.  I need bread, biscuits and snacks and battery pack charged as a precautionary stand by.