Impending doom

And gathering gloom.  Clouds thin enough early that I could see the crescent moon through them, but not Venus.  Now I can't see the sun.

Pretty heavy buildup for just another Nor'easter, eh?  Don't blame me, blame the weather hysterics on the Tube.  Now we seem to have a flash flood watch, as that 3"+ of rain may arrive at the rate of a couple of inches per hour. 

Or not.

We didn't get this wound up about full-fledged hurricanes when I was a lad.  Younger generation is getting soft.  Anyway, I have the ham radio 2-meter handhelds charged up and ARES* ID card in my pocket.  Full tank of gas in the car.

"The sky is falling! The sky is falling!"

*Amateur Radio Emergency Service

Still here

Wind and rain have lived up to expectations.  Found out something new about the house we've lived in for over 30 years -- some pre-us dingbat caulked the drain "weeps" on one of the kitchen windows shut.  So that sill filled up with water behind the combination storm windows.  I have since cleared the problem.

Why didn't that ever show up before?

One of life's little jests

For all that this storm started out as a hurricane, the northern and mountain border regions are getting snow from it.