hurricane mania

Good Lord…
Granted, the weather is frightening. It has been snowing hard since last night, all on top of the remnants of 20” that we got only about 3 or 4 days ago. And, granted, the TV news announcers have been blathering on to the point of absolute insanity because coverage of the storm has been on 24/7 ever since the first snow began and there just isn’t that much to say about it. BUT, what happened is that one of the help here saw something on TV that has them all convinced that a hurricane is going to hit at 4:00. They keep warning everyone away from the windows because the hurricane is coming! Don’t hurricanes come from warm tropical winds? Probably someone on TV said “hurricane force winds”, but the only people here who speak English as a first language are the residents.

That could actually make for an interesting learning experience. What a great chance to learn about other countries! Two of my caretakers are from Nepal, for example, and I don’t even know where Nepal is, or what language they speak, or what type government they have there.

HMMM.. It is now 4:00, and the winds seem to have died off, and it may have quit snowing, and no hurricane seems to be brewing!