Windswept nights

[sienamystic]

Well now, at least I can't complain about not hearing the tornado alarms - they certainly went off last night, with a vengeance! We were in the path of the big storms that swept through here, but aside from some roads flooding we got away with very little damage, and none of it to speak of. Never even lost power, and spent most of the evening watching So You Think You Can Dance in between the weather reports.

On the other hand, once the weather died down I got a phone call from my museum, and trotted over there to move various things out of the way of leaks. Some of it is just because old buildings will leak (and it indeed seems like my museum career is destined to always have a leak-fighting component!) but we suspect that some of the current construction may have something to do with a few of the puddles. At any rate, all's well and naught hurt but some cardboard.

All of this is very trying to my mom, who is envisioning me being swept off to Oz at any moment.

Comments

[maystone.livejournal.com]

Museum registrar! Very cool. The best job I ever had was the 10 years I spent working as the systems administrator at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Love museums! And you museum guys are all crazy in the best possible way.

Glad the sirens went off as they were supposed to and really glad that you escaped big damage.

[swooop.livejournal.com]

Whew.

By the way, you could suggest your mother buy you a pair of ruby slippers. Just in case ;-)

As for your power, you're lucky. Mine was out for 7 hours yesterday, and hello? I live in Maine. The nearest tornado was like 1000 miles away. Still not sure what that was about. Heh.