Hurricane Sandy

East coast were panic and trying to get things to welcome Hurricane Sandy. I think I have slept through when the hurricane come to us. There were two trees fall but not on us. Not our trees. Whew. 

Would it be fun walking in rain and windy--and yes, it was fun. 

Our welcome sign was about to fall.. :D Strong enough to push that thing! 

I'm trying to say.. I'm FINE especially mom, dad, and Charlie loved me so much and gave me sick. Yes, I'm sick with sore throat, coughing, and little nose running. Even my head feel like it's flying weird different directions. Oh dear, it was enough to cancel all schools for two days! Even we were not allowed to drive on highways from last night until today at noon. And miracle that we don't lose our power or anything. Very lucky compare to other people. Two days of school cancelled gave me chance to rest and trying to get better before tomorrow. Somehow I doubt it. Groans. 

The Roof

We got lot of rain recently. About two months ago, Katie told us that there were some leak in her bedroom. I had to check what she saw. I saw there were lot of water leak on the wall from the vent and one other area.  The odd is that the vent was not bottom, but it was middle of the wall. You'll see the picture to see what I mean. The carpet was soaked. I grabbed the towels and put it on the carpet where it was soaked.

Annie had to call the condo company about the leak. The roof man came and fixed the roof so the problem would be solved. The next day, rain comes and go.

Men came and ripped off the wall to see what the problem was. They found some mold were about to develop. One of men sprayed special thing for mold. Poor Katie because the insulter was removed and left it open for many days, even cold nights. I had to go and buy a heater for her. The reason they left it open because it has to be dry before they put it back. They thought it was fixed.

Nope, it wasn't fixed!! 

Annie had to call them again and complained it wasn't fixed. The roof owner came and think it was umm roof slider. That was causing the problem. So we have to call different people to come to fix roof slider or side? I don't know what it called. They haven't come to fix it. It have been opened and still having leak.. GRRR. Poor Annie. 

I hope they will get it fixed BEFORE the snow comes and decided to sit on the ground! It's not going to be pretty in the morning--when people found us frozen people. ;) Because it wasn't solved yet.... 

Natural Disasters

Crazy! I have been through ups and downs recently. I hope everything will calm down soon. So I'm sure everyone know about the hurricane Irene. Well, it's on way to us.  I don't think it will hit us so hard because it's more likely hit the beaches more than the land. Still we never know how much it will affect us.

There are so many people preparing for the hurricane such as getting food, fill up gas for cars, have enough water for three days, flashlight, candles, etc. We will fill up water in our tubs before night. People talking around here that we might lose powers. It's driving me nuts but it's good to know what to prepare for natural disasters. It won't be the same as Cindy had a few months ago.

Last Tuesday we had an earthquake. Yes, an earthquake in Maryland. Well, it starts in VA but it spread north because it was very deep ones. It was very interesting to see people's reaction about the earthquake. I was surprised so many people were clueless what to do during the earthquake. Serious, lot...LOT of people---It was their first experience with earthquake.

I remember when I was young, my school had two drills. One for fire drill and other drill was for earthquake. I know what I should do during the earthquake because of those drills. On that day, at around 1:52pm, I was doing laundry. I closed the door and was going to the living room. I saw a box sitting on the floor was shaking. Not really shaking, but almost like waves but small fast waves. I was unsure if my eyes were tricking me. I saw the plants shaking. I realized it was an earthquake. I ran to the door stand near outside to the patio. (Duh, I should run outside.) Oh well, during the earthquake. I can see the sun ray reflected on the patio--it looked like the sun was also shaking but it wasn't really. It was strange to think about it.

Oh my, guess what? I don't think the drills has sinked in my guts yet as it sinked in my memories. I was standing, waiting, and looking around to make sure nothing serious. I looked at the door--OH UH. I made an idiot choice. I stood middle of the glass sliding doors! GLASS DOOR! WHAT?!! What earth am I doing here!! But at that time, the earthquake finally calmed down. Rolling eyes at myself for picking the stupidest place for safe.

Now I guess we are waiting for the hurricane Irene to come and visit us tomorrow. It says Irene might come between 2am to 8am. Let's see what Irene can do for us.