So there was indeed a hurricane, in case you were starting to doubt any part of it. As soon as it “began”, and in this case that means when the sky turned to grey pearls and the water levels in both rivers began to rise, I headed down to check things out.

This next picture was taken later in the day, Monday, when stuff was getting more serious. Incidentally, I’m wearing the Arcteryx Alpha SV in this picture and I can now add hurricane to its list of experiences. It performed perfectly in horizontal rain coming in at gusts of 50-60MPH.

Before feeling the need to skedaddle as the gusts became dangerous, I took one more shot of the water rising up.

Then two days of no work as most of NYC shut down. Not that any of this needs more documentation given the amount of media coverage, but lower manhattan lost power and it will stay that way for a few days. The subways downtown all flooded, some up to their ceilings, and that kind of salt water damage will make things very hard to clean up quickly. Everything needs to be re-inspected and in many cases rewired, etc.

My area faired nearly perfectly fine. A few branches here and there was all– power and network stayed on. I should have posted for you guys sooner but it was fun to be a little disconnected for a while.

I’m in the office today, just me and one other person for now.

In here, I’ve learned of another key departure. It would seem that my organization is going to be undergoing significant changes over the next couple of months. I’m not sure where I fit in all of that stuff. I’m eager for a change anyway, but anxious about what the options will be.