Since I have been on the mainland (2006), I have noticed that the meteorological events that are called 'storms' don't seem to really compare to some of the meteorological events that are given the same appellation in Newfoundland.
The Hurricane Earl vs. Hurricane Igor comparison is a good one, or so it seems to be to me.
The following is a video that I took of a good portion of the worst of Earl. As you can see, the plants still have their leaves. So while I do need to acknowledge that several trees were knocked over and power lines downed, it really wasn't that bad as far as hurricanes go.
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As a point of contrast, this is a video taken during Igor's time in Newfoundland. Notice how an entire barn is washed away by the power of flowing water.
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I think it should now be clear where the real storms reside. (And I should be clear, I am fine with the Mainland having wimpier storms - just don't insult me by trying to claim that they are the same thing).
Showing posts with label Hurricane Earl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hurricane Earl. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Monday, September 06, 2010
Hurricane Earl Follow-Up
As previously mentioned, Earl knocked out our power for a good chunk of the day on Saturday. Not surprisingly, this wasn't all that Earl managed to do, it seems that quite a number of our friends felt quite a number of different effects.
One of the most obvious Earl related problems was the extended power-outage. While most of our friends managed to have power restored to them by Saturday night, a few friends were without power until late Sunday evening. Fortunately, at least as far as I know, basically everyone has had their power restored. So I guess much of the damage wasn't too bad, though a good number of power lines were knocked down.
Earl did do a number on a number of trees. Fortunately, most of the trees in our part of town (the South End) escaped without too much damage. Sadly, the same cannot be said for trees in other parts of the city. For instance, our friends who were without power for over 24 hours, also had a tree from their neighbour's property come crashing into their backyard.
It seems that on its way down this tree smashed the neighbour's empty shed. Fortunately, the she seems to be the main victim.
Somehow the deck seems to have escaped relatively unscathed.
Down the street there was another tree that suffered rather dramatically at the hands of Earl. This tree seems to have had branches snapped off. These broken branches then came to a rest on the roof of the house. While it doesn't look as though too much damage has been done (at least from what I could see), it seems possible that there is damage that isn't visible from the outside.
Another friend felt the effects of the storm through it's impact on the Marine Atlantic ferry schedule. What was most shocking about the delays he experienced is that while they were bad enough to be annoying, they weren't bad enough to put them behind schedule by more than a few hours.
While there certainly were a few other consequences as a result of Earl's presence, in general, I am impressed by the lack of damage and quick clean-up. I suspect that within a few days visitors to the city won't even know that we were recently hit by a tropical storm.
One of the most obvious Earl related problems was the extended power-outage. While most of our friends managed to have power restored to them by Saturday night, a few friends were without power until late Sunday evening. Fortunately, at least as far as I know, basically everyone has had their power restored. So I guess much of the damage wasn't too bad, though a good number of power lines were knocked down.
Earl did do a number on a number of trees. Fortunately, most of the trees in our part of town (the South End) escaped without too much damage. Sadly, the same cannot be said for trees in other parts of the city. For instance, our friends who were without power for over 24 hours, also had a tree from their neighbour's property come crashing into their backyard.
It seems that on its way down this tree smashed the neighbour's empty shed. Fortunately, the she seems to be the main victim.
Somehow the deck seems to have escaped relatively unscathed.
Down the street there was another tree that suffered rather dramatically at the hands of Earl. This tree seems to have had branches snapped off. These broken branches then came to a rest on the roof of the house. While it doesn't look as though too much damage has been done (at least from what I could see), it seems possible that there is damage that isn't visible from the outside.
Another friend felt the effects of the storm through it's impact on the Marine Atlantic ferry schedule. What was most shocking about the delays he experienced is that while they were bad enough to be annoying, they weren't bad enough to put them behind schedule by more than a few hours.
While there certainly were a few other consequences as a result of Earl's presence, in general, I am impressed by the lack of damage and quick clean-up. I suspect that within a few days visitors to the city won't even know that we were recently hit by a tropical storm.
Sunday, September 05, 2010
Cited again
It seems that Montifax's coverage Hurricane Earl was used as a source by at least one other website in their online coverage of the storm. That they also posted my time-lapse video likely explains why it has so many views.
Whenever stuff like this happens I find it quite strange, but I guess I do similar things all the time with other web content so I really shouldn't be that surprised.
Whenever stuff like this happens I find it quite strange, but I guess I do similar things all the time with other web content so I really shouldn't be that surprised.
Hurricane Earl Live 21
Just moments ago we returned from a several hour excursion to the Bayer's Lake shopping district. Though the primary justification for the trip was to find places with power, we did allow ourselves to engage in some shopping and shopping related activities.
Eventually we even decided to head to a movie before returning to our apartment. The idea was that a movie would provide us with a few hours of refuge from our unfanned apartment during the power outage. Eventually we all agreed on The Other Guys, which we all ended up enjoying.
I should note that just as the sun was setting we happened to be waiting at an intersection in Bayer's Lake when we heard something of a thud and screech. At first it appeared that a three car pile up had occurred just across the street from us. Rebecca, sensing a confrontation between several of the drivers/participants, decided to report the incident to the cops. After the reporting process was complete we went on our way.
When we drove by this intersection a little later in the evening it seemed as though there were ambulances on site and at least six cars involved (and I could see about six police cars). Presumably there was either a second accident or a further pile up in relation to the first accident. (Though when I just showed the above photo to my fellow witnesses they said they were sure that there were more vehicles there at the time of the accident - the photographic evidence did little to convince them otherwise).
When we returned to our apartment we discovered that our building had power. Once we were inside Rebecca was able to determine that we had actually had power since about 6:00 PM, meaning that some of our refuge/shopping activities were not entirely necessary. Unfortunately we didn't have a good way of determining whether or not our power had been restored and thus decided to play it on the 'safe' side and keep on trucking at Bayer's Lake, a decision I don't entire regret (and certainly wouldn't regret had we come home to find we were without power).
Anyway, I guess this will be it for the Hurricane Earl updates, seeing as the storm seems to have passed. Thanks for following along.
Eventually we even decided to head to a movie before returning to our apartment. The idea was that a movie would provide us with a few hours of refuge from our unfanned apartment during the power outage. Eventually we all agreed on The Other Guys, which we all ended up enjoying.
I should note that just as the sun was setting we happened to be waiting at an intersection in Bayer's Lake when we heard something of a thud and screech. At first it appeared that a three car pile up had occurred just across the street from us. Rebecca, sensing a confrontation between several of the drivers/participants, decided to report the incident to the cops. After the reporting process was complete we went on our way.
When we drove by this intersection a little later in the evening it seemed as though there were ambulances on site and at least six cars involved (and I could see about six police cars). Presumably there was either a second accident or a further pile up in relation to the first accident. (Though when I just showed the above photo to my fellow witnesses they said they were sure that there were more vehicles there at the time of the accident - the photographic evidence did little to convince them otherwise).
When we returned to our apartment we discovered that our building had power. Once we were inside Rebecca was able to determine that we had actually had power since about 6:00 PM, meaning that some of our refuge/shopping activities were not entirely necessary. Unfortunately we didn't have a good way of determining whether or not our power had been restored and thus decided to play it on the 'safe' side and keep on trucking at Bayer's Lake, a decision I don't entire regret (and certainly wouldn't regret had we come home to find we were without power).
Anyway, I guess this will be it for the Hurricane Earl updates, seeing as the storm seems to have passed. Thanks for following along.
Saturday, September 04, 2010
Hurricane Earl Live 14-20
11:47 – Moments ago Jeannette and I returned from a brief trip outside (we were wondering if we might be able to get discount pizzas from the local pizza shop as a result of the recent power outage). Not surprisingly, we were unable to acquire such pizzas.
Nonetheless, we did snag some good information from our superintendent on our way out. It seems that our building’s underground parking garage door doesn’t work during power outages. The significance is that no one with a car in the garage will be able to get it out until power is returned, which might not be until tomorrow or the day after.
On the upside, we did see that the Airporter is running, so transportation to the airport isn’t impossible.
12:59 – Things have slowed down somewhat significantly since we lost power about an hour and a half ago. For the most part people seem to have engaged themselves in either reading or napping.
Just a few minutes ago Neil and I read some rules for a new game, Montego Bay, which we are hoping to play shortly. I guess we aren’t likely to play until everyone is awake and fully functional.
I am starting to get a little hungry. I guess it is lunchtime. I am not really sure about what I should do to deal with this problem. I don’t want to open the fridge as I am not sure when we will again have power, but I don’t know that we have too many things to eat that are not in the fridge (I guess we do, it is just that they aren’t particularly exciting). I am sure that I will be fine, I don’t think one can starve to death over the course of an afternoon.
13:04 – I just remembered my recently purchased package of Fudgee-Os. It seems that my food shortage problem has been temporarily solved.
13:42 – It seems that the rain has stopped, at least for now. This has allowed us to open a few of the our windows in an attempt to get a breeze as it is still surprisingly warm (apparently the Hurricane didn’t blow away the heat way like I hoped it would).
Though the winds have also died down we are occasionally subject to strong gusts. During a number of these gusts we have heard what sounded like cracks coming from some neighbouring trees. Thus far no major branches have fallen in our vicinity, though I suspect that a number of trees have been substantially weakened.
14:46 – Though there is still some wind, we are now able to see blue sky over the harbour. This suggests to me that we have made it through the worst of the storm, though, of course, we are still without power and seem likely to continue in such a state for some period of time.
15:01 - There has recently been some talk of heading out in the rental car to find an open restaurant to acquire food. Since the power has now been out for several hours it has been some time since any of us have had a proper meal.
17:44 - We are presently at a Starbucks in a Chapters at Bayers Lake. Sadly, the free internet access brought with it the bad news that we are still without power and will likely continue to be without it until tomorrow morning.
We originally came out this way to find a restaurant to visit for a late lunch. Since then we have been shopping and loitering, hoping to delay our return to our power-free apartment. Who know how far this avoidance of our apartment will take us.
Nonetheless, we did snag some good information from our superintendent on our way out. It seems that our building’s underground parking garage door doesn’t work during power outages. The significance is that no one with a car in the garage will be able to get it out until power is returned, which might not be until tomorrow or the day after.
On the upside, we did see that the Airporter is running, so transportation to the airport isn’t impossible.
12:59 – Things have slowed down somewhat significantly since we lost power about an hour and a half ago. For the most part people seem to have engaged themselves in either reading or napping.
Just a few minutes ago Neil and I read some rules for a new game, Montego Bay, which we are hoping to play shortly. I guess we aren’t likely to play until everyone is awake and fully functional.
I am starting to get a little hungry. I guess it is lunchtime. I am not really sure about what I should do to deal with this problem. I don’t want to open the fridge as I am not sure when we will again have power, but I don’t know that we have too many things to eat that are not in the fridge (I guess we do, it is just that they aren’t particularly exciting). I am sure that I will be fine, I don’t think one can starve to death over the course of an afternoon.
13:04 – I just remembered my recently purchased package of Fudgee-Os. It seems that my food shortage problem has been temporarily solved.
13:42 – It seems that the rain has stopped, at least for now. This has allowed us to open a few of the our windows in an attempt to get a breeze as it is still surprisingly warm (apparently the Hurricane didn’t blow away the heat way like I hoped it would).
Though the winds have also died down we are occasionally subject to strong gusts. During a number of these gusts we have heard what sounded like cracks coming from some neighbouring trees. Thus far no major branches have fallen in our vicinity, though I suspect that a number of trees have been substantially weakened.
14:46 – Though there is still some wind, we are now able to see blue sky over the harbour. This suggests to me that we have made it through the worst of the storm, though, of course, we are still without power and seem likely to continue in such a state for some period of time.
15:01 - There has recently been some talk of heading out in the rental car to find an open restaurant to acquire food. Since the power has now been out for several hours it has been some time since any of us have had a proper meal.
17:44 - We are presently at a Starbucks in a Chapters at Bayers Lake. Sadly, the free internet access brought with it the bad news that we are still without power and will likely continue to be without it until tomorrow morning.
We originally came out this way to find a restaurant to visit for a late lunch. Since then we have been shopping and loitering, hoping to delay our return to our power-free apartment. Who know how far this avoidance of our apartment will take us.
Hurricane Earl Live 13
Radio silence will now commence (Neil is turning off our internet to save our battery back-up).
More than 75 000 people are now without power.
More than 75 000 people are now without power.
Hurricane Earl Live 11
The National Hurricane Center's most recent images seem to suggest a stronger hit for the Halifax region than those of yesterday.
(Source: National Hurricane Center)
It seems that the more recent of their predictions with regards to the hurricane's path is the more accurate of the two.
(Source: National Hurricane Center)
It seems that the more recent of their predictions with regards to the hurricane's path is the more accurate of the two.
Hurricane Earl Live 10
We can now hear all kinds of emergency service vehicles. Fortunately they seem to be driving out of hearing range.
Hurricane Earl Live 9
Just as I was walking out of the bathroom after my shower and just as I was about to comment on successfully making it through my shower without losing power the power failed, though only for a few seconds. I am not confident that we will continue to be so lucky and only have such brief outages.
Nova Scotia Power is now reporting that more than 50 000 customers are without power, many of whom are located in Halifax.
My recent YouTube videos (short clip and time-lapse) have been relative successes, meaning that they both already have more than 10 views. Actually, the first of the two videos already has more than 50 views, making it one of my more popular videos of late.
Nova Scotia Power is now reporting that more than 50 000 customers are without power, many of whom are located in Halifax.
My recent YouTube videos (short clip and time-lapse) have been relative successes, meaning that they both already have more than 10 views. Actually, the first of the two videos already has more than 50 views, making it one of my more popular videos of late.
Hurricane Earl Live 7
The number of Nova Scotia residents without power keeps rising. At last check, more than 36 000 (up to 40 000) customers were without power. Unfortunately, certainly for those involved, it has already been suggested that some repairs won't be completed until September 6, 2010, two days from now.
For a while I took a time-lapse video looking from our living room out past our balcony. Sadly, I don't know that this clip really demonstrates the intensity of the storm (it is really quite intense at the moment).
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I guess I will just get back to my paper and waiting things out.
Oh, and Halifax has posted an update.
For a while I took a time-lapse video looking from our living room out past our balcony. Sadly, I don't know that this clip really demonstrates the intensity of the storm (it is really quite intense at the moment).
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I guess I will just get back to my paper and waiting things out.
Oh, and Halifax has posted an update.
Hurricane Earl Live 6
Things are still kicking here in Halifax.
Nova Scotia Power is now reporting the more than 30 000 customers are without power.
A few minutes ago I snagged a quick video of our surroundings. While nothing particular impressive happens, I hope that, if anything, this will convey the intensity of the winds.
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Nova Scotia Power is now reporting the more than 30 000 customers are without power.
A few minutes ago I snagged a quick video of our surroundings. While nothing particular impressive happens, I hope that, if anything, this will convey the intensity of the winds.
[Embedded video]
Hurricane Earl Live 5
Things are definitely getting harrier by the minute in Halifax.
In particular, the number of power outages seems to be up to almost 30 000, several thousand of which are now in the Halifax region. For better or worse, many of those without power are being told (if they have battery back-ups) that they should expect to be without power for about 24 hours. A definite bummer for those people.
In our apartment we now expecting to be without power, a situation that may lead to a reduced frequency of posting.
In particular, the number of power outages seems to be up to almost 30 000, several thousand of which are now in the Halifax region. For better or worse, many of those without power are being told (if they have battery back-ups) that they should expect to be without power for about 24 hours. A definite bummer for those people.
In our apartment we now expecting to be without power, a situation that may lead to a reduced frequency of posting.
Hurricane Earl Live 4
Moments after making the last post I decided to check a few web sources to see if they might give me a better picture of the storm.
Nova Scotia Power's Live Outage Map is showing that almost 7500 customers are without power. None of the outages are in the immediate Halifax vacinity, and only one is in the Valley (Kentville).
Environment Canada's satellite imagery makes it clear why we are experiencing what we are experiencing.
A tree branch just feel from a tree and hit our building. Good thing that Neil moved the rental car last night.
Nova Scotia Power's Live Outage Map is showing that almost 7500 customers are without power. None of the outages are in the immediate Halifax vacinity, and only one is in the Valley (Kentville).
Environment Canada's satellite imagery makes it clear why we are experiencing what we are experiencing.
A tree branch just feel from a tree and hit our building. Good thing that Neil moved the rental car last night.
Hurricane Earl Live 3
Within in just the past few minutes things really took a turn for the worse as far as Hurricane Earl is involved.
For at least an hour, the wind had been blowing in noticeable gusts but not much else appeared to be happening. In particular, the absence of rain was quite noticeable.
Just a few minutes ago the wind dialed itself up another notch and is now accompanied by sideways-falling rain.
I think it is safe to say that we are not in the midst of something, and this is hours before the eye of the store is supposed to be at its closest.
For at least an hour, the wind had been blowing in noticeable gusts but not much else appeared to be happening. In particular, the absence of rain was quite noticeable.
Just a few minutes ago the wind dialed itself up another notch and is now accompanied by sideways-falling rain.
I think it is safe to say that we are not in the midst of something, and this is hours before the eye of the store is supposed to be at its closest.
Hurricane Earl Live 2
It is now almost 2:00 AM and there is still now sign of rain or Earl. Presumably by the time I wake up in the morning his presence will be more apparent.
Friday, September 03, 2010
Hurricane Earl Live 1
Well, we are gearing up mentally and physically for the impending doom that is Hurricane Earl.
Earlier today I moved a number of my plants from elevated locations to the balcony floor. Hopefully the new locations will prevent the plants from receiving too much damage, though I am sure that at least some damage will be inflicted.
Just moments ago Neil and I parked his rental car in a location out of the way of potential falling tree branches. Our own building's parking lot is anything but free of such potential hazards (though I don't recall any cars being damaged during Hurricane Bill last year).
On the mental side of things, we are definitely all prepared for rain and wind, not that this really took much time or effort. That being said, I am really not sure if I am completely ready for a summertime power outage, certainly not one that lasts any length of time. Now that I am a buyer of groceries the thought of such an occurrence instills me with great fear.
As far as the storm goes, not much has happened yet (the sole exception may be the increase in the level of humidity). That being said, word on the street is that it should start raining heavily before sun-up.
Hopefully we will be able to keep people updated and post some multi-media content as things progress. Also feel free to check out Jeannette'sas well as Nova Scotia Power's Live Outage Map, a storm-time favourite of mine.
Earlier today I moved a number of my plants from elevated locations to the balcony floor. Hopefully the new locations will prevent the plants from receiving too much damage, though I am sure that at least some damage will be inflicted.
Just moments ago Neil and I parked his rental car in a location out of the way of potential falling tree branches. Our own building's parking lot is anything but free of such potential hazards (though I don't recall any cars being damaged during Hurricane Bill last year).
On the mental side of things, we are definitely all prepared for rain and wind, not that this really took much time or effort. That being said, I am really not sure if I am completely ready for a summertime power outage, certainly not one that lasts any length of time. Now that I am a buyer of groceries the thought of such an occurrence instills me with great fear.
As far as the storm goes, not much has happened yet (the sole exception may be the increase in the level of humidity). That being said, word on the street is that it should start raining heavily before sun-up.
Hopefully we will be able to keep people updated and post some multi-media content as things progress. Also feel free to check out Jeannette'sas well as Nova Scotia Power's Live Outage Map, a storm-time favourite of mine.
A Few Quick Notes 450
-As expected, today was incredibly hot (kind of like the past few days). The humidity made the relatively high temperatures incredibly unpleasant and sweat inducing. As the evening has started to set in the temperature has started to drop, amazingly this hasn't seemed to caused much change in our apartment (presumably because of the heat retaining power of our apartment building's bricks).
-Today, because of the expected arrival of Hurricane Earl, a number of non-standard actions were taken in Halifax. One of the first of these actions that I learned about was the holding of an auxiliary farmer's market this afternoon. Strangely, they seemed to suggest that tomorrow morning's edition of the farmer's market was also expected to go ahead (I guess I will have to wait and see if this actually happens). The second somewhat unusual going on was that Halifax closed all of its sports fields for the long-weekend in anticipation of the storm. The result of the closure is that our final regular season Ultimate game of the season has been cancelled. As much as it might have been nice to play one more regular season Ultimate game, I am particularly pleased to know that the game won't be going ahead several days ahead of time.
-Jeannette and I ended up visiting the auxiliary farmer's market this afternoon. The trip was definitely a waste of time, there were very few vendors and basically no deals to be had (a fact that was driven home by a recent trip to the Valley, where they have real deals).
-Hurricane Earl is definitely on course to hit the Maritimes in the next few hours. That being said, I am not entirely convinced that Halifax will be hit to hard (at least if the imagery is to be believed).
(Source: National Hurricane Center)
On the other hand, it looks as though the North coast of the province will be hit pretty hard. Of course, this is of increased interest to our apartment now that Rebecca's brother, Nick, lives on that side of the province.
-We discovered more mouse activity in our apartment this evening. Hopefully all available food has been secured and any incentives for further presence removed.
-Tonight Neil signed up for a Costco membership. Because I was there, reside at the same address as Neil, and have a drivers license I was given the second membership card. We then went on to purchase quite a number of item, very few of which were complete extravagances.
-Just a few minutes ago I reported the advertising graffiti that wrote about earlier. Hopefully the city will clamp down on the offending company and consequently discourage other companies from adopting similar practices. I guess for any thing to happen the city will actually have to take action, which likely won't happen until after the long weekend.
-Today, because of the expected arrival of Hurricane Earl, a number of non-standard actions were taken in Halifax. One of the first of these actions that I learned about was the holding of an auxiliary farmer's market this afternoon. Strangely, they seemed to suggest that tomorrow morning's edition of the farmer's market was also expected to go ahead (I guess I will have to wait and see if this actually happens). The second somewhat unusual going on was that Halifax closed all of its sports fields for the long-weekend in anticipation of the storm. The result of the closure is that our final regular season Ultimate game of the season has been cancelled. As much as it might have been nice to play one more regular season Ultimate game, I am particularly pleased to know that the game won't be going ahead several days ahead of time.
-Jeannette and I ended up visiting the auxiliary farmer's market this afternoon. The trip was definitely a waste of time, there were very few vendors and basically no deals to be had (a fact that was driven home by a recent trip to the Valley, where they have real deals).
-Hurricane Earl is definitely on course to hit the Maritimes in the next few hours. That being said, I am not entirely convinced that Halifax will be hit to hard (at least if the imagery is to be believed).
(Source: National Hurricane Center)
On the other hand, it looks as though the North coast of the province will be hit pretty hard. Of course, this is of increased interest to our apartment now that Rebecca's brother, Nick, lives on that side of the province.
-We discovered more mouse activity in our apartment this evening. Hopefully all available food has been secured and any incentives for further presence removed.
-Tonight Neil signed up for a Costco membership. Because I was there, reside at the same address as Neil, and have a drivers license I was given the second membership card. We then went on to purchase quite a number of item, very few of which were complete extravagances.
-Just a few minutes ago I reported the advertising graffiti that wrote about earlier. Hopefully the city will clamp down on the offending company and consequently discourage other companies from adopting similar practices. I guess for any thing to happen the city will actually have to take action, which likely won't happen until after the long weekend.
Thursday, September 02, 2010
A Few Quick Notes 449
-As regular readers will already know, we are still in the midst of a heat wave in Halifax. For the past few hours it has been about 33 degrees, though it feels more like it is 40. This, as you might imagine, has been incredibly unpleasant. Fortunately, it is supposed to drop a little tomorrow, though this drop will be brought about because of the arrival of a hurricane, Hurricane Earl.
-I was finally able to harvest a few cherry tomatoes yesterday.
I was able to harvest a few more tomatoes from Andrew's plants, which have now been transferred to our balcony. These new plants also have a few more tomatoes that should soon be ripe, really upping my level of production for the summer.
-Yesterday's move went well, though it was as sweaty as one would expect. Within moments we were all dripping with sweat, something that wasn't as fun as it might sound.
-Our Empire Avenue activities have also continued today, though at a somewhat slower pace than a few days ago. As expected, we have now added a fifth person to our feeding frenzy, which means that we can really get things going if we want to.
-I have now officially engaged in some Hurricane Bill preparations, though I can't say that I have yet done much to prepare. Thus far all I have done is to buy a 3 liter bottle of water, one of the few remaining such bottles at the grocery store. Hopefully not much more preparation will be required.
-I was finally able to harvest a few cherry tomatoes yesterday.
I was able to harvest a few more tomatoes from Andrew's plants, which have now been transferred to our balcony. These new plants also have a few more tomatoes that should soon be ripe, really upping my level of production for the summer.
-Yesterday's move went well, though it was as sweaty as one would expect. Within moments we were all dripping with sweat, something that wasn't as fun as it might sound.
-Our Empire Avenue activities have also continued today, though at a somewhat slower pace than a few days ago. As expected, we have now added a fifth person to our feeding frenzy, which means that we can really get things going if we want to.
-I have now officially engaged in some Hurricane Bill preparations, though I can't say that I have yet done much to prepare. Thus far all I have done is to buy a 3 liter bottle of water, one of the few remaining such bottles at the grocery store. Hopefully not much more preparation will be required.
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