Re: well??
gardenchat@hort.net
  • Subject: Re: well??
  • From: A*@aol.com
  • Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:14:36 -0400 (EDT)
No real structural damage here, but lots of limbs and stuff down, and more 
water
running everywhere than I can ever remember.  The pond is right up into the 
lawn,
and everywhere is soggy - to say nothing of a couple of inches in the 
basement.
We were thinking we had escaped the worst when the power went off in the 
middle
of the night on Saturday, and didn't come back on until about 4:30 this 
afternoon.
To complicate matters, I was running a Horticulture School which was 
scheduled
for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  Well, first of all on Friday we were 
told 
that Lasdon Park & Arboretum, where we hold the school would be closed on 
Monday in anticipation of weather problems.  We could have our school on 
Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday.  First of all I determined that we would keep our 
Tuesday
schedule the same as planned, even though it would have been better 
sequence to
have it the second day.  Then I had to see if I could get Monday's speakers 
lined up
for Wednesday.  Two could adjust, but one could not, so I had to find a 
replacement.
That I was able to do.  Next it was necessary to notify all the students of 
the change.
This was only about 20 people, only half of which had email. Well, we did 
it.  
The school went off very well, and there was only one no-show.  Tomorrow 
will be
the written exam for those taking the course for credit, but that's no 
problem.  What 
was a potential problem was that I had not printed out the exams before we 
lost
power - waiting to see how many I would need.  Thank goodness I had printed 
out
all the 17 pages of outlines, etc. that go in the folders ahead of time. I 
did have an
unedited copy of the exam, which Chet went out to Staples and had copied 
this
morning.  At that point we had no idea when we would have power and if I 
would
be able to print them at home. Now, I could have done so, but it was a 
relief to
have that done.
 
Other people had a worse time - one friend had a tree fall on her roof, and 
another
lost a bunch of trees.  I'm very grateful that we really only had 
inconvenience.
 
Auralie
 
 
In a message dated 8/29/2011 8:29:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
gardenqueen@gmail.com writes:

folks are ok in NE PA.  Hope Auralie & Eva are ok in NY state!

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 7:06 PM, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I am sure most are still without power, but wondering if anyone has heard
> how
> the east coast folks are doing?
>
> Hoping everyone is fine.
>
> Donna

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