Then fire, police, ambulance showed up, sirens, flashing lights. Neighbor reported to me that someone, trying to back into his own parking spot, had crossed the street, jumped the curb, crossed the grass and come to rest in the kitchen across the street.
A nonvirus, nonstorm calamity. One person led gently into ambulance, fire department checking safety of remaining wall, shutting off utilities, we have gas, vital to check. Now boarded up and tarped against the rest of the storm.
I could hardly think of a worse time for this to happen. Cue the locusts.
While I was out l found my daffodils broken by the wind, cut them
Here, left, the rescued daffodils, and on the right the bag of spent flowerheads I keep in the freezer for future paper making.
And a neighbor on the other side I haven't seen for a while offered to shop for me, share supplies etc. I'm very lucky to live where I do.
Which is more than I can say for the poor folks with a hole in their house. But all the emergency folks were here in maybe five minutes. And they won't get rain indoors. So there's that. Not exactly what they were expecting today.
