Made the Sunday Paper

My family local fame this Halloween!

Winter Storm Alfred

Weather lately has been very crazy.. From Hurricane Irene to Winter Storm Alfred within a couple of months we have been very busy. The state that is usually quite of natural disasters since the flood of 1955 before even my parent’s time is making me feel like the fictional book by Sydney Sheldon “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” may have some truth to it. Most live here during the summer because of the nice weather and leave in November because of the sometimes rough winters. This year the snowbirds got a good taste of what they are missing and us permanent residents fear for a winter worse than last year’s which had storm after storm and record snow piles. This is round two of long term power outages in a state that already pays a lot more than others needing AC in the summer, or oil/gas/electric in the winter for heat. Our taxes are some of the highest and just now today 5 days after the governor called a state of emergency does he announce that he will ask the National Guard to help… We also have a ton of unemployed people many contractors because of the housing slump… Why not set up ready to hire locations and assign these people some work? I wonder how many people have been laid-off from cl-p since 2008 let’s get them some work. Instead (and I am grateful) people from out of sate companies are coming to our aid.

I’d like to point out that the still standing trees by power-lines and houses have been weakened by this storm. Let’s be proactive and think about what happens if we get as much snow as last year or worse ice storms like the year before. Underground power?

People around the world are feeling the effects of mother nature, mudslides, hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanos, winter storms, wildfires, where is the safest place to live? How do we prepare for these happenings? Are they more common now or is media just making it seem that way?

Is a generator for your home the next self preservation tactic like an IRA or LTC insurance?