5:45 update

Things are getting worse. The wind has picked up. 170,000 people now without power.  We are warm and dry and still have power. Dinner is simmering, so I'm hoping that the power stays on for a while. Forever, would be nice.

One problem we've been mulling over is what if the power goes out in the night while we are sleeping and we don't notice.  The basement could be filling up with water while we sleep.

Here' s a link to some great pictures from the Boston Globe.  I want to go out to Plum Island to see the waves.  There's a Voluntary Evacuation Order there and it's dark now. But maybe tomorrow.

http://www.boston.com/news/weather/2012/10/29/bdc-local-sandy-photos-gallery/yyxcJ55o2bs8eAPXYQj77I/pictures.html?pg=28&t=150&cp=28