Isn't this exciting?

I've become obsessed with hurricane Sandy. I'm watching the news and the weather channel like it was my job. This is odd for two reasons. First, I rarely watch the news, it's depressing and I get anxious when I sit and think how awful the world is becoming. Second, the idea that I'm only a few hundred miles from where a hurricane is about to make landfall would ordinarily have me packing up my stuff and heading for higher ground. But I'm not frightened this time. I'm excited. I can't get enough news about it. I think we're set with supplies, and my biggest concern really is my wakjob neighbor's yard full of "political signage" and I use the term loosely because it looks more like a yard sale and a crime scene made a baby that wasn't very bright.

Maybe it's the name. I mean, if you really think about it "Sandy" doesn't exactly scream horrifying cataclysmic event. In fact, the only phrase that comes to mind when I hear Sandy is "Beauty School Dropout" (Maybe I'm losing some of my chick-cred here but I've only seen Grease once, so forgive me if that song was based on another character...those girly girl movies were sort of lost on my teenage tom-boy self).

Mostly though, I think it's because this thing is immense. Massive. Truly the largest storm I've ever seen EVER on satellite. It's a once in a lifetime event, and it's truly amazing to be a part of it. Schools are closed for two days, I could potentially lose power for a week or more. If the winds don't drop below 35 MPH (and that could be a day or two after the storm passes) they can't even send people out to fix the power-lines. It's a terrific event in every sense of the word and I'm excited to see it unfold.

Here are a few sets of photos that you may find interesting if you're as geeked up over this as I am:
http://www.weather.com/news/weather-hurricanes/hurricane-sandy-pictures-photos2-20121025

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2224655/Hurricane-Sandy-update-Floodwaters-breach-rivers-submerge-towns-storm-century-barrels-East-Coast.html