of the damage, lessening
dramatically as you leave the areas hit by the storm surge.
http://enews.earthlink.net/article/us?guid=20121101/f0b97b8d-104f-43ef-8142-14981c9d237c
Remember to cut and paste the whole url. I tried to make a tinyurl and it
wouldn't let me. Things are improving by the hour
hi everyone
it has been raining since last friday. temps have been in mid-40f range since
then. we lost power aome time around 1 a.m. tuesday morning...when i left for
work this morning it was still out.
luckily we have lots of candles. beloved's water gas heater is an old one and
doesn't rely
Irish Crochet in Austria and France and Irish Crochet Lace in the
Nineteenth Century
We are approaching the holiday season with the availability of two new
crochet history books by Barbara Ballantyne, an Arachne member located in
Australia. They are particularly suitable for those who are
Hello, all -
I rarely post here, but since my lace has been keeping me
going in these last few days, it feels right to reach out to this wonderful
community. First of all, I know that I AM VERY LUCKY in terms of storm
damage. I live in NJ in one of the counties hard hit, although I am well
Watching the news on the BBC makes one realise how dependent we have
become on gas, electric/water supplies etc.
In 1987 southern England had a very strong storm -hurricane. Living
north of the Thames the damage was nowhere as bad as in the south(near
Stansted Airport), in fact we all slept
Hi All, I was happy to find out that my niece in Philadelphia, nephew in
New York City and sister in Boston all fared well.
In Vermont we got rain and wind. We lost electricity because a rotten
tree down the street fell on the power lines. The next day we had no
phone (landline) or internet
Dear Antje other kind Arachneans,
Thank you for your concern for those of us in the mid-Atlantic and
Northeast states. I live in the suburbs of Washington, DC and many in
our area suffered downed trees and power outages as well as flooding.
In my neighborhood, we were generally fortunate
Hello, gentle spiders,
In my central part of Virginia, we have dodged the bullet. I suppose that the
Derecho of June was enough penance for our region, for which we are grateful.
The tidewater region of our state had some flooding, while the mountains
experienced snowfall, but in each case,
Arlene in NJ, - None of us would do anything else, I think, than sit and
make lace in times like you are going through. What a pity no-one else near
you understands. I wonder what they have been doing in their spare time!
I know I, too, would just sit and make lace - calming, and productive.
So
