Hurricane Sandy

So according to blogspot.com I have now had 10,000 views since I started my blog in July 2011. I feel like I should be offering a wonderful prize - an ipad or money perhaps, but fortunately for me, I have no idea who you are (apart from my faithful followers ) and that's what I find interesting. At the beginning you were nearly all from France and then slowly my UK following has increased. About 4 months ago I started to have a large following in the States, which was strange as I don't know many people there, and now my followers are spread equally between France, UK, U.S.A and Malaysia with other countries like Russia, Korea, New Zealand.... visiting from time to time. Thank you all for your support and readership and I hope that you will continue to stay with my blog.

 This has been a strange week for me as Andrew (husband) is in New York and was there before, during and now is living through the aftermath of hurricane Sandy. He was supposed to be working in Pakistan but that was cancelled because of the dangerous situation and so he was pleased at the idea of having a month in New York staying in a nice hotel and being able to see his sister, Lindsay and his niece and nephew. Anyway as everyone knows the whole east coast was hit very badly and since Tuesday there has been no electricity or running water in a large area of Manhattan due to the power station blowing up. Andrew stayed on in his smart hotel, climbing the 15 floors to his room where there was no heating, electricity,running water and internet, until Thursday when they closed the hotel and he managed with great difficulty to find another place to stay. The new hotel still has no lights but has running water and the generator is able to allow hot water - at least an improvement. Meanwhile our daughter Lisa had booked her half -Term holiday in New York and her flight was booked for, yes you can guess,Tuesday 30 th October to coincide with the Halloween parade, New York Marathon and to visit her Aunt and cousins etc..... To cut a long story short her flight was postponed until Wednesday and she flew into a very different New York to what she was expecting. She is now staying with Lindsay who still has no electricity or running water......As Lindsay said "What a flimsy basis this so called civilised life rests on." The story will continue......
Update - Electricity has now been restored in Manhattan but I imagine there are still many areas without, not to mention the havoc caused by homes being destroyed along the east coast and the Caribbean.