[Sparkle]

It's getting blustery up in Western Mass now.

I'm cooking up everything perishable and about to have a very long hot shower lest we lose power later.

So far the forecast is predicting high winds and widespread power outages. The wind is usually to the right of the path of the storm, the heavy rains and flooding to the left. I'm really hoping we don't get hit with the heavy heavy rains, this region was ravaged with flash floods last year, the last thing those communities need is more of the same. But I did run to my office earlier (school is closed) to pull everything up from the floor - during Irene we discovered my office was the lowest point in the building after the local stream flooded, came up through the drains in the old mill building we're housed in and all of the water ran through the hallways and pooled in my office.

Stay safe and dry and warm - everyone!