No Storm Damage Here

We, too, are watching the TV reports of all the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy.  It appears that the worst damage is in New York and New Jersey.  We are far enough south and west that all we have to endure is unseasonable low temperatures, wind, and rain from the edge of Sandy.  There is a lot of snow nearby, but that is in the higher elevations near the Blue Ridge.  Our hosts had no reason to expect anything other than normal temperatures of mid-30’s for lows to mid-60’s highs.  Most of planned work was expected to be outdoors.  Instead, our days and nights have both been in the 30`s since Sunday, so there has been some scrambling to find indoor work. 

Today, Tuesday, the ladies were able to work indoors preparing an on-campus historical house for inspection in order to obtain an occupancy permit, now that many major renovations are complete.  Meanwhile, the men in our group continued emptying a large storage building, where a mixture of “stuff” has been stored for a long time. We now have a 10 cubic yard dumpster full and ready to be hauled off tomorrow.  It was filled by hand over a day and a half.  We also have a 20 ft trailer filled with salvaged construction materials that will be donated to Habitat for Humanity.  Both the dumpster and the trailer will be filled at least once more before we are through, so there has been a lot of manual labor. 

This storage building is near the stables on this property.  Yesterday we had some very inquisitive spectators come to see what we are doing: