The expected Storm

Yes, big anticipation.  The news are full of reports on the status of the storm, the expected landfall, the severity, the length, the expected amount of rain, I think the reporters/news would love to know the outcome, so they could tell us how bad it was!
Anyway, the news is on on all channels, and all of them have the warnings, the evacuation plans, the possible tidal wave heights, the report about the full moon and the full moon making it worse.  The warnings, the Garden State Parkway North is not charging any tolls, the possibility of the subway flooding, the very real possibility of electricity failing for possibly as long as a week, I'm telling you, folks, we get ALL the information!
What are we doing?  I just baked chocolate chip cookies.  We have water, batteries, the cars are tanked full, the freezers are full, and besides that, we live on a hill.  Yes, we will feel the wind, get the rain, but it shouldn't be too bad where we are.
We went to church this morning, and watched Jessica get her bible.  She had invited us to come.  And we sang 'Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott', of course the English version which is 'A mighty fortress is our God'.
Which reminded me that my Dad used to walk around the house around this time singing it on the top of his lungs, and that Reformation Day is on the 31st of October.  Anyone remember going to church then?  And not even knowing about Halloween?
Photos?  None today.
I'll update you as soon as I can, at the moment we're all anticipation.....

Ja, eine grosse Erwartung auf den kommenden Sturm.  Die Nachrichten sind voller Tipps, Evakuirungsplanen, Erwartungen, Schaetzungen wie hoch die Flutwellen sein koennten, die durch den Vollmond noch vergroessert werden.... usw.  Ich glaube, wenn es den Nachrichtenleuten moeglich waere, zu berichten, wie schlimm es war, wuerden sie es voll tun!

Was machen wir?  Ich habe gerade Chocolate Chip Cookies gebacken.  Wir haben Wasser, Batterien, Katzenfutter, die Gefrierfaecher sind voll, wir sind unsere Handies am aufladen, den laptop genauso.  Ja, es faengt and windig zu werden, und jetzt heisst es abwarten was kommt.

Wir gingen heute morgen zum Gottesdienst, Jessica hatte uns eingeladen, sie bekam heute ihre Bibel.  Wir saangen 'Ein Feste Burg ist unser Gott', wobei ich voll mitschmettern konnte, leider fiel mir der ganze deutsche Text nicht mehr ein (ich googlete es).  Und es erinnerte mich an meinen Vadder, der um die Jaahreszeit das Lied laut schmetternd durchs Haus ging.  Und daran, dass am 31. Oktober Reformationstag ist, und wir damals an dem Tag zur Kirche gingen, und kein Mensch ueberhaupt wusste, dass Halloween existiert.  Erinnert sich jemand daran?
Fotos?  Heute mal keine.