Darn it, I guess I wasn’t the first one to come up with that pun (inspired by the Dexys Midnight Runners song “Come on Eileen”). Considering I’ve been living under a rock, I wonder how strange it is that my brain went to that random 1982 song, along with so many others. Collective consciousness?
But seriously, this storm has been very worrisome, resulting in extensive damage and flooding and at least 40 fatalities. Damage estimates are approximately $7 billion. Nothing too serious hit Gorham, except for 5-6 inches of rain and power outages all day until about midnight. The little river that runs through town went up four feet and the flow rate increased by a factor of five (source: Louis and water.weather.gov) Pretty scary!
So yeah, yesterday was pretty boring without power in a hotel. I began reading War of the Worlds, H.G. Wells, which I’d downloaded from Project Gutenberg with great foresight back in New Haven. Amazingly, there was a fantastic pizza place open for dinner (Gorham Pizza House), and seemingly everyone in town was there.