Hunkering down for Hurricane Sandy

A friend posted this on Facebook this afternoon, which feels pretty true I have to say.  People seem pretty complacent about the impending Frankenstorm.

I have another one to add to the list, which is to speculate if the gym will be open tomorrow morning as a friend of mine just did in an email.  To be fair the worst of the storm is being forecast to run from noon on Monday to noon on Tuesday, but that doesn't mean that it's not going to be awful before then.  It never occurred to me that the gym might be open, because how would the staff get there now that the MTA has closed down the subway and buses??  They can't all live nearby. I was just planning to make use of the copious amounts of fitness DVDs that I've accumulated over the years.  

I'm feeling pretty complacent about the coming storm too which I think that has a lot to do with the damp squib that was Tropical Storm Irene last year, although the meteorologist on NY1, John Davitt, is warning of serious winds for the entire city this time around.  Apparently Sandy is quite the over achiever in terms of her hurricane force winds - over 74-mph - which extend 175-miles out from the center of the storm, normally hurricane winds only extend 30-miles from the center according to NY1.

There were long lines at grocery stores this afternoon to stock up on supplies.  I was going to pop in and get a few bits, but I took one look at the line at one place and decided I probably had enough food to last me through 2 days of potential house arrest: I have salad, a huge batch of granola that I made yesterday, yogurt, fruit, milk, water, pita breads in the freezer, an intact package of McVities chocolate digestive biscuits that I found in the back of the cupboard yesterday, and a fully stocked liquor cabinet.  A pretty healthy hurricane pantry all said and done, well except for the liquor and the chocolate biscuits.  Oddly the thought of the impending storm motivated me to give my apartment a thorough scrubbing this afternoon, so the place is nice and neat should Sandy pay a visit.  What is wrong with me?

Weirdly I just received this email from the BR Guest chain of restaurants informing me that 5 of their restaurants will be open tomorrow, including the Atlantic Bar & Grill in my neighborhood.  So, lunch there tomorrow after the gym then!! Eyeroll!!