Amy's MI-5
The Santa Cruz mountains are burning - I live not far from them and the smoke yesterday was crazy thick in the morning. That is my inspiration for this weeks MI-5:
1. What is the worst natural disaster you have personally experienced?
It may sound minor, but it was the 1998 Maine Ice Storm. 90% of the state was without power. Most of us (bloggers) live in a tiny pocket that escaped impact, but you only had to drive twenty minutes to get where they were without power for 21 days in January, in Maine. Since I was working for the Red Cross at the time, I was very much affected by it. No sleep. No getting home at all. Eating when and where I could. Driving over trecherous roads, under falling trees and wires. It was awful.
2. You were forced to evacuate your home. When you are finally allowed back your house sustained fire damage- but isn't a complete loss. What one room do you hope remained untouched by the fire and why?
The dining room. It doubles as my office. All of my important stuff is here, and my book is on the computer. That has taken me years to write and is very close to being submitted to a publisher. I'd hate to lose that.
3. The smoke was so thick yesterday morning until the wind shifted that the sun was shrouded and actually cast an eerie orangish glow over things. Tell us about something or an experience that gave you an eerie feeling.
I guess again it would be the ice storm, when everything was encrusted with 3/4 inch of ice. In some places where I was, I would walk outside or down the road and hear the trees and wires crashing to the ground all around me.
4. Lots of people are discending on the small town of Corrilitas CA to offer support. The small general store has become a makeshift command center where people gather for support and information. Does your community have a place that everyone would gather at? Where would it be?
Small groups would probably gather at the general store and the post office, but the nearest shelter would be seven miles away in Rockland. Lisa and Sue, that would most likely be RDMS. That's where it was for the Patriot's Day Storm last year.
5. I love to cook, but in my wake the kitchen looks like a tornado hit it! What is something you love to make and eat but only do it on certain occassions because preparation or clean-up is a hassle?
Pies from scratch. I completely wreck the kitchen and myself when I'm making five of them for the holidays. I rarely bake at other times.
1. What is the worst natural disaster you have personally experienced?
It may sound minor, but it was the 1998 Maine Ice Storm. 90% of the state was without power. Most of us (bloggers) live in a tiny pocket that escaped impact, but you only had to drive twenty minutes to get where they were without power for 21 days in January, in Maine. Since I was working for the Red Cross at the time, I was very much affected by it. No sleep. No getting home at all. Eating when and where I could. Driving over trecherous roads, under falling trees and wires. It was awful.
2. You were forced to evacuate your home. When you are finally allowed back your house sustained fire damage- but isn't a complete loss. What one room do you hope remained untouched by the fire and why?
The dining room. It doubles as my office. All of my important stuff is here, and my book is on the computer. That has taken me years to write and is very close to being submitted to a publisher. I'd hate to lose that.
3. The smoke was so thick yesterday morning until the wind shifted that the sun was shrouded and actually cast an eerie orangish glow over things. Tell us about something or an experience that gave you an eerie feeling.
I guess again it would be the ice storm, when everything was encrusted with 3/4 inch of ice. In some places where I was, I would walk outside or down the road and hear the trees and wires crashing to the ground all around me.
4. Lots of people are discending on the small town of Corrilitas CA to offer support. The small general store has become a makeshift command center where people gather for support and information. Does your community have a place that everyone would gather at? Where would it be?
Small groups would probably gather at the general store and the post office, but the nearest shelter would be seven miles away in Rockland. Lisa and Sue, that would most likely be RDMS. That's where it was for the Patriot's Day Storm last year.
5. I love to cook, but in my wake the kitchen looks like a tornado hit it! What is something you love to make and eat but only do it on certain occassions because preparation or clean-up is a hassle?
Pies from scratch. I completely wreck the kitchen and myself when I'm making five of them for the holidays. I rarely bake at other times.
posted by Ginny @ 2:11 PM
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