Snow Day

Zack and I arrived at Holy Cross Tuesday morning ready, and determined to make sense of the student/teacher resource"room". We were greeted with an empty school yard, and boards on the windows.

We had heard rumours of a hurricane in the Atlantic, but weren't too concerned;it didn't appear to be headed our way. After seeing the school was closed we thought maybe, just maybe, we're wrong.Well this new bit of info brought on a day filled with ups and downs as we watched the internet, and stayed in close contact with the hotel staff. The last flight out left at noon today and after much deliberation, and signing away the hotels legal responsibility, we buckled in and started to prepare.

We bought our supplies, flashlights, candles, basic groceries, and kept updating with the other guests at the hotel. We watched the horizon, which did look pretty bleak, and we took walks around town, watching as the locals prepared for what could have been a very life altering few days.

Throughout the day the storm has lost it's intensity, and seems to be heading away from us. This afernoon the town seemed to relax just a little. The kids are playing in the water, trying to body surf on the random waves that are washing up. The parents stand in groups and watch, laughing when some unsuspecting person strolls by and gets caught by a wave. The piers are crowded with local fishermen, taking advantage of the surge of water, and the time off to fish.

It's a snow day here in San Pedro, and thankfully that's all I will remember it as.