The preparations have been completed to the things I noted earlier. I was going to shut down the computer systems at 9:00 the earliest tomorrow morning, but I’ve decided to shut all systems down earlier than planned. I have 4 servers, 2 NT based ones for file/print sharing, and another one for the active directory, and a third running as a lab app server (trying to implement SharePoint) and a little Lacie network drive that attaches to my LAN. I did it remotely via my Remote Desktop Connection upstairs in my living room writing the story on my laptop and watching all local stations.
This is coming at the worst time of the year, one just another disaster to deal with, secondly we are approaching the holiday season. Veterans Day (a bank holiday – i.e. kids out of school), the Thanksgiving mini vacation, then the shopping seasons from mid November to just after New Years, and just the hustle and bustle and the ambient anxiety. This storm is just making the ambient rush just accelerate.  Maybe it would be best if I move to a new town, to a more quieter area or just people that don’t rush around.
As I am realizing my area isn’t going to get hit as I had thought of earlier, New York, D.C. and Southern New England are my concerns. From Mystic, Connecticut to D.C. from Battery Park City to Providence are somewhat troubling for me. I can’t imagine what these urban areas are going to go through. The suburban and rural and smaller communities have been a target by Mother Nature for the last few years. I’ll be monitoring the world south of me as long as I have power.
I think its best to not visit Southern New England or New York City later this year. My mother and I were planning to visit NYC the first week of September, and we have gone to the  LEGO KidsFest in Hartford the last 3 years and we visited Mystic, 3 weeks prior to last years Noreaster a year ago exactly to this day,
Its going to be somewhat troubling to witness this storm. It’s simply an understatement to even say that.