I wasn’t prepared for the Storm Sandy like most of people I know, because we didn’t believe the forecast. On Sunday afternoon, I received the phone call from Coned that the power around our home will be out when the storm hit, so I panicked as a single mom with 2 kids (10yrs & 8yrs). I took my kids and rushed out to buy food that didn’t requires cooking, more candles and more water. The grocery shopping trip was not plansant, my kids started to panic so my biggest chanlenges were how to keep my kids safe, calm and entertained. I could not think about anything else but survive.
Our home is on the service road of the L.I.E., there are big trees at front and back of our house. When the power out on sunday night, the road was empty, my kids were not able to sleep because of the scary wind and tree branches hitting the windows.
