Guest Post from Breezy Point (2)

Mike returned to Breezy Point yesterday to work on the little cottage and sent me this update to share with all of you.

Mike writes:

 Please tell your blog friends I spent the day at Breezy Point. Still much sadness. Some houses were red tagged meaning the premises was too dangerous to enter. My house got a green tag. That meant that the premises appeared structurally sound from the outside. 


 I had my wife and her nephew with me. He is NYPD (New York City Police Department) and was a great help. The Red Cross was there and the Marines! Those Marines were wonderful. They pumped me out and helped with the debris. Semper Fi. 
 
 We ripped out sheet rock and soaked insulation. The house is still soaked and there is a foot of water in my windows. They look like aquariums. 
 
 I spoke with the inspector later and he told me I was a low to the ground and it is an old house but from the outside it did well against Sandy. They still have to inspect the inside but we got over one hurdle. 

 There was much activity and the debris is in huge mountains. Much sadness and many are so much more unfortunate that we are. 
 
 Thanks for your prayers and wishes. Today was a better day for us. 

As always, many thanks from all of us in New York City for your prayers and encouragement. As you can see your prayers extend beyond the blog page and into the hearts and thoughts of my friends and colleagues. 

It's been snowing for the past six hours. It was a wet, heavy snow earlier and now it's much lighter. Unfortunately it's getting colder and it really feels like a January day and not early November. What a week, with both a snowstorm and a hurricane in the last seven days. 

I'm taking a moment for gratitude. Gratitude for my warm apartment that waited for me tonight, for a hot shower and cup of peppermint tea and blog friends to share my feelings with. Sweet dreams, dear friends!