Hurricane Sandy – Your Mom Called, GO HOME!

My post title was one of the signs I saw yesterday that someone had erected. It’s about 7:00 a.m. here on Prospect Bay just off the Chesapeake Bay, we live seven miles east of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on the waterfront. Winds are now at 20-22 mph with heavy rains, gusts are at 32 mph. We were preparing to run over to our office/warehouse in Middletown, Delaware, for the morning but the Govenor of Delaware has posted a No-Drive Ban for Delaware effective this morning at 5:00 am. So we are going to hunker down here at our third floor condo in Grasonville, Maryland, and hope for the best.

It’s still dark but once the day’s light is here, I will be taking photos; and if I have power, I will try and post. Yesterday it was still eerily quiet, calm or light wind, with showers off and on. The mallards were up against the riprap as usual, looking for someone to feed them. Two cormorants were fishing along our osprey nest, here’s one of them.

Cormorant

I saw another transient osprey making his way south perched along the road on Saturday.

Osprey

And a couple of egrets wading along the water.

Snowy or Great Egrets (not sure which!)

We are forecasted to have sustained winds 38-40 mph by noon. And flooding is expected. I’ll be back to post if I can! Any of you that are also in the path of this massive superstorm, take all precautions and be safe please!!

Tags: bird, Birds, birdwatching, Chesapeake, Chesapeake Bay, Eastern Shore, Grasonville, hurricane sandy, Kent Narrows, Marshy Creek, Maryland, Oyster Cove, photographs, photography, photos

16 thoughts on “Hurricane Sandy – Your Mom Called, GO HOME!”

jkgphotos on 10/29/2012 at 7:06 AM said:

Stay safe Donna!

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- bayphotosbydonna on 10/29/2012 at 3:56 PM said:
  
  Trying to, thanks Joleen!
  
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mkjohns on 10/29/2012 at 7:24 AM said:

Sending good wishes from the western shore.

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- bayphotosbydonna on 10/29/2012 at 3:56 PM said:
  
  Appreciate it Martha, thanks!
  
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Bob Zeller on 10/29/2012 at 7:55 AM said:

Be careful and stay safe. You will be in our thoughts. 🙂

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- bayphotosbydonna on 10/29/2012 at 3:57 PM said:
  
  Appreciate it, thanks Bob!
  
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avian101 on 10/29/2012 at 8:36 AM said:

Please stay in a safe place, tape your windows across in case of breaking by flying debris. May G-d keep you and your family safe. 🙂

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- bayphotosbydonna on 10/29/2012 at 3:57 PM said:
  
  Thanks so much HJ, I’ve been praying for sure. 🙂
  
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dhphotosite on 10/29/2012 at 10:49 AM said:

Batten down the hatches and stay safe.

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- bayphotosbydonna on 10/29/2012 at 3:58 PM said:
  
  Hatches are batten, thanks David! 🙂
  
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Neita on 10/29/2012 at 11:56 AM said:

I’ll be thinking of you! Looks like the upper Chesapeake area (my locale) will be hit too. I’m hunkering down at home; no view of anything but a suburban development so I won’t be taking many photos.

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- bayphotosbydonna on 10/29/2012 at 3:59 PM said:
  
  Your going to get nasty winds too, if you haven’t already, stay safe Neita!
  
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janechese on 10/29/2012 at 1:09 PM said:

Lovely photos, stay safe and my prayers are with you. Jane

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- bayphotosbydonna on 10/29/2012 at 3:59 PM said:
  
  Appreciate it Jane, thanks so much!
  
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naturesnippets on 10/29/2012 at 2:49 PM said:

What an experience to document! Stay safe.

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- bayphotosbydonna on 10/29/2012 at 4:05 PM said:
  
  Will do, thanks Kathy!
  
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