Status update: alive, safe, not home yet

After driving most of the day with the aforementioned friends who have kindly given me the one space left in the car, I am writing this from a Comfort Inn in White Haven, PA. I choose to take the name of the place as a good omen.

Weatherwise we did okay -- pretty continuous rain, but it never reached the level of torrential and at some points was barely a drizzle, and no horrifying winds. New Jersey and New York are apparently both closed for maintenance, though, so we're not moving any further tonight. Our plan is to stay here until we hear that New Jersey is accessible again, drive to the home of one friend's uncle (where we will pick up said friend's car and part company with the other friend), and drive to Queens and Long Island when the bridges and/or tunnels open.

We've got power here for the moment, although we fully expect to lose it sometime during the night; I hope to be online tonight as and when power permits.

Stay safe and dry out there, my fellow East Coasters. Love you all.