I woke up for just a few minutes at dawn today. I'm not sure, but I think what woke me up was the color of the light coming in the bedroom window. Brilliant mandarin orange. Even in my mostly asleep state of being, the thought flashed through my mind: "uh, how does that verse go? uh, red sky at night, uh, no, red sky at morning...yes! that's it - red sky at morning, sailors take warning, red sky at night, sailor's delight - the sky must still be full of dust, I can hear the wind is still blowing." And I turned over and went back to sleep.
Yes, the wind is still blowing, but not nearly as bad as yesterday. We have heard some news. A tree fell on a trolleybus, we don't know if anyone was hurt. A tree fell on Ushakova Boulevard and a person was killed. Part of a roof flew off in Shumenski district and a person was killed instantly. Billboards and signs are down all over town. Out in Sergei and Olya K.'s area they have been without electricity since yesterday afternoon. On the Crimea penninsula several people have been killed already and apparently the storm is much worse down there. In front of our building I can see several tree branches and part of someone's balcony lying in the street (plastic siding strips). I have cancelled the craft class today because I really don't think it's safe for the girls to be out. However, Mel and some of the guys will be out and about and we still have the English class planned for later this afternoon. Our electricity is still flickering and our internet is mostly off.
What a storm this has been.
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