Overnight hurricane Irene hit New York. It was fierce but down graded once it hit landfall to a category 1. We are staying in midtown Manhattan, and are up on higher ground, so I was only really afraid of winds breaking our hotel window.
Anyway, last night my lower back had been causing me grief so I took two painkillers that Ros had, before going to bed. That, coupled with no real decent sleep since I had gotten to the US, I pretty much zonked it. Despite the fact that wind and rain was rapidly increasing and pounding the window. I was genuinely scared for, oh, about 10 seconds before I fell asleep!
I got up really late this morning and eventually wanted to go out and get some fresh air. For some reason I thought I would do my hair properly today, that is until I burnt my hand on the hair straightener. F&@k me, the pain! I sent Ros out to find some ointment, then ice when she came back saying the pharmacies were shut.
So we've been pretty much in the hotel all day. All trains aren't running, shops are shut and so are all the museums. The weather was foul so it would have been good to at least spend the day in a museum, but alas it was not to be.
We will get back to the sightseeing tomorrow, although it is questionable whether we'll be travelling by metro, or some other means.
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