Hurricane Noel

Lee and I headed to Boston yesterday to see the national tour of Sweeney Todd. Sweeney Todd is, I believe, the one musical Anna Belle and Emile have walked out of. I've seen it many times, and this production was absolutely incredible. Ten actors who play all of the parts and all of the instruments.

But that's not why I write today. Oddly, we got caught in the bands of weather emanating from Hurricane Noel. New England isn't really know for its hurricanes, and what we got here was a lot of rain and gusts up to 80 miles per hour. The odd thing was that people traveled from all over New England to be in it. The major effects were between 1 and 4, so we spent most of the time in the theater.

The newscasts were filled with stories of power (20,000 customers) down and fallen trees. Oh, and a carwash collapsed.

Now, you're probably thinking what has reduced Mel to writing about some wimpy hurricane that didn't even hit land. Exactly. I'm sure Anna Belle will write about her repositioning cruise when she gets back, but I also want to hear from everyone else.

But the storm really was amazing and most of the trees have finally lost their leaves.