Well!

That was the most anticlimactic (least climactic?) hurricane I’ve ever been through.

Then again, anything short of Al Rocher escorting animals two by two into a giant ark while humanity was swept away by the tsunami wave from 2012 might have seemed anticlimactic after the news coverage this week.

(Now what am I going to do with all these D batteries?!)

Okay, I’m kidding. But in all seriousness, for all of us these storms mostly skipped over, there are thousands of people out there who were not so lucky, and relief efforts for them are ongoing. Take a minute to find out what you can do to help at the American Red Cross’s website, or text the word REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation.

(Every text you send is another moment you can delay picking up all those leaves in your yard…)