Northeasterners: What say you of this Mother of all Storms approaching?

Damn :(. Mojo to everyone in the effected areas. Hope you get everything back together soon.
 
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I do know my sister works her ass off at any job she's at and does not suffer fools. And I really don't know what is going on there locally.
 
Living in the disaster zone...

Hi folks...still alive, in case you were wondering...

Lost power 4:embarrassed:0 monday afternoon...instead of the usual flash and gone it was a 30 second long fade to black...KNOWING that we were going to be basicaaly screwed we started conserving generator fuel immediately...we are fortunate enough to have a permanently installed 10KW generator, runs on propane...
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...amd we are good for about 60 hours on it...by careful rationing I figured I could stretch it out for almost a week...luckily that wasn't necessary...power was rstored after about 33 hours, which sounds like a long time until you consider that some of the people I work with won't have power restored until next week...we were fortunate...

This is why the power was out...
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...those lines are down sporadically for the entire 15 mile length of that road...

Damage wise we were also very lucky, with just some widow makers in the front tree...
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...amd some on the ground...
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...that came from here...
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...and some shit to clean up out back...
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A lot of trees around here look like this...
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...but one of my neigbor's really got creamed...
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...willow trees don't like hurricanes...he's across the street from me, about 3 houses up...

Now, however we have added a new twist...gasoline shortages...
...apparently the warex terminal in Jersey is under water/out of power/destroyed (depending who you ask) and there's nothing being delivered to the entire tri-state area...the panic set in earlier this afternoon...lots of long lines, fights, "no gas" signs...my sister works for the county and let us know last night so the vehicles and cans are all full...they expect shipments to restart by early next week...at work we have enough tanks full to get through tomorrow, but after that who knows...

Anyway...I'm safe and sound...kinda stressed, but OK...I'm aware that we could have gotten it a whole lot worse, and am very grateful...I have seen pics and film of the devastation in Jersey and NYC...I remain glad I liver where I do...

Peace
david
 
Yeah, the gas lines are insane right now, and a cop told me this morning that people are coming up from NJ in a desperate attempt to get gas.
 
I guess it's always the same. Some folks are going to go out, roll up their sleeves and start picking up; some folks are going to sit on their asses and wait for someone else to wave a wand and make it all right; and some folks are going to try and use it as an excuse and opportunity to take what isn't theirs. Sort of like normal times on steroids....
 
Steverino said:
I've heard that, due to a lack of routine law enforcement, drivers are running stop lights, signs, etc. The cops are too busy assisting recovery efforts. Same thing happened down here after Katrina.
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I've seen the same thing after several hurricanes. Some people throw out integrity in an instant. Most rise to the occasion and help each other out.
 
bsman said:
I guess it's always the same. Some folks are going to go out, roll up their sleeves and start picking up; some folks are going to sit on their asses and wait for someone else to wave a wand and make it all right; and some folks are going to try and use it as an excuse and opportunity to take what isn't theirs. Sort of like normal times on steroids....
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Perfect analysis! Events like this reveal the inner person.
 
i drove into work with a co-worker and his girlfriend (they needed a third passenger to get over the triboro). there is no gas. Senator Chuck Schumer said NY harbor was finally opened to allow fuel tankers in. so gas is coming in the next day or so. but yeah, people are going to freak out.

i am very impressed with the response by Bloomberg and Cuomo. not to get too political, but the borough presidents' jobs are to advocate for their borough. of course the SI Borough President has issues with the response. he has the most damage per capita (he also has the least number of residents, but that's besides the point) in the city. as for the "5 days" comment, it's not really 5 days. the storm blew through here on Monday. Tuesday was about assessing damage. Wednesday was about getting people into action. and finally today, transit and bridges were opened. So very few supplies would have been able to get to Long Island (or anywhere else in the 5 boroughs) because nobody could get to them. The response here has been incredible.

The south shore of Long Island and the Jersey shore are gone. you're going to have a lot of displaced people, and some really terrible stories will surface. I'm 100% positive there will be people here that don't have power on Thanksgiving. But in two days, the number has gone from 3 million without power in NYC to 1.5 million. Long Island, Jersey, and "upstate" will be a slower process w/r/t numbers, but they're working as fast as they can.
 
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