p.2 #1 · To all ther people on the east coast you have my best
goosemang wrote:
good luck to you all. the stuff we're seeing from the NJ shore looks really bad. i was there this summer for a wedding and this morning i turned on the t.v. and saw a road that i was on that basically got turned into a beach. it's crazy.
Yeah sad. All the famous jersey shore amusement parks are in the sea. . Homes floating down seaside roads. All the beautiful shore beaches and surf spots utterly transformed. Never seen anything like it. And inland so many ancient and great trees lost. Hard to fathom it all.
p.2 #2 · To all ther people on the east coast you have my best
Just been looking at the footage coming in and it's just devastation. This will take a very long time to clean up and I feel gutted for those that have lost everything.
Anybody know how the Jamaica Bay Wildlife area held up?
p.2 #4 · To all ther people on the east coast you have my best
Thanks! We are fine, no power, no phone calls could be made (thanks to horrible ATT Wireless on this), no internet besides LTE on my iphone5, tons of damages around central NJ, etc. Food is almost gone but we are still with some scotch and vodka
p.2 #8 · To all ther people on the east coast you have my best
tanglefoot47 wrote:
Scotch and Vodka now there you go all set up . I tried to contact Adorama today knowing this would be a slim chance. All I get is busy
Yes, food got all eaten or gone since no power for refrigerator nor ice for sale anywhere near to my house. Most gasostations are down with no lights, no traffic lights any place I drove as well. Supermarkets are up but on generators. Worse places are close to the jersey shores, I am about 40 miles away. Friking cell phones can't call, people can't even call 911 if they need ... Manhatten is paralized with no transportation, some closed tunnels and water in some areas and subways. My wife is working on Wall Street got email to stay home tomorrow, she is not very happy since above depressing situation.
p.2 #10 · To all ther people on the east coast you have my best
Breitling65 wrote:
Yes, food got all eaten or gone since no refrigerator nor ice for sale anywhere near to my house. Most gasostations are down with no lights, no traffic lights any place I drove as well. Supermarkets are up but on generators. Worse places are close to the jersey shores, I am about 40 miles away. Friking cell phones can't call, people can't even call 911 if they need ... Manhatten is paralized with no transportation, some closed tunnels and water in some areas and subways. My wife is working on Wall Street got email to stay home tomorrow, she is not very happy since above depressing situation....Show more →
That is a bummer, Lenny..... gotta somehow occupy your minds. One thing you can try is pull out your balalaika and play and sing Podmoskovske vecheri.
p.2 #11 · To all ther people on the east coast you have my best
It's sad to see all the devastation in the east coast. Praying that all of you will recover soon from this catastrophe and that your families are all safe and accounted for.
p.2 #12 · To all ther people on the east coast you have my best
PetKal wrote:
That is a bummer, Lenny..... gotta somehow occupy your minds. One thing you can try is pull out your balalaika and play and sing Podmoskovske vecheri.
I know, Vodka helps a lot NJ energy company (PSEG) promised lights by next Mon, that is great news!!!
p.2 #13 · To all ther people on the east coast you have my best
As a survivor of Ice Storm 98 & one of those skilled enough to help others plus lucky enough to have the ONLY generator in the area (a small one) I have some idea of what it takes, NOT COUNTING loosing any major assets. I'm self employed, work at home & lost 3 weeks of wages but was able to stay positive plus help all my neighbors for the 13 days in Jan we were without power. I lent out my camping equipment & my generator, re wired furnaces & fridges etc as necessary so neighbors wouldn't loose food or have frozen pipes, and we all made it threw. Mother nature can be nasty, but attitude can help overcome. Life as they knew it won't be the same for a long time, but most will learn from this set back, including government & the businesses entrusted to keep things like telecommunications going (worked in that field a very long time ago & know it's importance).
I had CNN on all day in the shop, and from what I saw things are bad, but the loss of life is small relative to what I expected knowing how dedicated most of us are at staying to protect our homes & property. Just as importantly my wife & stepdaughter were lucky enough to be removed from harm's way thanks to a decision by someone from the tour company who had to make the call & made the right one. It's hard to believe that they just toured many areas of NY that now are disaster areas and when rebuilt may look totally different,
p.2 #14 · To all ther people on the east coast you have my best
Cicopo wrote:
As a survivor of Ice Storm 98 & one of those skilled enough to help others plus lucky enough to have the ONLY generator in the area (a small one) I have some idea of what it takes, NOT COUNTING loosing any major assets. I'm self employed, work at home & lost 3 weeks of wages but was able to stay positive plus help all my neighbors for the 13 days in Jan we were without power. I lent out my camping equipment & my generator, re wired furnaces & fridges etc as necessary so neighbors wouldn't loose food or have frozen pipes, and we all made it threw. Mother nature can be nasty, but attitude can help overcome. Life as they knew it won't be the same for a long time, but most will learn from this set back, including government & the businesses entrusted to keep things like telecommunications going (worked in that field a very long time ago & know it's importance).
I had CNN on all day in the shop, and from what I saw things are bad, but the loss of life is small relative to what I expected knowing how dedicated most of us are at staying to protect our homes & property. Just as importantly my wife & stepdaughter were lucky enough to be removed from harm's way thanks to a decision by someone from the tour company who had to make the call & made the right one. It's hard to believe that they just toured many areas of NY that now are disaster areas and when rebuilt may look totally different,
Yes portable generator is very good idea, I am getting one for sure soon after this. I suppose to do this last year after hurricane Irine but I forget until Sandy .....
p.2 #15 · To all ther people on the east coast you have my best
Breitling65 wrote:
Yes portable generator is very good idea, I am getting one for sure soon after this. I suppose to do this last year after hurricane Irine but I forget until Sandy .....
Although we don't get storms like this I bought a generator today at Cabelas to replace the one that was stolen. Got a 3500 watt for $319 it's awesome works great
p.2 #16 · To all ther people on the east coast you have my best
I heard on TV where areas had their power cut by decision rather than having to replace thousands and thousands of blown transformers. Each transformer saved means a day's work saved, and areas that get power restored sooner. New York got all the subways emptied. That saved all their rolling stock. The subways are flooded, but they don't have to pull waterlogged trains out, and they have nobody trapped.
p.2 #18 · To all ther people on the east coast you have my best
runamuck wrote:
I heard on TV where areas had their power cut by decision rather than having to replace thousands and thousands of blown transformers. Each transformer saved means a day's work saved, and areas that get power restored sooner. New York got all the subways emptied. That saved all their rolling stock. The subways are flooded, but they don't have to pull waterlogged trains out, and they have nobody trapped.
p.2 #20 · To all ther people on the east coast you have my best
runamuck wrote:
I heard on TV where areas had their power cut by decision rather than having to replace thousands and thousands of blown transformers. Each transformer saved means a day's work saved, and areas that get power restored sooner. New York got all the subways emptied. That saved all their rolling stock. The subways are flooded, but they don't have to pull waterlogged trains out, and they have nobody trapped.
. Homes floating down seaside roads. All the beautiful shore beaches and surf spots utterly transformed. Never seen anything like it. And inland so many ancient and great trees lost. Hard to fathom it all. 
. I tried to contact Adorama today knowing this would be a slim chance. All I get is busy 
NJ energy company (PSEG) promised lights by next Mon, that is great news!!!
