Batten down the hatches!!!!

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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    edited October 2012
    Power went out at 3:15. Fortunately, 1) I have a generator, and 2) Cable and Internet still works. Nothing else bad has happened. Hope you all are OK.

    Lights have been flickering but nothing permanent.
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • steveducie
    steveducie Posts: 192
    edited October 2012
    Come on Sandy ! Im Ready for You **** !


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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited October 2012
    My sister is right off the Hudson in Manhatten on Jane Street. She says the storm surge has come her street and water is pooring into the lobby of her building, power is out.
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,335
    edited October 2012
    Lots of babies nine months from now!!

    Anybody have some pie?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,516
    edited October 2012
    Doing ok here.....wishing the best for everyone.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,809
    edited October 2012
    Roof is leaking. Two trees down. Very high winds and even more rain. Eye is about 25 miles west of me right now. Eye is about 50 miles wide. They are saying this isn't letting up until tomorrow night.

    Great.
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,277
    edited October 2012
    Made it through the night and still have power. As soon as the sun comes up, i'll head outside and have a look around.

    Hope everyone else made it through ok.
    No excuses!
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited October 2012
    Wow....Jersey got smacked good. Hope all you guys are safe out there. Looking at video of fires, flooding, wind damage, looks more like a war torn 3rd world country.
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited October 2012
    Road blocked, one streetlamp down. Guess I'll be staying inside for a while.
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  • miner
    miner Posts: 1,305
    edited October 2012
    Thinking of everyone that was in Sandy's harms way...stay safe and be cautious.
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited October 2012
    Hope everyone is doing alright. Stay safe guys and gals.
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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited October 2012
    I was expecting more, we made out great. 6 trees down and lost power but lucky no cars got smashed like what happened in June!
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited October 2012
    Good Grief! Hurricane remnants in Ohio. 40-50 mph sustained winds all night.

    We lost 2 large trees and my son's basketball hoop (somehow wind on the backboard bent the 3" tubing over backwards! I haven't been out to check yet but am guessing internal rust must also have been involved)
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited October 2012
    Ohio is so far inland you wouldn't expect much. Up here in Maine, (we're about 30 miles from the coast) schools have been closed for today, but to tell you the truth, outside of some heavy periods of rain (not long) and thunder storms, we still have power so far! We're also pretty far away. I suspect the marine forecasts are the worst.

    Sympathies to the Jersey guys along the coast and in the South, it looks like you bore the brunt. Pics of Atlantic City, Point Pleasant and Asbury Park (all beaches frequented in my youth), show just how much damage Sandy has wrought. I can hardly recognize some of that coast.

    Stay safe!

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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,277
    edited October 2012
    Good lord, already had a friend call complaining that his power was not back on and the out of state people were just sitting in their trucks not doing anything but drinking coffee. I told him that it's STILL raining and perhaps they are REQUIRED to wait for the all clear signal before starting repairs.

    He lives in a more expensive area and always picks on me for where I live (an older more modestly priced area), yet if a deer farts...his power goes out. I've gone through back to back blizzards, a tropical storm and now, a hurricane...not so much as a blip on the power front.

    I hate hearing people complain about WHY their power is not back on before anyone else's!
    No excuses!
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  • shawn474
    shawn474 Posts: 3,047
    edited October 2012
    We made out well all things considered. The only problem we had was trying to get the dogs to go outside and do their business. A few limbs, a few fallen trees in the woods and lots of leaves and rain, but thats about it. Jersey seems like it got it much worse. The 40 degree temp drop was a bit if a wake up this morning though. Looks like our days of 75 degrees are finally over! :cry:
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited October 2012
    Prayers and best hopes from Arizona all.
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited October 2012
    That's the problem with power crews- getting organized.
    You have to have an organized plan and clear each step
    to bring the grid back up. It's a bit more involved than throwing
    a big breaker handle some where.
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,277
    edited October 2012
    sucks2beme wrote: »
    That's the problem with power crews- getting organized.
    You have to have an organized plan and clear each step
    to bring the grid back up. It's a bit more involved than throwing
    a big breaker handle some where.

    Exactely! He just expects them to clear a tree, connect the power line and all is fine in the world!
    No excuses!
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited October 2012
    If he's in a "wealthy neighborhood" ..........tell the cheapskate to buy a generator!
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited October 2012
    We made out really well considering. Power winked out, but we're good now. I am on the west side of NJ right on the Delaware river.

    I feel sorry for all the people over at the shore, that place is a f#ckin mess...
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  • CCNJ
    CCNJ Posts: 384
    edited October 2012
    I was lucky and escaped without any damage and I still have power in Northern NJ. Many people weren't so lucky. One of my neighbors had a massive tree fall on his property..

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  • Oldmanind
    Oldmanind Posts: 49
    edited October 2012
    Rained here for the last two days northwest Ohio
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  • naturallight
    naturallight Posts: 689
    edited October 2012
    I have talked to my kids and friends that live in south NJ..Pretty much if you live by the water your toast. The NJ shore is nothing but a big washed out mess.

    The people i know live more inland...at least 10 miles off the water. There houses are intact, but there is no power anyplace. The gas and water lines are intact. So they have water, if you have a gas stove...you can cook something. But for heat, unless you have a fireplace, or a wood burning stove..your out of luck.

    Hopefully it will not get too cold up there, but not much you can do about it.



    Hopefully they can restore power in the next few days. If not then whatever food you may have had in the fridge will be bad at that point. Not a pleasant thing to deal with.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited October 2012
    At least Bush & Brown aren't heading up the relief efforts/assets !:lol:
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  • CCNJ
    CCNJ Posts: 384
    edited October 2012
    gdb wrote: »
    At least Bush & Brown aren't heading up the relief efforts/assets !:lol:

    Quote from GWB "Brownie, you're doing a great job"
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited October 2012
    Yeah that caused my root beer to issue forth from my nostrils when I heard it.:lol:
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,809
    edited October 2012
    Wow, a post about a natural disaster directly affecting here in bad ways and you butt bassoons gotta turn it into a political circle jerk.

    Good job.
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited October 2012
    Hope everybody survived without any serious issues. Be careful outside in case there are hot wires down.

    It's hard to imagine what Camille was like in '69 with 200 MPH winds. That was before the measuring instruments were torn up.

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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited October 2012
    Jstas wrote: »
    Wow, a post about a natural disaster directly affecting here in bad ways and you butt bassoons gotta turn it into a political circle jerk.

    Good job.

    Quit yer sniveling.............yer butt has "bassooned' way more that any other on here, many times.:razz:


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    1. The act of sniffling or sniveling.
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