Just wondering how everybody is holding up in the storm??
Daris
Daris
Sandy
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Earlier Nick was getting 50-70 mph winds in New Jersey.
Just been watching it on TV
Real bad news
Times Square empty of people
I don't think Nick will be playing golf
Real bad news
Times Square empty of people
I don't think Nick will be playing golf
Nick
In Remembrance
OK here . Still have 40 mph winds , and rain to deal with today .
Here you go, Nick.
Nick
In Remembrance
I buy Bulk. 
Our good friend Ken Pierson's house in NJ was flooded with 4 feet of water on the 1st floor. Luckily he has a second floor. The family is doing ok I guess. No one got hurt.
NJ looks like New Orleans after Katrina. And those 90 houses that burnt during a hurricane? WTF?
NJ looks like New Orleans after Katrina. And those 90 houses that burnt during a hurricane? WTF?
Nick
In Remembrance
The shore area was under water .
Up north it took some small trains and carried them up onto the turnpike .
Luckily I'm on high ground near Phila .
Up north it took some small trains and carried them up onto the turnpike .
Luckily I'm on high ground near Phila .
FloorMaven
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The fire was in an area called Breezy Point, the tip of a barrier island south of JFK. Its a very tight knit community comprised of many generations of cops and their families. They estimate overall 20 billion in damage from Sandy, about half insured. Imagine how tough it is to get flood insurance living at the shore? Customary to get fire insurance.
But does he own a boat? Man that sucks.
Lots of repairs and damage, but at least he will still have a home. I can't imagine how long it will take for some decent sort of of recovery to happen over there. Long term restoration is impossible to calculate I'm sure, ......but getting 'relatively' back to normal is like what?
.........a couple of weeks, a couple of months? ......6 months?
Wow ....we get high winds and storms every year with gusts into the 50's 60's and more. ....but those are just gusts, not steady winds. Trees and power lines down is expected.
The gusts usually the headlands full force, but a couple miles inland like where I live, the winds and gusts are a lot less.
30 mph gusts are quite noticeable, a gust of 50 or so is when reality sets in and you begin to worry about tree limbs dropping through the roof into the living room which would certainly disrupt the PBS show, "NATURE"
We count ourselves lucky in my area on Oregon's coast, never seeing these type of storms. Worst I have seen is water over the highway and downtown streets because downtown sets just a few feet above the " above normal" high tide level. Strong storms, plus a very high tide are what make the water come onto the highway and streets. Not all that a common experience. Some shop owners occasionally have to sand bag their front entrances and cross their fingers.
...we don't have subway tunnels, water systems and electrical grids residing under the city like New York does. We are just a tiny blip on the worlds map.
Living so close to the ocean is something I couldn't begin to imagine ever living without.
I'm betting, that even with all that destruction over there, that most residents there would say the same thing.
I have been looking at photos on the internet, and I cannot in my wildest dreams imagine my area being devastated in such a way.
My prayers sent to all of you affected by Sandy.
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FloorMaven
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Folks I know on LI got power tonight. There is no gas as trucks haven't been able to get in and out. Lines around the block for the few stations that still have fuel.
I just can't imagine waiting in line to get gas for 2 hours. Plus getting into a fight to get it.
They said even the generators need gas so that is a problem also. What a mess.
Daris
They said even the generators need gas so that is a problem also. What a mess.
Daris
And yet the POTUS finds it more important to attend campaign rallies than get FEMA off their butts and start helping others.
FloorMaven
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We have two power companies here that have sent crews and equipment.
You'd think the gas stations would have topped off in preparation for the storm. But gas can't be dispensed without electric.
You'd think the gas stations would have topped off in preparation for the storm. But gas can't be dispensed without electric.
Isn't this the point where the president and FEMA step in and make an executive decision and override this because of the immediate need for help?
He can't be bothered with this little trivia. He has an election upcoming.
The timing certainly isn't good if he actually felt like pulling a good old fashioned "Reagan"
(remember the air traffic controller strike)
(remember the air traffic controller strike)
Nick
In Remembrance
I remember when i lived on Long Island and they had the Gas shortage .
They had odd and even numbers on your plates . you could get gas on those days . People were shooting people for cutting inline .
All the time they had hundreds of ships loaded with fuel waiting for the price to go up a penny.
I know this because they were helicoptering seamen to LI for Liberty .
And i spoke with quite a few of them , and they all had the same story.
They had odd and even numbers on your plates . you could get gas on those days . People were shooting people for cutting inline .
All the time they had hundreds of ships loaded with fuel waiting for the price to go up a penny.
I know this because they were helicoptering seamen to LI for Liberty .
And i spoke with quite a few of them , and they all had the same story.
FloorMaven
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DarisMulkin said:
I see both sides of that debate. That area is heavily unionized, it's more of a religion that spans many generations. The union has the end game in mind. There's gonna be lots of work and jobs in the future for that area and I'm guessing they want to keep out the non-union grifters so best to set the precedent now.
