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Hard to think I was in New York just 5 short months ago.
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Yeah Wern,
The storm made tater tots. <rimshot>
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Yeah Wern,
The storm made tater tots. (rimshot)
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(chuckle) Yeah, I heard they were even mashed (slam-dunk) LOL 
We're still reeling here in the east from Hurricane Sandy. I had to go for another day of physical therapy (had the surgery done early Sept.) and there are still traffic lights out, businesses closed, sections of town without phones or power. Some areas (successive blocks) are completely sealed off with Jersey-dividers. Still a lot of main roads that have been closed where you can see the trees down completely across the roadway. I had no idea it was so bad. The worst part of it is the lines to the gas stations. It looks the the 70s Gas Crisis all over again. Long lines almost a mile long in some places, snarling traffic and causing bumper to bumper stand-stills.
Seems that only a few stations have the electricity to work their pumps. On top of that, their underground tanks run dry and they have to put up "Out Of Gas" signs to keep the traffic from piling up on their empty stations. Seems the tanker trucks are having a hard time resupplying and I've heard that the NJ refineries are working at less than a quarter capacity due to power outages. I heard a guy talking on his cellphone while at the Physical Rehab facility today. Heard him say that his parent's house (down the Jersey shore) was wiped out. He said he couldn't even get through because of all the road and/or highway closures. Then I heard him say that he (at least) got visual confirmation that another relative's house was still standing but he can't get there to determine what, if any damage they sustained. My next door neighbor has no phone or internet service, but I do. Go figure. It's really crazy. One block has no power, the next one does.
My roofer never showed up this morning so I figure something must've happened. Tried to telephone him but only got voicemail and I left a message.
Guess I'll try calling again tomorrow. NYC has a storm related death toll of about 28, the last time I heard. One woman lost her two sons in the floodwaters, the bodies were found today in a marshy area about 100 yards from where they were swept away (2 and 4 years old). Sad, very sad.
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Thanks for the pics Wern. Thanks for the update on your town. Prayers from me that they get their lives back together quick. After my experience in Louisiana, I know it'll take a while.
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Definitely some bad ju ju going on over there, Wern.
I have experienced similar circumstances growing up in Louisville, Ky.
Icestorms, snowstorms and tornadoes that left us without power, impassable roads and empty store shelves. Adversity in ludicrous abundance that brought out the best in most and the worst in others. But, that's how we humans roll.
In my mothers' immortal words; "Count your blessings and not your sorrows"
Considering the population density of the eastern seaboard, it could have been alot worse. I know, empty words to someone who has lost everything they ever worked for and built or lost a loved one to the storm.
My prayers are with all of my neighbors in the affected areas. If it were within my power to assist I would be there in a splicket to lend a helping hand.
Now is the time for hard work and perserverance. We will overcome.
I don't know how Donna is going to recover from the devastation in Idaho. A pat of butter, maybe?
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Thanks Wern. It looks about as bad as Katrina and Rita.
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Watching some of the news reports coming out of the area this morning brought tears to my eyes, literally.
My heart aches for those having to suffer through it.
One rarely casts more than a glance at our modern society and its infrastructure that makes life so much easier. At least until a catastrophe of epic proportion slaps us back to reality and the days of olde, prior to electricity.
It's like the fire alarm systems I used to work on. It's passive. It sits there waiting until it's time to do its' job. If it fails, people can be injured or killed.
I took my job with a serious mind in inspection and maintainance of those systems. Never had one fail on my watch.
This weather event has accentuated the frailty of our aging, improperly maintained infrastructure.
Now the problems are huge and the repair work will take a long time to accomplish. In the mean time, people will be suffering and that is sad.
We're already seeing the selfish impatience of those involved who expect a rescue yesterday. Not the days, months and years or more that will be required
Well, welcome to reality folks and enjoy your stay.
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Well, I just got an automated message on my home answering machine from our local authorities indicating that a curfew is now in effect for all residents. This curfew requires that no vehicles or residents are allowed on the roadways and sidewalks until further notice. It cites the dangers imposed by downed trees and electrical wires that have yet to be removed or repaired.
Getting gas is almost an impossibility and I now have heard that the state is considering the rationing of gasoline. The lines to the few available stations are up to an hour's wait with some people running out of gas on the roadways before reaching the pumps. Looks like I'll be siphoning some gas out of my Plymouth Neon (w/ ¾ tank) and putting it into my pickup. Now, I'm hearing scuttlebutt about a possible Noreaster forecast for sometime next week. :O
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Curfew? Gas rationing?
1940's all over again.
It won't do much good to get gas into the area if the stations have no power to pump it.
the military could get some tanker trucks in there and some portable generators. But that would be too logical. Instead they send a carrier or two or three so NYC can get ready to run that marathon this weekend. Talk about having your head in your fourth point of contact!
Katrina redux anyone? It's sickening!
The president needs to stop campaigning and park that "Big Bird" at Andrews AFB and start giving some orders to the Pentagon to mobilize a relief effort. FEMA was headed by a moron who didn't have a clue during the Katrina aftermath and it is still headed by a clueless moron. This is a national security issue plain and simple. Apparently the president isn't seeing this situation clearly and chooses to treat it like a campaign photo op. Idiot doesn't know that this event could actually hand him a defeat next week and leave us all in the hands of a corporate vulture who serves only money.
