Sandy Crazyness

[Name_not_found]

No power, heat, phones, anything from early Monday to late Friday when power returned, still no internet or phones. (Im at a "cafe" for internet now)

Most of my town was with out power that time also some still are.

Many trees ripped up from the roots blocking roads crushing cars and splitting homes in two.

It was cold, checking on the elderly and disabled was a top priority, firewood at a premium and hard to get, no traffic lights and lots of crazy drivers.

Have a review done in glow stick light and some other images to share when things improve some more.

On a good note it was a lot less water than expected, most of the damage was from winds.

[housil]

Nice to read you are OK and can deal with all that trouble.

[Ration Fan]

Good that you are safe...was it really worse in your town?

[Name_not_found]

Good that you are safe...was it really bad in your town?

Was and still is pretty bad, still over 2 million with out power today

Many shelters ran out of gas for the generators early in the week, most have gotten more fuel now.

Gas rationing has begun for the rest of us due to shortages and long lines.

There are several assistance areas with water and ice (and mre's i assume) run by various agencys scattered through most of the area

The shore is gone, boardwalk in Atlantic City washed in to the sea, major damage to homes and casinos that are closest to the water.

Boats littered the streets, big boats small boats all boats.

No looting or violence in my general area, although rumors are flying around

[Ration Fan]

Sorry for the mistake!

That doesnt sound very good...
Hope it will be better in the next couple days...
I heared that another big storm is heading to you, hope it won´t be so bad...

We have here in the north of Germany a couple of storms too, but nothing that you can compare to Sandy.

[rationtin440]

I hope you get everything back soon NNF! My friend keeps telling me to apply to AT&T for the kind of work he does, and he said "hey in a few months you could be assigned to a place like where I work, and never have to worry about bad storms." Please! #1, with my luck I'd be stuck trying to get to the place during a storm or other disaster, and #2, AT&T won't let worker's families into these places when they go into lockdown.

[Name_not_found]

Sorry for the mistake!

That doesnt sound very good...
Hope it will be better in the next couple days...
I heared that another big storm is heading to you, hope it won´t be so bad...

We have here in the north of Germany a couple of storms too, but nothing that you can compare to Sandy.

No worries, im sure your English is much better than my German

Thanks for the kind wishes, i hope so too.

[Name_not_found]

I hope you get everything back soon NNF! My friend keeps telling me to apply to AT&T for the kind of work he does, and he said "hey in a few months you could be assigned to a place like where I work, and never have to worry about bad storms." Please! #1, with my luck I'd be stuck trying to get to the place during a storm or other disaster, and #2, AT&T won't let worker's families into these places when they go into lockdown.

Thanks, most of my town is back with power now, one town over has many with trees in lines still but it improves each day.

Maybe a light house operator would be better, can prolly bring the family, and always have power

[Name_not_found]

This is food and water for one family for one day.

Nice and Fresh of course

There were distribution centers in most towns, they also had ice, some just water and ice.

With many stranded by trees or lack of gas we were delivering as able though first come first server was the norm.

There were also shelter for warming, charging and serving hot meals.

Great work by everyone involved

[Name_not_found]

After sorting through tons of pictures, these two pretty much sum it up.

Trees of all kinds blown over in to the road and power lines, any where from 6 feet to over 150 feet tall are everywhere.

Most of them healthy and strong but still pulled right out by the root