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Hopefully Sue, Bec and others will have power soon...
The Hurricane wiped out alot on the East Coast, and Millions of people are still without power...Hoping all get power soon and can start getting their lives back in order...
--- Once I thought the truth was gonna set me free
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11/2/2012, 10:06 am
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My parents prob wont have power until the 11th, they are making due with their next door neighbors help, he has a generator and they ran a line to give them some lights and stuff..still have not talked to them, but spoke to my youngest brother last nite who filled me in, he was lucky didnt lose power... Idiot Bloomberg running the stupid marathon is right out of George Bush's playbook.. sorry but true
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11/2/2012, 12:41 pm
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Hi folks!!! Just a quicky to let you know that Becky and I are both ok, just without power. My sister's MIL got hers back a few days ago so we're at her house for a little while today to get warm and I brought my laptop so I could check in.
We had no major damage...a couple sections of fence in our backyward fell over and a piece of downspout fell off, but that's it. But our power went out at 8 p.m. last Monday and hasn't come back on yet. They're now saying by tomorrow Midnight, but I'm not holding my breath. Our original estimate was the end of the week. Becky may be in for an even longer haul out on the Island. She's on the North Shore, so they didn't get quite as much severe damage as the South Shore. I've spoken to her by phone a couple of times...she had two trees come down, one in her backyard, one in the front. Neither hit the house but the one in front took down her power lines. They replaced the pole yesterday but haven't put up new lines yet. She's hoping by the middle of the week.
So that's where we stand. Glad everyone else on the East Coast is ok. My heart is breaking for the folks on the Jersey Shore. All the places where we used to vacation when I was little have been changed forever...it's so sad, but makes me realize that my losing power is really minor in retrospect.
Anyhoo...I figured people would be worried and just wanted to pop in quickly and let you know where we stand. We'll both be back just as soon as the power company's cooperate!
And Hit...the Marathon was cancelled, so sanity prevailed.
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11/4/2012, 2:49 pm
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thanks for the update Sue...glad that both of you are safe...hopefully the power will come back soon...
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11/5/2012, 12:16 pm
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Re: Hopefully Sue, Bec and others will have power soon...
My brother is still without power in Clark. He was told the 11th. I sent him a care package of D batteries since he can't find them anywhere for his flashlights. He drove into Pennsylvania to buy a propane heater, a case of propane cylinders and a few cases of Duraflame logs (all sold out in Union County, NJ).
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Apparently Becky got power back, but no internet yet...
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11/6/2012, 8:06 pm
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My brother informed me this morning he has power back, too, but, like Becky, he has no Internet nor cable. Still, heat and hot water are more important than TV and Internet. Even the spudliest couch potato should agree.
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11/7/2012, 11:54 am
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Hi gang. Posting from work cause I don't have phone or Internet at home. Thank God for DirectTV cause at least we have TV. We were 7 days without power but all things considered I'm not complaining.
I talked to Sue this morning. She is STILL without power or heat and she is freezing. It was 48 degrees in her house this morning. She has no timeframe when they will get her back up and running. So send her warm thoughts.
My new quest is finding gas. 140 miles a day driving and no gas to be had unless you want to sit in line for hours. God I love this frigging state......
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11/7/2012, 2:05 pm
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Heat at last, heat at last...thank God almighty, I've got HEAT AT LAST!!!
We finally got our power back last night, just shy of the 9 day mark. As bec said, we were freakin' FREEZING for the last few days. Even considered getting a hotel room Tuesday night but the only hotel we could find in Central/Northern NJ with available rooms was charging 500 bucks a night! Gotta love free enterprise...not!
Anyhoo, we're back up and running again and I have never appreciated electrcity more!
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11/8/2012, 1:47 pm
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My post about Bloomberg was minutes after he slammed his fist and said the show must go on, then the backlash made him change his mind hours later.. of course you couldnt see this..
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11/8/2012, 10:19 pm
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