Re: HUrricane Sandy

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2012/11/4 11:41:29

Hi all: Many thanks for your thoughts and concern. Although we were advised that we probably wouldn't have electric back for another 14-21 days it did come on last night (just in time for the Alabama/LSU game) so the return to normalcy starts. As I begin to see the damage to places like the Jersey shore, Staten Island and others with tens of thousands homeless, what I went thru hardly seems worthy of complaint; no bodily injury and no damage to the house or garage though one tree down and lots of yard debris to contend with. I was reasonably well prepared, lots of gasoline in both Packards had I needed it, plenty of kerosene for the lanterns, plenty of wood for the wood stove to keep warm, and we did continue to have potable water and gas for hot water and cooking. No phone of course and very spotty cell phone coverage for the first few days. Municipal buildings on generator backup allowed for phone recharging and one local supermarket also on it's own generator made for almost normal food shopping. Perhaps the biggest inconvenience was finding ice to keep food fresh, and learning to live between sunrise and sunset.

Still about a half-million without electric in NJ and with cold weather coming along, I can't even begin to grasp how folks with destroyed homes are going to cope.

Dave