Good Luck to All with Hurricane Sandy!

[stompyq]

my neice and her young family live in tribeca. which end of manhattan is that? i know they are without electricity, but otherwise not affected.

On the west side of lower Manhattan. There's no power below 30th street in Manhattan. They managed to get some of the subways running until 34th street but nothing beyond. The morning and afternoon commute is crazy. I think the city is doing a great job trying to get everything back to normalcy.

 

[KenR]

Power back on!

Power back on!

Just got the power (and heat) back. We are in a northern suburb, nowhere near where the storm hit and we lost power for 2 3/4 days because of downed power lines etc. Many more are still without power and of course many are without their homes and possessions. While this was a low power storm, the storm surge coincided with the full moon, making it much worse on the Jersey Shore, lower Manhattan and parts of Long Island. An of course Breazy Point was devastated by the wind whipped fire that took 80 homes. Mother Nature was not kind to do this.

 

[denizg7]

We never got electricity back or heat, gas for that matter. This is West Village.

The apartments are pitch black inside.

They said Monday-Tuesday is when basic recover will happen.

It's really awful. And even worse for the people in Staten Island.

I couldn't stand one more day of not taking a bath and eating canned food everyday. The busses going uptown did not stop a lot of times.

Thanks to my parents to the rescue they picked me up and im in philly safe and sound atm.


What really bothers me is that a lot of scientists are saying things like this will continue to happen from now on as a new norm.

I really hope not , or im moving to cali , will give the city 2 years.

Also the subways don't work below 34th and I have no idea how long it will take for the subways to come back.

time will tell.

 

[raphaelaaron]

Hey Dennis,

glad you're safe. i heard it hit pretty hard in your area and was wondering about ya.

hope they definitely get this fixed up by Monday. MTA seems to be making good progress, and the free rides are a nice touch.

 

[denizg7]

Hey Raphael,


Thanks for the reply. Yeah it's amazing how a single electric company Con Edison , was able to successfully shut down the electric before it harmed anyone when the storm hit , but now they are having trouble turning it back on and it's entering it's 5th day without electricity. I am extremly happy and lucky that I am safe and well , but I think ConEdison should be blamed partially for keeping this War Zone like feeling around here. I feel like they are treating us like we are a small town in Rhode Island.

Anyway enough of my rant

I hope everything is well with you too. You live in uptown right?

Keep in touch 🙂

Dennis

 

[ChrisPlatt]

Devastated in Oceanside NY

Devastated in Oceanside NY

Before the storm surge we evacuated to a Red Cross shelter.
Our apartment flooded and is now uninhabitable.
Most of our possessions were lost.
We are still in the shelter.

We have received some financial assistance from FEMA.
But few apartments are available, and at highly inflated rates.
Even hotel rooms are all booked up.

Perhaps things will begin to ease up when power is finally restored.
Will provide updates when possible.

Chris

 

[Red Robin]

When a bad storm hits the natural thing is to hunker down and clean up after . .. ... but here's the thing. The north-east coast has been dealt a killing blow , a terrible time that will NEVER be fully restored or repaired. I lived and worked in New Orleans before and after Katrina. A kind of grieving is needed ,a kind of understanding that the fond times of yesterday will never return ,never get better they are washed away. I, and my wife, lost nearly all in that storm. Putting her with friends I returned to help repair and rebuild . A year and a half later when traveling through the city one could turn in most any direction and still see something broken-something still trashed, dark empty homes --- missing people. Stores closed, restaurants not reopened. Things just not the same. .. .... Life and my new pickup moved us to Baton Rouge to start again and we did well, things got better . Returning to our old home even after all this time to visit I can say that things have changed 'just not the same. Perhaps it's the human condition to remember the good times a bit --just a bit. more clearly, but for now all there is to be done is to repair, rebuild, help your fellows and as HARD as it is, be patience knowing that if help is not gotten to you it is coming things will get better, it's just that you and your old life will never be the same. Make lots of new memories good memories, help your brothers and sisters, and with that action, make perhaps the best and lasting times to recall . Help Is on the way . .. maybe its you. Blessed Be