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Andy Webb

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Posted: October 31 2012 at 17:34

aginor wrote:

then you can skii

The highest point in Rhode Island is 400 feet (about 125 meters) so skiing isn't all that exciting here. Tongue

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Posted: October 31 2012 at 18:24

Power came back on this evening. About 46 hrs without it. Luckily no other notable damage for me or my family.

But damn, did NJ get it's ass kicked:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/incredible-pictures-of-hurricane-sandys-new-jerse

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Posted: October 31 2012 at 18:28

Coastline definitely got altered from this storm. And now fires seem to be the next most dangerous thing. Open gas lines still spewing gas...catching all sorts of things on fire. Esp down at the NJ shore where the gas lines aren't connected to anything.

NYC (and Long Island) also hard hit. I imagine the blizzard in West Virgina will also be rather bad. Going to be discussing this one for many many years.

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Posted: October 31 2012 at 18:56

Lost power here in NE Pennsylvania for a day but everything seems to be back to normal now. One casualty though. A little kid was hit by a falling tree while checking on his livestock. Very sad.

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Posted: October 31 2012 at 21:00

Of course 3 feet of snow can be packed and moved, as we know well in NJ, 3 feet of water...not so much!

Well Andy last winters made up for the one before it...if you recall it snowed every weekend...including a couple of 2 foot blizzards in there. By the end snow was piled up 6 feet high in our yard and there was honestly nowhere left to put it!
Maybe some moderation would be nice this time around mother nature

Edited by JJLehto - October 31 2012 at 21:02

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Posted: November 01 2012 at 10:56

Man With Hat wrote:

Power came back on this evening. About 46 hrs without it. Luckily no other notable damage for me or my family.

But damn, did NJ get it's ass kicked:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/incredible-pictures-of-hurricane-sandys-new-jerse

I'm glad everyone is okay Phil, and thanks for those pictures they are shocking. To see how much sand has been washed up is incredible, and the water damage must be beyond comprehension right now.
I guess they will be scrambling to get as much cleaned up as they can before winter sets in.

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Posted: November 01 2012 at 11:11

Man With Hat wrote:

Power came back on this evening. About 46 hrs without it. Luckily no other notable damage for me or my family.

But damn, did NJ get it's ass kicked:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/incredible-pictures-of-hurricane-sandys-new-jerse

Nr 20 (Union Beach) looks totally unreal.

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I say nothing is nothing
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Posted: November 01 2012 at 11:44

^ I know. It's like as if someone took a bite of that house. #8 (god hates hates the asphalt? That's new!) and #17 (underwater shoreline) are total shockers too! ... I'm out of those things called words.

Edited by Dayvenkirq - November 01 2012 at 11:48

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Posted: November 01 2012 at 11:49

Mellotron Storm wrote:

Man With Hat wrote:

Power came back on this evening. About 46 hrs without it. Luckily no other notable damage for me or my family.

But damn, did NJ get it's ass kicked:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/incredible-pictures-of-hurricane-sandys-new-jerse

Thanks.

And they are. Some of the damage looks like it's straight out of a movie or a midwester tornado outbreak. The jersey shore certainly got the worst of it. And absolutely. Towns essentially covred in sand. They are bringing in snow plows to clear as much as possible, push it back to make dunes and gain access to places.

And I can't even imagine how much time it will take to get it back to somewhere near normal (or at least usable). There are only two ways onto that part of NJ, one of which is completely destroyed and the other indefinatedly closed til some of the water ebbs away and the authorities deem it safe.

There is something positive though...homes in that area were built in the early 60s and not that well. Hopefully when they are rebuilt they will be built stronger and up the most recent code. And if this hurricane hit in early June instead of the end of the october all those buisness would have lost the entire summer of revenue. Hopefully something can be put together before the next beach season.

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Posted: November 01 2012 at 11:52

From ROSFest 2013 email I received today:

Our thoughts go out to the millions of people who's lives have been affected by this tragedy. A special thought goes out to the members of US band Jolly, recently announced for ROSfest 2013. They lost their practice locale, studio and all of their equipment in the storm. If we have understood the band's Facebook updates correctly, drummer Louis Abramson also lost all his personal possessions and his private home. We're in contact with the band's management about their situation, and will come back with more information when we receive it.

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Posted: November 01 2012 at 11:53

Power is back, and so life is slowly returning to normal here slightly NW of Philadelphia.

Pictures of South Jersey are just sickening...my heart breaks for those people, this is years of rebuilding.

Also, my wife's cousin lives in Hoboken - she's fine but she parked her car in an underground garage before the storm - now completely submerged. Ouch

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Posted: November 01 2012 at 11:57

refugee wrote:

Man With Hat wrote:

Power came back on this evening. About 46 hrs without it. Luckily no other notable damage for me or my family.

But damn, did NJ get it's ass kicked:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/incredible-pictures-of-hurricane-sandys-new-jerse

Nr 20 (Union Beach) looks totally unreal.

Totally. The two that are most shocking for me are the Mantoloking Bridge shot and the one from Seasside Heights with the roller coaster in the ocean. (Esp since I"m quite familiar with both areas)

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Posted: November 01 2012 at 20:12

I assume that roller coaster sitting in the ocean is the Jet Star...my first ever roller coaster and one of my earliest memories Cry

What's really disturbing is this was just a Cat 1 storm.
While rare, it's very possible for a Cat 2 (and slight chance but even a Cat 3) to make it up this far...thankfully the worst case scenario never happens but it's a very scary thought.

Thankful in the grand scheme the damage is light compared to a Katrina for example, but still at least 160 people have died from Sandy and they say total damage could be 20-50 billion dollars.

Hopefully we all will learn from this and maybe the Northeast will finally start to prepare. No expert on the details but it does seem like overall weather changes could make this a more regular occurance.

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Posted: November 01 2012 at 23:46

NYC: Is that a park or something?

Edited by Dayvenkirq - November 01 2012 at 23:49

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Posted: November 02 2012 at 10:09

Anyone question the wisdom of using resources and authorities time running the Marathon when people are still trapped in apartments with no power and dwindling water?

And please tell me it's just a rumor that tradesmen who want to help in Jersey are being turned away because they are not union.

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Posted: November 02 2012 at 14:40

Finnforest wrote:

Anyone question the wisdom of using resources and authorities time running the Marathon when people are still trapped in apartments with no power and dwindling water?

And please tell me it's just a rumor that tradesmen who want to help in Jersey are being turned away because they are not union.

I think it's rather stupid. A postponment (even a week) would have been better, even if it was just a PR thing.

And according to the nj Gov. there was a bad info transaction bewteen one group of workers from Alabama (who somehow thought you needed to be union to work in NJ) and some company in NJ (or some person...not really sure on the details of this). None of the power companies or unions make that a requirment and willl not turn anyone any from helping.

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Posted: November 02 2012 at 14:44

4 before and after shots of areas from the NJ shore:

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/11/before_and_after_sandy_photos.html#incart_maj-story-1

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Posted: November 02 2012 at 20:15

Well thankfully the powers that be finally caved to massive, and I mean massive, public outcry and postponed the marathon. For so many reasons it was a terrible idea to try and do and this doesnt make anyone look better.
They just finally are doing what they should've...

Edit: NVM. I also heard that story about non union workers being turned away and it enraged me, but sounds like this was not the case.

Edited by JJLehto - November 02 2012 at 20:16