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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: mart on October 29, 2012, 11:10:11 am
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Hope all in the path of Sandy are safe !! Saying a prayer for everyone !! Check in and let us know you are OK !!
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Thanks mart. It's been raining all day and winds are starting to kick in now. Boy, those trees get scary. We have our generator ready with flashlights and candles need be. I'm so glad we sold our shore place this year. It's so bad there.
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Thanks mart here in Mass outside of Boston we have our generator ready with flashlights and candles too, prayers that all are safe!! Winds are really picking up here !! But we are snug like a bug in a rug ;D
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Watching news reports closely and wishing the best for all of you dealing with Sandy. Take care and be safe!
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I am waiting to hear from Frogpatch !! I PM`d him earlier,, he is not far from the Jersey shore !! He said he was on high ground but thats still a bad area !! Just keep in touch when you can everyone !!
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Jersey Shore has been evacuated, mart. Thing are to bad there.
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Upstate NY still ok at the moment. Wind started picking up about 2 hours ago - the worst is yet to come. I pray that everyone stays safe through this storm. Worrying about those closer to NYC and NJ and hope everyone has taken precautions. I will check back in later.
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Yes !! Please everyone keep in touch !!
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Sorry have to use this for now sparingly. No, electric except for generator. The storm is here!
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Not sure where you are greenacres but stay safe! We are awaiting the arrival here.
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We understand the limited use !! Just glad to hear from everyone !!
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Glad to see almost all are checking in. So unusual for the storms their way....we get used to it huh Mart? My brother who who works at Pentagon had to leave also.
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Oh Yeah !!!
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Have a friend who is a pastor NYC and works with homeless ministry who posted these earlier.
One of the Electric Company park lot under water (Con Ed parking lot flooded - 1 sec exposure in the dark - Ave C flooded above cars) and the other is the flash before the power plant blew up because of water.
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Morning check in - upstate NY faired ok - we are fine - NYC is another story - it's a mess. Hope everyone is ok.
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Our thoughts and prayers are with all being affected. So relieved to see word from you guys on the east coast. Any word from Frogpatch, Mart? I watch the newscasts from the time I got home from work last night. Totally horrifying. Stay safe everyone.
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Not yet Sapphire !! Still waiting to hear !!
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Having problems with the internet. Fully it's working. Trying to read the news. What a mess! 17 people died I read. My prayers go out to those families. It's so cold no heat and no electricity. This could be a long wait. I think the Jersey Shore and New York got hit the worst from what I see.
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I was absolutely floored when I read this list of the state by state effects of Sandy. The scope of this storm is incredible. I can't imagine the efforts it will involve trying to recover.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/30/us/tropical-weather-state-by-state/index.html
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Great to hear! Our friend lives in lower Manhatten and has been out all morning helping neighbors. Reported the Electric Company is already in full motion for making repairs. States all around have sent teams, etc.... This was a view a friend of his posted this morning as seen in Lower Manhatten
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Glad to hear. Where live is bad. I walked around to assess the damage. We probably won't have electric for days. To many down trees and wires. Thanks to my trusty little labtop or I would go nuts! It's funny I'm like a trained dog with light switches. Even though nothing is working, I keep flicking them on when I enter a room, lol
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Old habits die hard....
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Still haven`t heard from Frogpatch !! Getting worried here !! I see that he lived in Brick township and that is one of the hardest hit places plus a gas fire this morning !! Last PM said that he had run down to the beach a few minutes earlier so I know he lived close to it !! Anyone that is on Facebook or Twitter might check and see if he has been on them in last couple of days !!
Haven`t heard from Wendy either since the storm headed her way !!
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I heard the strom has slowed down. I heard the news in a while, but got my electric back today. I'll check.
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Glad to hear that GA !!
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All is well here thanks so much for thinking of me!!! <3 Power has been out, Off to work will check in later tonight any word from Frogpatch yet???
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Glad to hear so far that everyone is ok. Wish we would hear from frogpatch. My heart goes out to everyone affected by this storm. Such devastation - sad.
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Not yet !! Glad all is at least OK with you Wendy !! Hoping Frogpatch and his wife are in a shelter somewhere !! I don`t know about that area personally,, but just know he was minutes from the beach and haven`t seen anything in that area that was good !!
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I hope they didn't try to ride out the storm.
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When last I heard from him,,that was his plan !! Thats why I am concerned when no word is heard since the storm !!
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They are saying it may be about 10 days before power is restored to some areas.
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Will keep them and everyone else trying to recover, in my prayers! Hope we hear something soon.
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Yes !! Just heard this evening,, no cell service in the state !! I wonder about messenger pigeons ???
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Things are bad. They can't gas for generators or cars. They are waiting hours. I don't think things will be normal for a while. Plenty without electric still due to big trees. People are just being allowed back to some areas tonight. Some areas are still off limits. There are people who don't have homes to go back too. Wires are still down everywhere. You really can't even travel in New York City. They say bike is best. We've been so lucky to never be touched by anything like this, so I don't think people could believe this would happen. We are all in a state of shock. My friend has no electric here and a damaged house at the shore with no flood ins. I saw on the news every possible scenario and it's not good. I sure frogpatch is physically okay, but is in survival mode.
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You are all in our prayers.
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Watched the report on Staten Island last night......they are finally getting some help on the ground. Fully one half of the deaths attributed to Sandy occurred on the island. I can certainly understand their negative reaction to the upcoming NYC marathon, with it's starting line on Staten Island. As one representative stated, they need every body and pair of hands they can get. To be diverting police and other essential services to monitor a race when there are still people needing to be rescued from what's left of their homes, shelters established and food, water and other basics distributed, is nothing short of heartless.
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I am in total agreement !! What is wrong with those idiots ?? Who cares about a race ??
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I am in total agreement !! What is wrong with those idiots ?? Who cares about a race ??
I highly doubt that this young woman is in the process of claiming her front row spot to view the start of the race.
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People died !! They have no food, no water, no clean clothes, no power !! I think that if they gave her the opportunity to do that,, she might point that gun in a different direction and wish for bullets !!
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Obviously the people that called this race to go on got water on the brain! They need help not bystanders!
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I believe the NY mayor did that KC !!
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Sometimes I despair...In situations like this,everyone should be pulling together,....but,it does,nt happen that way...people have died...others have lost everything...yet..o ut of the gutter,crawl the rats....both 4 legged and two....the 4 legged kind, i can can live with,..as they are only looking after themselves, its the two legged kind..that,i,d shoot on sight....and I hate guns,....these looters should get life....they are the scum of the earth...We had them over here last year, when there were riots in London...there was even one girl who got caught looting...her father was a multi millionaire...and after she was caught rich daddy tried to buy her out of trouble...but it did,nt work...she got jailed....
Then there,s the Government...instea d of spending billions on arms and Presidential campaigns,.they should maybe think about flood defence,s,...and a better infrastructure, on how to respond to these situations....I personally think,that they have had their heads buried in the sand...thinking...N a!!...it,ll never happen...the same thing happened over here in 2010....when we had that really bad winter...and they ran out of salt and grit for the roads....planes could,nt fly...everywhere you went cars were abandond...all because we have a government...that pussyfoots around,...with their snouts in the trough....or stuck up their a****
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I can guarrantee that if it happened to them,,or if it affected them in some way,, it would be fixed fast !! Government knew this was coming, two weeks ahead,, why not have emergency generators on the truck and ready to move,, have food and water on the truck and ready to go !! FEMA is just a laugh and about as useless as,, OK I will not go into that,, but you know what I mean !! Red Cross is not doing too well in my book either !!
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Watch the big concert tonight and donate $10.00. Channel 10 It's from New York. Live Money goes to Red Cross, or go to their site. So emotional. It all breaks my heart.
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NYC Marathon CANCELLED!! Geez, guess someone got too much heat??.........now if only they could bottle that and distribute it to those who need it most......along with clean water, warm beds and places to live?
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My daughter went to college in Staten Island for a year. To think that it has been so devastated is hard to believe. It looks like a 3rd world country in some of these areas. It shows how quickly things can fall apart. One minute your living your comfortable life, and the next day your waiting two and half hours for gas, no diapers for their babies,and no heat for them and it's getting really cold. It's hard to watch the local news.
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Now their rationing gas. Depending if you have an odd or even number on the end of your license plate. Someone pulled a gun on the line yesterday to put himself in front of everyone. A 15 year prison term. Tensions are getting high.
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And afraid it will get worse !! Only news channel I watch is Fox News,, one of the anchors there lost his first floor and mentioned today that looters were even stealing water logged furniture !!
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They are crazy! I like to shoot them on sight! How low can you get!
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I'd say "people are pigs," but don't wish to insult our porcine friends! >:(