Hurricane Sandy looks like a doozy headed this way

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 7:46 am

Kept power, a few limbs down, 40 degrees and 20-25 mph. Sandy took all the leaves from my front yard!

darcy · Post by **darcy** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 8:42 am

oh gosh,, this is sad enough as it is, but i learned this morn that these 2 children who were killed in North Salem are relatives of my parents' neighbors,,

my parents lost power/phone about 8:30pm last night, and the neighbor knows to call me to keep me updated.

my folks are ok { their neighbor tells me }, still no power/phone, and her hubby is setting them up w/a small generator. during our phone conversation this morn, she told me about the 2 children. i had been seeing it on the news but had no way of knowing they were related,,

The storm left behind a trail of devastation and death. Two children were killed when a tree struck a home in Westchester County, and two others will killed by falling tree.

New York State police say the boys, ages 11 and 13, were pronounced dead at the scene in North Salem Monday night. A 15-year-old and a 12-year-old in the home were also treated for minor injuries. The homeowner, who is the mother to one of the boys that was killed and to one of the injured children, was present in the home, but was not hurt in the accident.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?secti ... id=8864473

we are ok and have power. lower manhattan is basically under water, ~ at least the subways are, ~ so, no way for hubby to get into work even though his office is open.

hope you are ok, DaMaN, ~ i reckon u got the worst of it from what i have seen on the news.

g/l to your wife, reno, ~ she will be ok : ).

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 9:20 am

All good here in Southern MD, but I did get to work from home yesterday and today!

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 4:19 pm

wife is doing good -took a bit of time in recovery .
im home for the night now -thanks darcy .
glad your ok .not been able to reach DaMan today hope all is ok there. like i said earlyer. he lost power last night . very sad new's about the children .

darcy · Post by **darcy** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 4:24 pm

good to hear, reno : ).

DaMaN still has no power, but @ least he didn't have any flooding. some trees down, though,,

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 4:27 pm

ya just talked to David he doing ok ! but still power is out !

DaMaN · Post by **DaMaN** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:19 am

Power still out. I went out at 3:30 am this morning and went to 5 different home depots and 1 Lowes. Several were closed and not opening today. The others had no generators and no idea when to expect any in from the mid-west. I hope we get power back soon. This is getting crazy out here.

EvilHorace · Post by **EvilHorace** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:31 am

Glad to hear that you're OK. How are you guys keeping warm w/o power?

DaMaN · Post by **DaMaN** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:36 am

My gas stove is working and we have clean water and my hot water heater is working. A lot of hot showers and layered clothing.

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 10:10 am

Make sure that you open the windows on occasion to let out the the carbon monoxide from using the stove. Stay warm & I hope that you have luck with the electricity.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 10:20 am

DaMaN, where in NJ are you located? I assume not close to the water? From the news reports down here they make is sound like most of the state is underwater.

Stay safe.

darcy · Post by **darcy** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 1:33 pm

geez louise, dave, ~ u might not get power back for 7-10 days : (.
be faster ordering one online than waiting for a store to get them in stock.
i am wishing the best for you!

no clue when my parents will get their power or phone back; haven't heard from their neighbor yet today, so i am getting a bit anxious,,

darcy · Post by **darcy** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 2:43 pm

a collection of pics, ~ http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2012/1 ... storm.html

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 3:30 pm

Looks like there are some generators down towards Frederick/Hagerstown Md - when I got mine last week the store guy said they had people coming from upper NY state last year...if you could nail one for sure it might be worth the ride depending on how long power is going to be out.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 7:14 pm

Some really amazing photos here:

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012 ... ll/100396/