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Our friends in New Jersey who live on the waterfront, received permission to return home and found no damage. Sea water breached their sea wall and came within inches from entering the house. They were very lucky. PJ
 
Linda's folks (in their late 80s) are still without power. Luckily, they're only about 8 miles away so I keep doing over there re-filling my generator (it's been running non-stop for at least 36 hours).
I have a buddy who lives near them and also has no power. He and I were planning on hitting Lime Rock this weekend, but I imagine he may have more important things to deal with.

This was a HUGE storm that affected an enormous area and millions of people. I see lots of service people out in our area fixing power wires, downed trees, roads, etc. Seems to be a decent, organized effort to get things going again throughout the entire northeast. State and federal government have really been on top of this one in my view.
The NY Times has a feature on the cover of the ~40 people who were lost, so not everyone got away unscathed. But good preparation and evacuations kept down loss of lives and probably even saved money.
It's amazing that a storm that started down past the Caribbean did so much damage in Vermont.
 
Just got this from Tom (NutmegCT):


<span style="font-style: italic"> Hi Mickey-

Still about 300,000 people in CT w/o power (me too) since 1am Sunday. No power or internet, so I'm at a McDonalds with wireless, doing an email and online payment run - and eating a HOT breakfast. About 1/3 of our gas stations across the state have no power, so they can't pump gas. And the thousands of downed trees mean the power line crews have to "walk" every inch of line across the state, before they can restore service.

Cellar flooded (again). You sure get tired of cold canned soup fast. And a shower would be GREAT!

Thanks.
Tom </span>
 
Mickey Richaud said:
Just got this from Tom (NutmegCT):


<span style="font-style: italic"> Hi Mickey-

Still about 300,000 people in CT w/o power (me too) since 1am Sunday. No power or internet, so I'm at a McDonalds with wireless, doing an email and online payment run - and eating a HOT breakfast. About 1/3 of our gas stations across the state have no power, so they can't pump gas. And the thousands of downed trees mean the power line crews have to "walk" every inch of line across the state, before they can restore service.

Cellar flooded (again). You sure get tired of cold canned soup fast. And a shower would be GREAT!

Thanks.
Tom </span>
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Glad to hear he's ok, even if cold and hungry.
 
Got the same email from Tom...glad to hear that he is okay although inconvenienced like many on the East Coast...I just hope that Katia does not roll up the coast. So far it looks like it won't, but that is not "etched in stone".
 
Tom,

I'm glad to hear that you're allright.You should have made
your cross-country trip - it's 65,clear & sunny.
Of course you would have had to worry about what you'd return
to.

- Doug
 
Should we send him a portable propane stove?!?! :shocked:
 
Ive got a daughter in the Norwich Ct area. No power since Sunday and CL+P says could be up till 3 weeks till it's restored. Lakes region of NH minor damage, 25 miles north it's a mess with flooding and washed out roads. RT 302 and the Kangamangus Hwy. through the White Mountains are closed till further notice with washouts.
 
Finally got in touch with BIL....no water (drinking), no power (maybe by Sunday), no fun.
 
Sanel auto parts on Flat street,(see YOUTUBE video from top of parking garage) sustained the least amount of damage to the building, and stock, 0f anyone on this street. We lost two S-10 delivery vehicles (both really high mileage) but only about 10-12 inches of water seeped in, along with a fine silt/mud.Most of out stock was above this, and the few cases of oil stacked on the floor were all in plastic jugs. We have a great warehouse crew who came and shoveled out the muck, took away the ruined stock, in preparation for a professional cleaning service to come in and make us shine again.
 
Just got iffy phone service on this afternoon. Power is back on but dropping out as more lines are put back up. Still boiling the water.
Our area is going to hurt a long time. Some people lost all they had. Just gone with the surge.
Lived here in this house 31 years and rode them all out and never seen water even in the shop. 22" level on the bird bath and the shop is a wreck. Learned something. Everything that can float will float, but must float upside down. Clean up continues while my better half does laundry for some friends who now have no house.
 

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Back yard shot Sunday afternoon of the old stable. Not much left of it. The pecan trees took a beating and it was going to be a good year for nuts.
 

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Intense part of the storm. Neighbors truck in front of his garage. Water level went from 'a hard rain' to 'flood' within 1 hour.

We were very fortunate. Recovery will take a while tho.
 

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Lee - I'm with you, and everyone else affected. Been on the receiving end of flooding in the past, and know what it feels like. Can't think of a more helpless feeling than to sit and watch water rise.
 
Best regards to our friends up north who really felt the brunt of that terrible storm. May you recover quickly.

Richmond's about 70 miles east of here. I was there yesterday and couldn't believe how many trees were down. Headed down Grove Ave. (old Rt. 6, a main, east-west corridor) debris was piled up in every single yard. Looked like a bombing raid had occurred there.

Newspaper this morning said 172,000 are still without electric power in the Richmond area.

To add to the fun, we had another earthquake aftershock yesterday, 3.5 on the Richter, in Mineral (30 mi. east of here). The shaking woke me up from a sound sleep at about 5:30 am.

Nature's wrath: no fun. :wall:
 
SilentUnicorn said:
I am a bit dissapointed in myself. I should have been better prepared. m
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Don't worry, it'll never happen again, trust me!

I'm even prepared for frogs now! ( Kelly loves frog legs.)
 
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