I hope we all think and pray for all of our members that live on the east coast. I have met so many there that are friends for life.
Bad Bad Storm!
BUDMAN
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Got everything ready Budman. J.D. is staying with me so all will be fine.
Getting real ugly here. Still have power....for now.
Judy, Good for J.D. What a great kid.
I hope Janna and her family are OK. I think of so
many I met at your parties. Just a really bad deal
BUDMAN
I hope Janna and her family are OK. I think of so
many I met at your parties. Just a really bad deal
BUDMAN
Everybody, stay warm, safe and dry...
Sharon
Sharon
Winds have picked up dramatically and we are getting Hurricane type gusts that are shaking my condo building, but no loss of power and water level has receded pending next high tide at 11:54 pm EST.
Southeastern CT coast getting hit the hardest in CT. It's exposed to the Atlantic Ocean.
Southeastern CT coast getting hit the hardest in CT. It's exposed to the Atlantic Ocean.
Two large pieces of aluminum flashing were just blown off my condo building as I watched. One is in the woods and the other is blown under my deck. I am afraid to go outside and retrieve them lest another piece of flashing blows off and scalps me. Winds feel like they are 75 mph plus
Hey Judy,
Glad you have company!
I am wondering about Janna and our other NEsters.
Glad you have company!
I am wondering about Janna and our other NEsters.
Strong winds but still have power. Tomorrow is going to be worse for us I guess.
J.D. is really a good kid. Guess I should say young man. So hard to believe he is graduating high school this year. Don't know what I'll do when he goes off to college. Don't know where the time went. He was only 5 when I started coming here.
Called Joanne, no answer. Got her machine. Hope it just means she can't answer right now. Left a message to call me. Hope is all OK with her.
On another note. My nieces home was completely destroyed in Virginia. Thank God she was in Northern NY so she is safe.
On another note. My nieces home was completely destroyed in Virginia. Thank God she was in Northern NY so she is safe.
I have a close friend who lives in Staten Island, NY and I have not been able to contact him either at his home or his office and I don't know what is going on. I assume he cannot travel from Staten Island to Queens where he works but when I call his home # I just get a message that the call cannot be completed.
Now that we have had time to assess we here in coastal CT were somewhat more fortunate than those in NYC and NJ. Although my cousin who lives down in Fairfield County which is the southwestern part of CT still does not have power and is running on a Generator which she purchased in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. And she told me her community (Trumbull) is still 60% without power as of today.
It's probably a good time to invest in one of these companies that makes Generators. It's amazing to me how dependent we are on the electrical grid. Although my office did not lose power and we have worked full days since Tuesday, everyone else seems to be a few days behind due to loss of power, short staffed offices due to people not being able to get to work etc.
Now that we have had time to assess we here in coastal CT were somewhat more fortunate than those in NYC and NJ. Although my cousin who lives down in Fairfield County which is the southwestern part of CT still does not have power and is running on a Generator which she purchased in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. And she told me her community (Trumbull) is still 60% without power as of today.
It's probably a good time to invest in one of these companies that makes Generators. It's amazing to me how dependent we are on the electrical grid. Although my office did not lose power and we have worked full days since Tuesday, everyone else seems to be a few days behind due to loss of power, short staffed offices due to people not being able to get to work etc.
I consider myself fortunate.
Lost 3 huge pine trees that fell to the side, otherwise one of them would have smashed my daughter's bedroom. Had no power until last night. Certainly glad now the toilet flushes without me using the water I filled up in the bathtub before the storm.
My brother got a lot of damage to his house. One of his cars was smashed beyond repair by a tree. His pool is ruined. He has over $15k by his estimate in damages. He can't work now so he has no income.
As you know, many of us as reported in the news lost their homes, some their lives.
Rocket
Lost 3 huge pine trees that fell to the side, otherwise one of them would have smashed my daughter's bedroom. Had no power until last night. Certainly glad now the toilet flushes without me using the water I filled up in the bathtub before the storm.
My brother got a lot of damage to his house. One of his cars was smashed beyond repair by a tree. His pool is ruined. He has over $15k by his estimate in damages. He can't work now so he has no income.
As you know, many of us as reported in the news lost their homes, some their lives.
Rocket
I emailed Janna's work today and she responded pretty quick. They are fine and now have power. That was their only damage.