OFFICIAL HURRICANE SANDY THREAD!!! (Merged)

[Lone Star Lady]

Originally Posted by crasherino

WTF? This storm now has a name? When did they start with that? Can't be a good sign.

Athena, youre a stupid b!tch. Go away.

+1, this sucks for all of you in her path.

Sorry to hear this!
Hope the storm isn't too bad and doesn't cause you too many more problems.

[2milehighJet]

Originally Posted by crasherino

WTF? This storm now has a name? When did they start with that? Can't be a good sign.

Athena, youre a stupid b!tch. Go away.

I hope she doesnt become the line in the Who song.

She's just a girl, shes a bomb.

Be safe (again) guys.

[Ruby2]

Naming this storm is ridiculous... they are definitely in a quest for ratings at this point.

This thing looks like an absolute nothing... still hope all those in affected areas stay safe.

[32green]

Originally Posted by Peebag

I wish u guys would get over all this storm talk - don't u realize ur here for my amusement?



So chop chop, make with the funny

OAKWOOD BEACH, N.Y. — They were found hugging, a former Marine and his blue-eyed son, buried under the wreckage of the home they had hoped to save.

John "Flip" Filipowicz and John Jr., 20, had defied orders to evacuate as Hurricane Sandy approached Monday, determined to pump water out of their basement. But the massive tidal surge and raging floodwaters crushed the foundation, and a wall of concrete collapsed on them.

Police discovered the two the next day, their arms wrapped around each other. They lay amid the wreckage of Oakwood Beach, a working-class neighborhood of firefighters and cops, postal workers and corrections officers, on the southern lip of Staten Island, the always-forgotten New York City borough that suffered the worst in Sandy's terrible maw.

"They were hugging, and it breaks my heart to think that Flip was telling John, 'I can't save you,' " said their neighbor Sue Somma.

Filipowicz, 51, a former corrections officer, had sent his wife, daughter and another son — John Jr.'s twin — to relatives. Somma, the neighbor, described the former Marine as "a survivor" who probably planned to drink a few beers with John Jr. while the hurricane raged outside.

The next day, Somma said, she and her husband saw a 20-foot-wide hole where the concrete foundation had caved into the basement. John's brother, Neil is a retired FDNY and former MOS 1st Pct


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[thebigragu]

Originally Posted by Ruby2

Naming this storm is ridiculous... they are definitely in a quest for ratings at this point.

This thing looks like an absolute nothing... still hope all those in affected areas stay safe.

That's what they said about Vietnam. How'd that turn out?

[Peebag]

Originally Posted by 32green

OAKWOOD BEACH, N.Y. — They were found hugging, a former Marine and his blue-eyed son, buried under the wreckage of the home they had hoped to save.

John "Flip" Filipowicz and John Jr., 20, had defied orders to evacuate as Hurricane Sandy approached Monday, determined to pump water out of their basement. But the massive tidal surge and raging floodwaters crushed the foundation, and a wall of concrete collapsed on them.

Police discovered the two the next day, their arms wrapped around each other. They lay amid the wreckage of Oakwood Beach, a working-class neighborhood of firefighters and cops, postal workers and corrections officers, on the southern lip of Staten Island, the always-forgotten New York City borough that suffered the worst in Sandy's terrible maw.

"They were hugging, and it breaks my heart to think that Flip was telling John, 'I can't save you,' " said their neighbor Sue Somma.

Filipowicz, 51, a former corrections officer, had sent his wife, daughter and another son — John Jr.'s twin — to relatives. Somma, the neighbor, described the former Marine as "a survivor" who probably planned to drink a few beers with John Jr. while the hurricane raged outside.

The next day, Somma said, she and her husband saw a 20-foot-wide hole where the concrete foundation had caved into the basement. John's brother, Neil is a retired FDNY and former MOS 1st Pct


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Oh sure throw that at me.....

[brady's a catcher]

Originally Posted by 32green

OAKWOOD BEACH, N.Y. — They were found hugging, a former Marine and his blue-eyed son, buried under the wreckage of the home they had hoped to save.

John "Flip" Filipowicz and John Jr., 20, had defied orders to evacuate as Hurricane Sandy approached Monday, determined to pump water out of their basement. But the massive tidal surge and raging floodwaters crushed the foundation, and a wall of concrete collapsed on them.

Police discovered the two the next day, their arms wrapped around each other. They lay amid the wreckage of Oakwood Beach, a working-class neighborhood of firefighters and cops, postal workers and corrections officers, on the southern lip of Staten Island, the always-forgotten New York City borough that suffered the worst in Sandy's terrible maw.

"They were hugging, and it breaks my heart to think that Flip was telling John, 'I can't save you,' " said their neighbor Sue Somma.

Filipowicz, 51, a former corrections officer, had sent his wife, daughter and another son — John Jr.'s twin — to relatives. Somma, the neighbor, described the former Marine as "a survivor" who probably planned to drink a few beers with John Jr. while the hurricane raged outside.

The next day, Somma said, she and her husband saw a 20-foot-wide hole where the concrete foundation had caved into the basement. John's brother, Neil is a retired FDNY and former MOS 1st Pct


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Damn is that brutal.

[brady's a catcher]

Originally Posted by Peebag

Oh sure throw that at me.....

Pretty sure you guys have different definitions of the word "funny". And if my memory is correct, the word "paralellogram".

[Fishooked]

Originally Posted by Peebag

I wish u guys would get over all this storm talk - don't u realize ur here for my amusement?



So chop chop, make with the funny

Originally Posted by 32green

OAKWOOD BEACH, N.Y. — They were found hugging, a former Marine and his blue-eyed son, buried under the wreckage of the home they had hoped to save.

John "Flip" Filipowicz and John Jr., 20, had defied orders to evacuate as Hurricane Sandy approached Monday, determined to pump water out of their basement. But the massive tidal surge and raging floodwaters crushed the foundation, and a wall of concrete collapsed on them.

Police discovered the two the next day, their arms wrapped around each other. They lay amid the wreckage of Oakwood Beach, a working-class neighborhood of firefighters and cops, postal workers and corrections officers, on the southern lip of Staten Island, the always-forgotten New York City borough that suffered the worst in Sandy's terrible maw.

"They were hugging, and it breaks my heart to think that Flip was telling John, 'I can't save you,' " said their neighbor Sue Somma.

Filipowicz, 51, a former corrections officer, had sent his wife, daughter and another son — John Jr.'s twin — to relatives. Somma, the neighbor, described the former Marine as "a survivor" who probably planned to drink a few beers with John Jr. while the hurricane raged outside.

The next day, Somma said, she and her husband saw a 20-foot-wide hole where the concrete foundation had caved into the basement. John's brother, Neil is a retired FDNY and former MOS 1st Pct


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Originally Posted by Peebag

Oh sure throw that at me.....

Yeah, wrong thread for that....

[WestCoastOffensive]

Originally Posted by 32green

OAKWOOD BEACH, N.Y. — They were found hugging, a former Marine and his blue-eyed son, buried under the wreckage of the home they had hoped to save.

John "Flip" Filipowicz and John Jr., 20, had defied orders to evacuate as Hurricane Sandy approached Monday, determined to pump water out of their basement. But the massive tidal surge and raging floodwaters crushed the foundation, and a wall of concrete collapsed on them.

Police discovered the two the next day, their arms wrapped around each other. They lay amid the wreckage of Oakwood Beach, a working-class neighborhood of firefighters and cops, postal workers and corrections officers, on the southern lip of Staten Island, the always-forgotten New York City borough that suffered the worst in Sandy's terrible maw.

"They were hugging, and it breaks my heart to think that Flip was telling John, 'I can't save you,' " said their neighbor Sue Somma.

Filipowicz, 51, a former corrections officer, had sent his wife, daughter and another son — John Jr.'s twin — to relatives. Somma, the neighbor, described the former Marine as "a survivor" who probably planned to drink a few beers with John Jr. while the hurricane raged outside.

The next day, Somma said, she and her husband saw a 20-foot-wide hole where the concrete foundation had caved into the basement. John's brother, Neil is a retired FDNY and former MOS 1st Pct


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I hug my 20 year old every day; I don't even feel the punches anymore.

[32green]

Originally Posted by WestCoastOffensive

I hug my 20 year old every day; I don't even feel the punches anymore.

"the blue eyed son" is what got me.





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[Fishooked]

Originally Posted by Peebag

Forget it Jake - it's Chinatown

[Lone Star Lady]

Already snowing in central CT (my hometown and where my mother still lives).

I don't know if it's part of Athena or just another weather system.

Way too early for snowfall.

[32green]

Originally Posted by Lone Star Lady

Already snowing in central CT (my hometown and where my mother still lives).

I don't know if it's part of Athena or just another weather system.

Way too early for snowfall.

Been snowing pretty heavy in Central Nassau. Just such a mental kick in the arse for all these poor folks.

[Timmy®]

Originally Posted by 32green

Been snowing pretty heavy in Central Nassau. Just such a mental kick in the arse for all these poor folks.

Air Supply putting on a benefit show for SAR.

[Fishooked]

Light snow here, but we're further west, hopefully not getting much.
I'm not even going to shovel it.

I am on a shovel strike.

Plus my dead, poisoned arm makes it prohibitive.

[SAR I]

Originally Posted by Timmy®

Air Supply putting on a benefit show for SAR.

I just bribed a Verizon guy $200 to fix my Fios today instead of waiting until Saturday.

Even in a hurricane I rock harder than Air Supply.

SAR I

[Big L]

Originally Posted by SAR I

I just bribed a Verizon guy $200 to fix my Fios today instead of waiting until Saturday.

Even in a hurricane I rock harder than Air Supply.

SAR I

Scorpions?


Power's back on, I take it.

[crossfire]

It was snowing for literally about 30 seconds and the power in my office went out again. WTF is LIPA using? Scotch tape???

[SAR I]

Originally Posted by Big L

Scorpions?

Power's back on, I take it.

Came back on last night around 10PM, but my Fios wouldn't boot back up so I missed all the election coverage. Streamed NBC news on my iPad for that.

When I called Verizon they said I wouldn't be able to get fixed until Saturday even though it was a relatively simple problem. This morning getting coffee at Dunkin' Donuts I noticed a guy in a Verizon truck. Jokingly, I asked him if he accepted bribes and I give him $200 bucks if he came to my house right away and hit a few buttons to get me up and running.

He had no problem with that. My power just went out again about five minutes ago, I assume they're working on something.

SAR I