OFFICIAL HURRICANE SANDY THREAD!!! (Merged) - Page 23

gunnails · 10-31-2012, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Bonhomme Richard

We're alive, *****es.

We actually made it through the storm safe and sound. There was some tree damage around town but e storm spared us. Just a mile east, though, is a flooded war zone. The shore is an absolute mess. Bridges, stores, bars, places where we go eat and hang out all the time -- it's all gone. The main road along the ocean, Ocean Ave, is covered with 3 feet of sand.

The only problem is we don't have power. My parents do, and I'm posting from there, so hopefully we'll get it back soon. On gunnails's suggestion (seriously) I stocked up on firewood and we've been able to keep warm.

Totally crazy storm. I've never seen a hurricane hit us head on like this. Usually it'd make landfall in e Carolinas or something and it would wander lazily up the coast. We got hammered directly.

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That makes me feel good.

Happy to hear that none of the JI Clan seems to have been hit to hard and that there families are safe.

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Fishooked · 10-31-2012, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by gunnails

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That makes me feel good.

Happy to hear that none of the JI Clan seems to have been hit to hard and that there families are safe.

G

Wife thought I was going overboard, actually what I really should have done was gone full bore survivalist and ended up getting a generator.

This is going to hurt

*GMC was right*

However - if you cant get enough gasoline to run your generator it will not matter. I dont know anyone who stockpiles that much gasoline to be without power for more than 3 days.

Begin rant:
I mentioned this earlier in this thread, but basically I had been constantly arguing with my over preparations for this storm. We haven't seen eye to eye on a lot of things lately and this was just another classic example.

Everything I tried to do she thought I was 'overdoing it'. From the number of cases of water I purchases, to the amount of bread, and pop tarts I bought, down to the number of logs I split, she thought I was going 'overboard'.

Her grand plan for riding out the storm was 'going to your sister's house a mile away...her rationale was that the storm was going to 'hit south of us'.

This is what the road to my sisters house looked like, there were several more of these gauntlets along the way:

Thoughts of strangulation entered my mind. I told her there is no way I am driving under those with the kids in the car.

/end rant

Regardless I think she now realizes how right I was about this storm....of course she'll never admit to it.

gunnails · 10-31-2012, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Fishooked

Wife thought I was going overboard, actually what I really should have done was gone full bore survivalist and ended up getting a generator.

This is going to hurt

*GMC was right*

However - if you cant get enough gasoline to run your generator it will not matter. I dont know anyone who stockpiles that much gasoline to be without power for more than 3 days.

Begin rant:
I mentioned this earlier in this thread, but basically I had been constantly arguing with my over preparations for this storm. We haven't seen eye to eye on a lot of things lately and this was just another classic example.

Everything I tried to do she thought I was 'overdoing it'. From the number of cases of water I purchases, to the amount of bread, and pop tarts I bought, down to the number of logs I split, she thought I was going 'overboard'.

Her grand plan for riding out the storm was 'going to your sister's house a mile away...her rationale was that the storm was going to 'hit south of us'.

This is what the road to my sisters house looked like, there were several more of these gauntlets along the way:

Thoughts of strangulation entered my mind. I told her there is no way I am driving under those with the kids in the car.

/end rant

Regardless I think she now realizes how right I was about this storm....of course she'll never admit to it.

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aS A MAN THE ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR FAMILIES SAFETY FALLS ON YOU. (oops). Try angain to make her understand this.

At the risk of being a GMC I would suggest the best way to generate electricity for a extended amount of time would be with a propane or natural gas generator, they are expensive $3000 to $5000 to get set up, but they will supply power for the whole house and you can go months aon a 500 gallon tank of propane.

These type of generators have an auto start feature that turn on when the power supply is interrupted, some of my clients that have electricaly powered life support needs use them.

WestCoastOffensive · 10-31-2012, 01:37 PM

common - wives with small children get scared and blabber on and on - your gnawing anxiety just fed hers. You had a storm inside the family to go with the storm outside.

Everybody's safe right?

Go strangle something else for a while

brady's a catcher · 10-31-2012, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Fishooked

Wife thought I was going overboard, actually what I really should have done was gone full bore survivalist and ended up getting a generator.

This is going to hurt

*GMC was right*

However - if you cant get enough gasoline to run your generator it will not matter. I dont know anyone who stockpiles that much gasoline to be without power for more than 3 days.

Begin rant:
I mentioned this earlier in this thread, but basically I had been constantly arguing with my over preparations for this storm. We haven't seen eye to eye on a lot of things lately and this was just another classic example.

Everything I tried to do she thought I was 'overdoing it'. From the number of cases of water I purchases, to the amount of bread, and pop tarts I bought, down to the number of logs I split, she thought I was going 'overboard'.

Her grand plan for riding out the storm was 'going to your sister's house a mile away...her rationale was that the storm was going to 'hit south of us'.

This is what the road to my sisters house looked like, there were several more of these gauntlets along the way:

Thoughts of strangulation entered my mind. I told her there is no way I am driving under those with the kids in the car.

/end rant

Regardless I think she now realizes how right I was about this storm....of course she'll never admit to it.

A wise man once told me, "no body...no case".

Timmy® · 10-31-2012, 01:47 PM

after hearing about the guy in Flushing and kids in Westchester who died when trees crashed on their houses, I have to pop for the $1200 and get my oak removed. mine is much more precariously placed than those trees were and would have probably three times the force. Since it's on the side of a mountain it's leaning forward and it's situated higher than our house, so it would be in full force mode when contact is made.

Fishooked · 10-31-2012, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by WestCoastOffensive

common - wives with small children get scared and blabber on and on - your gnawing anxiety just fed hers. You had a storm inside the family to go with the storm outside.

Everybody's safe right?

Go strangle something else for a while

GFY

Ok, that felt better.

Actually, and I know this sounds crazy - but the sooner my kids will be able to celebrate halloween...the better.

It will at least be something different and get their minds off of this storm and all of the anxiety that goes with it.

Word is that Halloween in NJ has been 'moved' to Saturday, frankly I think that is a little soon but we'll see.

Big L · 10-31-2012, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Fishooked

Regardless I think she now realizes how right I was about this storm....of course she'll never admit to it.

They never do.

So you have to find ways to let them know you know you're right. In your instance, something like "So how's that extra, now our last, case of water taste?" or "Good thing that extra wood is keeping us warm tonight".

Carlton · 10-31-2012, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Big L

They never do.

So you have to find ways to let them know you know you're right. In your instance, something like "So how's that extra, now our last, case of water taste?" or "Good thing that extra wood is keeping us warm tonight".

hmmm i dunno.. then mrs. FH might be taking brady'sacatcher's advice.

Big L · 10-31-2012, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Carlton

hmmm i dunno.. then mrs. FH might be taking brady'sacatcher's advice.

I don't recall what that advice is/was.

FH could also say, when Mrs. FH makes any small remark that anything FH did to prepare was good, "So sorry, darling, you were right" but imitating Mrs. FH's voice.

Big L · 10-31-2012, 02:05 PM

BTW, where's Borgo? Neck deep in some exotic mermaid panooch?

jetstream23 · 10-31-2012, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Fishooked

I haven't seen any pictures of NYC or the NJ shore areas yet; frankly I almost don't want to. I was able to make it into work today and use the showers here (they a fitness center and locker rooms, insert towel-snapping ghey jokes here) and actually attempt to work, but my mind is at home thinking of the wife and kids, and what we're going to do next.

I don't know what that is yet.

I just hope we got enough out-of-state help.

The Jersey Shore is a horror scene. Many of the places from my youth seem to be demolished....Sea Bright is toast, Donovan's Reef is gone....Seaside Heights has lost a lot of the boardwalk, etc.

Donovan's before Sandy...

Donovan's now...

jetstream23 · 10-31-2012, 02:28 PM

Seaside Heights...

PlumberKhan · 10-31-2012, 02:28 PM

Glad to hear that everyone is doing allright

Not much happened in my neck of the woods...but then again, 70 mph winds are fairly common October - March, so anything that would blow over has done so already.

jetstream23 · 10-31-2012, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by PlumberKhan

Glad to hear that everyone is doing allright

Not much happened in my neck of the woods...but then again, 70 mph winds are fairly common October - March, so anything that would blow over has done so already.

Nice status, Fish!

"I woke the same as any other day, ya know...I should've stayed in bed..."

One of my favorite Soundgarden songs!

crasherino · 10-31-2012, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Fishooked

GFY

Ok, that felt better.

Actually, and I know this sounds crazy - but the sooner my kids will be able to celebrate halloween...the better.

It will at least be something different and get their minds off of this storm and all of the anxiety that goes with it.

Word is that Halloween in NJ has been 'moved' to Saturday, frankly I think that is a little soon but we'll see.

I'm not even sure what the story is with Halloween in the city. The parade was cancelled but does that mean that I shouldn't have my kids go trick or treating? We are in the unique situation of having vertical trick or treating so as long as you have a building with electricity, you've got hundreds of potential targets.

Part of me thinks its inappropriate, part of me thinks the kids need this outlet and its a good thing.

Warfish · 10-31-2012, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by jetstream23

Nice status, Fish!

You DO know that PK isn't me, right?

He could be Fishhooked tho.....I don't trust that dude.

jetstream23 · 10-31-2012, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by crasherino

I'm not even sure what the story is with Halloween in the city. The parade was cancelled but does that mean that I shouldn't have my kids go trick or treating? We are in the unique situation of having vertical trick or treating so as long as you have a building with electricity, you've got hundreds of potential targets.

Part of me thinks its inappropriate, part of me thinks the kids need this outlet and its a good thing.

Is there anyway that you can check/coordinate that with neighbors or other people you know around the building?

You don't want to be the only one knocking on doors....but, you also don't want to keep your kids inside and then have you door knocked on by kids trick-or-treating only to see your kids say, "hey, why aren't we going like them?"

RaoulDuke · 10-31-2012, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by jetstream23

Is there anyway that you can check/coordinate that with neighbors or other people you know around the building?

You don't want to be the only one knocking on doors....but, you also don't want to keep your kids inside and then have you door knocked on by kids trick-or-treating only to see your kids say, "hey, why aren't we going like them?"

Gotta make sure everyone stockpiled on candy too. Not sure you guys were thinking of Halloween while stocking up on bottled water and batteries : dunno:

crossfire · 10-31-2012, 03:01 PM

Big crash at the house during the storm when a 70 foot tree (we measured) crashed down and took out our deck. It fell diagonally across our yard and missed the house by inches. It was only 35 feet from the house so it could have crushed it if it had fallen at a different angle. It literally took out our fence right to the house. The last fence post is still there but the fence is crushed. Yet not a scratch on the siding.

No power and no internet. Using my phone now.

Fortunately we took GMC's advice and got a generator.

Actually I had one before the big blackout. So we have lights, heat, gas stove, coffee maker and can use the dvd player on the tv. ( no cable) Plus just about anything else we want to plug in.

So I'm not complaining at all. Feel bad for everyone that really has it bad now.

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Timmy® JI's own Reverend Jim. Hall Of Fame Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Vermont Posts: 23,507	after hearing about the guy in Flushing and kids in Westchester who died when trees crashed on their houses, I have to pop for the $1200 and get my oak removed. mine is much more precariously placed than those trees were and would have probably three times the force. Since it's on the side of a mountain it's leaning forward and it's situated higher than our house, so it would be in full force mode when contact is made. Last edited by Timmy®; 10-31-2012 at 02:07 PM.

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WestCoastOffensive Lying to the Smithsonian Board Moderator Jets Insider VIP Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: SF via Strong Island Posts: 26,664	common - wives with small children get scared and blabber on and on - your gnawing anxiety just fed hers. You had a storm inside the family to go with the storm outside. Everybody's safe right? Go strangle something else for a while

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Big L Plus six thousand posts Veteran Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: It's all relative Posts: 1,064	BTW, where's Borgo? Neck deep in some exotic mermaid panooch?

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PlumberKhan BRACE YOURSELVES FOR 12... Hall Of Fame Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Van down by the river Posts: 21,015	Glad to hear that everyone is doing allright Not much happened in my neck of the woods...but then again, 70 mph winds are fairly common October - March, so anything that would blow over has done so already.

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crossfire Day by day, night after night... Blinded by the neon light Jets Insider VIP Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 5,676	Big crash at the house during the storm when a 70 foot tree (we measured) crashed down and took out our deck. It fell diagonally across our yard and missed the house by inches. It was only 35 feet from the house so it could have crushed it if it had fallen at a different angle. It literally took out our fence right to the house. The last fence post is still there but the fence is crushed. Yet not a scratch on the siding. No power and no internet. Using my phone now. Fortunately we took GMC's advice and got a generator. Actually I had one before the big blackout. So we have lights, heat, gas stove, coffee maker and can use the dvd player on the tv. ( no cable) Plus just about anything else we want to plug in. So I'm not complaining at all. Feel bad for everyone that really has it bad now.