Hurricane Sandy

[amdaley]

I would like to wish anyone affected by this storm the best of luck.
I’m sure we all have friends & families in the affected areas.
We are thinking of you.
Good luck.

[Railrunner130]

Thanks! We're very lucky here.

The wind did very minimal damage and the power never went out thanks to the power company sending out crews over the last few months to cut trees back away from the lines. I think that made all the difference. So, when those guys come along and tear up your trees remember that.

We live on top of a hill so the water was no big deal either. Unfortunately, the same can't be said for our neighbors down in Port Deposit, MD or the beaches.

[trailrider]

Godspeed to all in the way of this thing. If you have power enough to still be able to read this, and haven't evacuated in spite of being advised to do so, for Heaven's sake, head for high ground if you still can!

[Davidfd85]

I can relax alittle bit now. Heard from my nephew (FDNY Squad 252 Lieutenant) him and family are alright, my brother and all the rest of his family, they live out on Long Island, are ok too. Now just have to wait for it to pass over the rest of my family in upstate NY.

[tomustang]

They're claimed up to 10 days without power in some areas. Over a million without Power/cable. Around 3 dozen dead.

[PApat]

Appreciate the thoughts and well wishes. I'm more inland, but we did have 70+ MPH winds, with a bunch of trees snapped and many tall pines uprooted. We lost power for almost 24 hours, but it came back on this afternoon, just as I was pondering a second gas run for the generator.

My thoughts and prayers for the many folks in coastal areas and we can't overlook those in the mountains that got pounded by heavy snow as well. NYC did not fare well - there was a major power substation explosion downtown that will take ConEd about 2 weeks to fix. Impact to 350,000 people. Subway system took on water as well, which poses interesting problems. I won't be venturing into the city soon -

[tomustang]

Pat, cool you got your power back on, still don't know how long we'll get it back in my area

[PApat]

Tom, where in the valley are you? I grew up there! I thought PPL would have been much faster at restoration of service than PECO!!! I live in central Bucks now.

-bill

[tomustang]

I'm by easton and have Met Ed, they aren't going to touch this place til monday.

Some parts of easton still have power though, but all the closest stores are in the townships

My cable/power/mobile at&t are out

[Iron Horseman]

Originally Posted by tomustang

My cable/power/mobile at&t are out

So the land line phone/DSL are ok, and that is what you are using to get on-line with?