Frankenstorm aka Hurricane Sandy (Page 4 of 5)

Encouraging words all around.  Good to hear, although I first heard of the poor 8 yr.old boy killed by a tree in New York, but had no idea where it was and knowing it could be anywhere outside New York City where there's soooooo many trees not anchored by concrete.  Condolences for families and friends those dying or injured or suffering any loss (no matter how or what) as a result.  Nationally, keep an overall healthy thankful perspective, with much gratitude.  Stuff is replaceable.  Or if not, it still only stuff.  Remember natural disasters around the world and the HUGE death tolls often reported and be very thankful.  People take care of family, friends, AND neighbors far beyond Sandy's huge reach back there.  We take care of our own, but it always as we should every day only when many others have a much, much worse day than imaginable compared to a typical and typically taken for granted, very blessed day.

Peace to all, hope for return to "normal" (or a new normal acceptable) A.S.A.P.  Blessings, comforts, and kindness, and continued HOPES.

Scream ON, then Dream ON, Dream Until Your  Dreams Can Come True & Keep the Hopeful, Help-Filled Faith,
Rocket, (hardly guilt free in the sunny California sun)

"He still doesn't charge for mistakes! "
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"Everybody wants ta get inta the act!"
“Now, this isn’t your ordinary party crowd, here.  I mean, there are professionals in here.”

I really feel a need to express my thoughts on this terrible story....I cant even comment on other uplifting stories, such as a baseball championship in my back yard, when millions suffer endlessly....my heart goes out to all that are effected by the storm

God Bless

A neighbor checked on my house and all is well. My heater and hot water heater are down about 18" from the first floor level.  Water came up there apparently and knocked the pilot out, which he got back on. My heater is less than a year old, we'll have to check things out when we get there, the water went down, I think the heater is ok. There was lots of confusion today with getting on the island and major traffic jams.

Its hard to explain what an emotional roller coaster this week has been, based on water marks I saw in photos of homes on beach block, I wasn't too worried for myself anymore. As things unfolded, It was mind numbing to see so much devastation in the TV coverage.. Sandy made landfall either in my town or less than a mile from me, but the real wrath of Sandy was further north. We were so lucky, and I'm so grateful, but feel kinda' guilty for all those that have suffered so much. The coverage on the news is very, very sad. I think I feel the worst for all those homes that burnt to the ground in New York (many of them belonged to NY firefighters who helped on Sept. 11th) and people being killed by falling trees. North Jersey and New York really got hit hard.  Staten Island got slammed in 2 different directions.

Hopefully no storm will ever match or come close to Sandy, ever, ever again!! Its nice to see people coming together to help one another. And the only good thing about Sandy was a reprieve from political ads...for a day maybe...

Angela, glad to hear things were better than expected. 
All the best to all during the healing and rebuilding process.

For those of you who are on FB here is a page someone started to try and hook lost/found pets from the storm area back up with their owners.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/SandysPets

It's a bit confusing at the moment but hope it may help some.

Sandy

Out in western MD at our place near Deep Creek Lake to assess damage after blizzard. Thankfully the house is okay. Our oaks suffered horribly. Since they retain their leaves throughout the winter, they couldn't manage with the three feet of wet snow and extreme winds. Probably 30-40 branches are broken and just dangling. Along the roads their are just hundreds and hundreds of trees that have been destroyed. Power is still out in many places.Talked to some locals who have lived here all their lives and they said it was the worse they had ever seen and this is an area that gets huge amounts of snow every winter. The National Guard was even called out to assist because there are many elderly who have been trapped in their homes with freezing temperatures and no electricity. They are still working in some areas to clear the roads of trees and snow. Fortunately it has stopped snowing and the weather is supposed to warm up slightly.

And hope and pray for the poor folks that are arming themselves to guard their homes  from looters and worse now as anarchy spreads in the devastated areas when night falls.

In NY? Only if big bird is riding off into the sunset on dancing horses.