IAteYourMother
Lifer
Meh, I lost power for 5 days after the derecho hit the DC area. You can make it.
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Hurricane Sandy! (Watch out, NE)
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lupi
Lifer
Assuming your house is intact and you stocked enough food, it is rather idiotic to be complaining already. Went about 5 and a half days after isabel, and 3 and change from irene. This time its actually cool out which I would have preferred rather than sitting in sweltering conditions.
Still wondering what's up with ze. Can't imagine that he's not within range of some cell signal yet.
Still wondering what's up with ze. Can't imagine that he's not within range of some cell signal yet.
olds
Elite Member
I am pretty sure his building collasped on top of him. Anyone posting under his account from here on out has to be an imposter and his account should be locked to prevent that.
Just goes to show that there are plenty of people, actually a strong majority are only 2-3 days without power to be completely hosed and so desperate as to resort to violence. No food, no water, no warm clothes, no means to sustain themselves. The lessons from all the other big power outages in the area the last year should have been a warning, but they didn't listen or learn.
There is a stunningly high majority of people who don't have much more than 2 days of food in the house because they eat out for everything.
There is a stunningly high majority of people who don't have much more than 2 days of food in the house because they eat out for everything.
olds
Elite Member
I could shelter in place for 30 days. Still might want to kill someone though.
DrPizza
Administrator Elite Member Goat Whisperer
I am just bewildered at the idea that there are people whining that no one brought them food for a whole 1 day. wtf? Don't these people have groceries in their kitchens?
I eat out nearly as often as I stay at home and cook. It's just more convenient with 2 of us. But even then, I'm pretty sure I'd be able to go at least a few weeks with what I have on hand.
No, they rely on somebody else for their food. Restaurant, going down the the "corner market" every day/other day, etc. And now they're going to demand somebody bring them food and water when they were told it was coming.
That's almost exactly my story.
Jeffg010
Diamond Member
I lived in Pittsburgh an even though I did not think much was going to happen I at least bought a jar of peanut butter, a jar of jelly, loaf of bread and a case of bottle water. These fools can't even buy a jar of peanut butter. I'm willing to bet when they do get some food they will be complaining about what they get and be mad they did not get steak and lobster.
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techs
Lifer
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/335832
Bushes FEMA director, Michael Brown, who botched the response to Hurricane Katrina says that FEMA botched the response to Sandy by responding too quickly.
You're still doing a heckuva job, Brownie.
You can't make this shit up.
Bushes FEMA director, Michael Brown, who botched the response to Hurricane Katrina says that FEMA botched the response to Sandy by responding too quickly.
You're still doing a heckuva job, Brownie.
You can't make this shit up.
Wow! Just Wow!
Atomic Playboy
Lifer
People still don't realize that FEMA's response to Katrina was right on time. You can't go rushing in with help right after a disaster occurs; you gotta let shit simmer for a bit, make sure the coast is clear, give people an opportunity to redecorate what's left of their house/pile of rubble with a brand new TV. That's the American way!
96Firebird
Diamond Member
Dunno if its a repost, but I like this image...
Ns1
No Lifer
Dunno if its a repost, but I like this image...
that's awesome.
blackdogdeek
Lifer
Dunno if its a repost, but I like this image...
Adorama (18th between 5th and 6th ave in manhattan) are doing this too. they don't have power but are running generators.
Hoboken, NJ survivor reporting in......
Monday night was interesting, we were pounding wine and laughing off the storm that seemed like a mild NE'er, at around 8pm, then we read a post that the flooding in Hoboken was the worst in history and that people should take it seriously. We go outside and we are greeted by a river of water flowing up the street from the South end of town. Power cut out shortly thereafter (~8:30'ish), I imagine to prevent damage to the sub-stations.
Water peaked at around 11:30pm, quite a while after high tide was done. I imagine the flow into Hoboken was choked thereby preventing the city flood level from equalizing with the Hudson at the high tide time of 8:30 pm. The water was pretty stagnant in terms of level most of Tuesday. Most of the draining occurred overnight into Wednesday morning, which was the first time people could reasonably leave town.
Natural gas + propane bbq + running water + lot's of good food and wine made this seem like a vacation from work if we could just ignore the layer of sewage in the streets and absolute devastation to people with basement level apartments & street parked cars. We bugged out of town Wednesday just to get power&internet at a family's house deeper in NJ so we could get back to work, lack of food supplies and comfort wasn't really an issue.
Our recently bought condo had like 3 ft of clearance above the peak water levels which gives us some comfort that it can hold up to a once in couple century flooding event.
People are doing there best to help out, folks with NG or propane have signs out offering to cook whatever is thawing in people's freezers. The few blocks with power have dozens of power strips to let others re-charge their cell phones.
Monday night was interesting, we were pounding wine and laughing off the storm that seemed like a mild NE'er, at around 8pm, then we read a post that the flooding in Hoboken was the worst in history and that people should take it seriously. We go outside and we are greeted by a river of water flowing up the street from the South end of town. Power cut out shortly thereafter (~8:30'ish), I imagine to prevent damage to the sub-stations.
Water peaked at around 11:30pm, quite a while after high tide was done. I imagine the flow into Hoboken was choked thereby preventing the city flood level from equalizing with the Hudson at the high tide time of 8:30 pm. The water was pretty stagnant in terms of level most of Tuesday. Most of the draining occurred overnight into Wednesday morning, which was the first time people could reasonably leave town.
Natural gas + propane bbq + running water + lot's of good food and wine made this seem like a vacation from work if we could just ignore the layer of sewage in the streets and absolute devastation to people with basement level apartments & street parked cars. We bugged out of town Wednesday just to get power&internet at a family's house deeper in NJ so we could get back to work, lack of food supplies and comfort wasn't really an issue.
Our recently bought condo had like 3 ft of clearance above the peak water levels which gives us some comfort that it can hold up to a once in couple century flooding event.
People are doing there best to help out, folks with NG or propane have signs out offering to cook whatever is thawing in people's freezers. The few blocks with power have dozens of power strips to let others re-charge their cell phones.
Flew in to NYC on Tuesday morning for business. Overheard some conversations about hurricane, but did not pay attention. Tue-Wed - done with business. Wife arriving Thursday - we planned a mini-vacation through Monday.
Move in to friend's place on Thursday and meet wife at the airport. Life is peachy.
Friday we are obliviously exploring the city.
Saturday hurricane becomes the real deal on the news. Try to reschedule her flight for Sunday, but it's impossible - all flights are booked solid. Thought about maybe getting a rental car and driving out of hurricane's reach, then catching a flight, but it was prohibitively expensive.
Sunday starts out rainy. We are on the 14th and 6th. Go check out Hudson a few times, see the water rise. Sunday night rolls in, and I start receiving mandatory evacuation and shelter in place notices on my iPhone (we are not in zone A). We are on the 21st floor, last floor of the building, can see financial center and New Jersey.
Around 11pm our lights go out. We have candles and some food, but turned out, we forgot to think of matches or lighter. I got 21 floors down, lighting the path with my charged phone. Out on the streets its ridiculous - a side gust from a narrow alley lifts me up, and I scramble for the shelter of the next building. All convenience stores are quickly shutting their doors as they lost the power.
As I walk towards the East River a bright white light illuminates the sky with a very specific sound. I heard this sound before - the sound of oil transformers exploding. True enough, it was exactly that, and the blocks I was walking to go out in darkness. Right then my wife calls saying neighbors lent us a lighter. I go back. 21 floors in the pitch darkness, with wind howling outside - quite impressive.
We sit around talking with friend, then go to bed. Morning rolls in, and there's devastation everywhere. We make it all the way to Times Square before finding a place to have breakfast. Then move into another friends' place, where there's a charging party. They have electricity and heat, despite living right on FDR - their basement got completely flooded.
Charge up the phones, and I manage to re-book my wife onto a flight back to SFO out of Hartford, CT. She has to get back ASAP, because we arranged for babysitting with kids (7 and 2) through Monday only... Any day after that is a scramble between in-laws and good friends. I am staying in NYC until Friday. We move across the Central Park to a rental place and get a car. Original plan was to stay another night at my first friend's place and drive my wife to CT in the morning, but as we go up 21 floors back to his place, we discover there's no water any more.
So I book a hotel at Hartford and we drive out. It's a traffic clusterfuck in Lower Manhattan, and having never driven their before - doubly so, but we manage to get out and drive to CT. They gave me a car with half a tank of gas, so I start looking for gas stations before it's too late. Half are without power, others don't have gas. We finally find one midway between CT and NYC, right at the state border line, and it's cash only. We do have cash, so fill up and arrive at Hartford.
Next morning get my wife on the flight and drive back to Manhattan. Tried to drop the car off elsewhere without getting onto the island, but Thrify has no locations outside the city at all. Oh fuck, here we go.
The drive turns out to be uneventful, GW bridge is flowing smoothly, very few cars. Drop the car off and try to get out of Manhattan as fast as I can - I reserved a hotel at the Newark airport, my original departure location. No cabs want to pick me up. Finally get one, and get a ride for $150 cash all the way to the airport hotel. It's a huge ripoff, but trains aren't running, tunnels are closed, the bridges aren't walkable, and I'm not a local to figure out something else. Fine, let this be my biggest loss.
So now I am checked into a Newark hotel, waiting for my Friday flight.
THE END.
Move in to friend's place on Thursday and meet wife at the airport. Life is peachy.
Friday we are obliviously exploring the city.
Saturday hurricane becomes the real deal on the news. Try to reschedule her flight for Sunday, but it's impossible - all flights are booked solid. Thought about maybe getting a rental car and driving out of hurricane's reach, then catching a flight, but it was prohibitively expensive.
Sunday starts out rainy. We are on the 14th and 6th. Go check out Hudson a few times, see the water rise. Sunday night rolls in, and I start receiving mandatory evacuation and shelter in place notices on my iPhone (we are not in zone A). We are on the 21st floor, last floor of the building, can see financial center and New Jersey.
Around 11pm our lights go out. We have candles and some food, but turned out, we forgot to think of matches or lighter. I got 21 floors down, lighting the path with my charged phone. Out on the streets its ridiculous - a side gust from a narrow alley lifts me up, and I scramble for the shelter of the next building. All convenience stores are quickly shutting their doors as they lost the power.
As I walk towards the East River a bright white light illuminates the sky with a very specific sound. I heard this sound before - the sound of oil transformers exploding. True enough, it was exactly that, and the blocks I was walking to go out in darkness. Right then my wife calls saying neighbors lent us a lighter. I go back. 21 floors in the pitch darkness, with wind howling outside - quite impressive.
We sit around talking with friend, then go to bed. Morning rolls in, and there's devastation everywhere. We make it all the way to Times Square before finding a place to have breakfast. Then move into another friends' place, where there's a charging party. They have electricity and heat, despite living right on FDR - their basement got completely flooded.
Charge up the phones, and I manage to re-book my wife onto a flight back to SFO out of Hartford, CT. She has to get back ASAP, because we arranged for babysitting with kids (7 and 2) through Monday only... Any day after that is a scramble between in-laws and good friends. I am staying in NYC until Friday. We move across the Central Park to a rental place and get a car. Original plan was to stay another night at my first friend's place and drive my wife to CT in the morning, but as we go up 21 floors back to his place, we discover there's no water any more.
So I book a hotel at Hartford and we drive out. It's a traffic clusterfuck in Lower Manhattan, and having never driven their before - doubly so, but we manage to get out and drive to CT. They gave me a car with half a tank of gas, so I start looking for gas stations before it's too late. Half are without power, others don't have gas. We finally find one midway between CT and NYC, right at the state border line, and it's cash only. We do have cash, so fill up and arrive at Hartford.
Next morning get my wife on the flight and drive back to Manhattan. Tried to drop the car off elsewhere without getting onto the island, but Thrify has no locations outside the city at all. Oh fuck, here we go.
The drive turns out to be uneventful, GW bridge is flowing smoothly, very few cars. Drop the car off and try to get out of Manhattan as fast as I can - I reserved a hotel at the Newark airport, my original departure location. No cabs want to pick me up. Finally get one, and get a ride for $150 cash all the way to the airport hotel. It's a huge ripoff, but trains aren't running, tunnels are closed, the bridges aren't walkable, and I'm not a local to figure out something else. Fine, let this be my biggest loss.
So now I am checked into a Newark hotel, waiting for my Friday flight.
THE END.
Anubis
No Lifer
i wonder is my order made it out of there in time
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