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Hurricane Sandy
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We ended up in something of a sweet spot, here in Morgantown. Rain and snow, but nothing like down near Charleston. No power outages and the water's running. Still, clearly this was the Welcome to West Virginia, Eb party.
Ebony the Black Dragon http://ebony14.livejournal.com "Good night, and may the Good Lord take a Viking to you." 
A news report this morning said some 40,000 people in my area were still without power. Mine, though, never went out; I got rain, and plenty of wind, but frankly, I've seen and heard worse hit this area in previous years when there weren't hurricanes. I'm very grateful for my good luck, and hoping it continues.
----- Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.
So, I wonder what next year will bring, if this proves to be a trend. I mean, last year we had a blizzard on Halloween, this year a hurricane. My bet is currently on a solar flare frying the electric grid.
----- Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea. "Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber." --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.
*resurfaces*
Man, fuck blizzards. If you've seen anything in the news about parts of WV getting three feet of gloppy heavy sleety snowball snow? Yeah, that's about thirty miles from me. Fortunately, it's thirty miles uphill, so we only got a foot of the stuff here, and being in relatively large town puts us high on the 'power restoral' queue, so we get power back today, rather than after another week like those poor schlubs in backcountry Pendleton County. Anyway. Blugh. Not dead. =========== =============================================== "V, did you do something foolish?" "Yes, and it was glorious." 
Good to hear, Nathan. Welcome back to the wired-up world.
-- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak. 
I'm back, and I now have power at my house (yay).
It would have really sucked if I didn't have friends 10 minutes away who lost power for less than 24 hours. Good luck to those of you who are still without power. -Terry ----- "so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today" TF2: Spy 
D'oh!
On rec.arts.anime.misc at Sat, 3 Nov 2012 17:50:41, david.shallcross Wrote:It only now comes to me that I should-- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Ah, geeze, if only I'd thought of that...
Update here: NJ is on (temporary) gas rationing until more stations come back online. Amerada Hess has its own refinery in Elizabeth, and a fleet of trucks to go with it, so the Hess stations around here are fairly well stocked. The port's been reopened to the tankers and other ships so the main problem really is getting electricity to enough stations to run the pumps. As far as I can tell, most if not all of the streets in the area are re-opened. So really, all we need at this point is to get power back and for the local grocery stores to get back to full stock. In related news: My mom's neighborhood is going to be without power until probably Wednesday, according to her electric company. So Peg and I drove down to her house, emptied the refrigerator and turned off the water to keep the pipes from bursting, as the overnight temperatures for the next few nights are forecast to be below freezing. While we were down there we discovered that her local supermarket is up and running full-bore with meat and dairy and just about everything, unlike the stores near us, so we spent an extra hour down there stocking up. (Beef bourguignon for dinner tonight!) And that's the latest. -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
So, it isn't quite as bad as this webcomic claims, then?
-- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012 
Meanwhile, we hear stories over here of a woman who was trapped in an SUV after trying to escape her home on Staten island..... tried to wade for help with her two children through the water.... knocked on multiple doors and was turned away. The end result being that her children were swept away and she was left out all night in it.
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I've seen some coverage on an event that I think is that story, Dartz, but not much. From what I saw, though, it sounds like it was a tale that was exaggerated in the telling.
Rob, the worse violence I've seen so far is a guy at the gas station this morning announcing that he was a regular but he'd never come back again because he was turned away for trying to buy gas on the wrong rationing day. (NJ is doing an odd/even days thing, based on the last digit on your license plate.) -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
Okay, I found more coverage of that story, Dartz. And yes, it was the one I'd seen some on, but my interpretation was skewed. But so is your description -- apparently the mother only knocked on one door, near where she and her sons had taken refuge in a tree. The guy who refused to help didn't come off well when a reporter and camera man found him; he seemed like quite a jerk. But it wasn't an entire neighborhood refusing to help.
-- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
Right, right....
Things do tend to get exagerrated when they cross the Atlantic. It's still a little disturbing. ________________________________ --m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?
Let's recap... courtesy NASA.
-- Rob Kelk "Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of the same sovereign, servants of the same law." - Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Wow. That's impessive.
Latest news here: A regular nor'easter is sweeping in today, and should last about 15 or 20 hours. There's a great deal of concern that it will do considerably more damage to the already-devastated shore, between the wind and the rain. There are serious warnings from the power companies that some areas may lose electricity again. -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
Oy...
It never rains... ----- Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea. "Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber." --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.
I'm waiting for someone to blame it on God's wrath at the re-election of Obama, a candidate, whatever legislation was passed or rejected at the polls, or the phase of the moon....
________________________________ --m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig? Dartz Wrote:I'm waiting for someone to blame it on God's wrath at the re-election of Obama, a candidate, whatever legislation was passed or rejected at the polls, or the phase of the moon....What? It's *clearly* caused by Obama lowering the sea levels and reversing global warming.  Honestly, sometimes a storm is just a storm... My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours. I've been writing a bit. Dartz Wrote:I'm waiting for someone to blame it on God's wrath at the re-election of Obama, a candidate, whatever legislation was passed or rejected at the polls, or the phase of the moon....Homosexuals? (Link goes to a Comedy Central news blog post about a pastor that said that.) Edit: Herp derp, you were talking about the Nor'easter, weren't you? ----- Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea. "Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber." --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.
Some areas in Ocean County (roughly, 10-15 mile radius around Seaside Heights) are now under mandatory evacuation...
-- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
I mentioned this in another thread, but here at least the Nor'Easter was a dud, dropping about an inch in the evening and making one big gust of wind (that I noticed) before petering out. Then again, 15 miles south of us got 13 inches.
Taking Mom home today, btw. Lakehurst got 12 inches so despite the weather (55F, sunny) I'm making sure to take a snow shovel. -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak. |
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