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Re: Sandy
After we went twelve days with no power (1998 ice-storm) we thought of investing in a generator. Since then, the longest outrage we've had has been just seven hours. (We have maybe 20 or 30 outrages each year, from a few seconds to a couple of hours.) So, I'm glad we make do with woodstove, candles, and wind-up radio. I suppose the electric companies have the same dilemma; if five, ten or twenty years are going to elapse between major catastrophes in any one area, is it really worth investing in a more robust infrastructure?
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Re: Sandy
Originally Posted by mikelincs
(Post 10363062)
Not sure if this is appropriate or not however, al least there are some smiles coming out of the disaster. this is from Facebook..
There's a new cocktail getting very popular, called a Sandy, it's a watered down version of a Manhattan Some people use humor as a coping mechanism, others don't I guess. |
Re: Sandy
Originally Posted by rpjs
(Post 10363041)
Some parts of Sleepy, such as Webber Park (where we're hoping to close on a house soon) have power back now.
We're gonna be buying a generator! And, yet, Con Ed returned the power to 108 customers yesterday whose property borders the Rockefeller State Park. So much for their quote in today's local paper saying "All the local utilities note priorities during storm related repairs call for outages affecting the most customers to be addressed first". Do they not know that nearly 1,000 is far greater than 108? Or did some ijit stick another 0 in the 108 number? |
Re: Sandy
Originally Posted by robin1234
(Post 10363118)
After we went twelve days with no power (1998 ice-storm) we thought of investing in a generator. Since then, the longest outrage we've had has been just seven hours. (We have maybe 20 or 30 outrages each year, from a few seconds to a couple of hours.) So, I'm glad we make do with woodstove, candles, and wind-up radio. I suppose the electric companies have the same dilemma; if five, ten or twenty years are going to elapse between major catastrophes in any one area, is it really worth investing in a more robust infrastructure?
I lived through that one as well only I was in Gloucester just outside of Ottawa and without power and heat for nearly 5 days with all roads, airports, trains and buses stopped. Not fun at all. |
Re: Sandy
A old colleague was saying that it took 4 hours for the utility company to fix the lines at the end of his street.
The thing is, they were then supposed to go across town. They didn't realise there was another pole down around the corner, so power was only restored to one half of the street. It seems communications and logistics of the fix up is a bit of a mess and we're not in a nearly a bad hit area... |
Re: Sandy
Crews have been working in this area all day. Come 5.00 pm they've packed up and buggered off. What happened to shift work and arc lights? :frown::mad::frown:
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Re: Sandy
Originally Posted by WEBlue
(Post 10362418)
Now the confirmed death total is 95. More bodies have been discovered in the horrific Staten Island wreckage, including two little boys, one a toddler, swept out of their mother's grasp in the storm surge as she tried to escape to safety. :( :(
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012...rms-found?lite |
Re: Sandy
Originally Posted by N1cky
(Post 10363347)
The people who refused to offer that woman and her two children shelter should be utterly disgusted with themselves. WTF is wrong with folk:confused:
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Re: Sandy
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
(Post 10363334)
Crews have been working in this area all day. Come 5.00 pm they've packed up and buggered off. What happened to shift work and arc lights? :frown::mad::frown:
Safety for the utility workers is important, they will get to you soon. Been there and done that. We sat outside after Ike and watched utility trucks from all over the country pass us by for 10 days because we were not priority, it is frustrating I know but it will happen eventually:fingerscrossed: |
Re: Sandy
Originally Posted by Sally Redux
(Post 10363350)
They interviewed that man, and he said she shouldn't have been out. Incredible.
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Re: Sandy
Originally Posted by N1cky
(Post 10363354)
I agree, but once she was out and ran into trouble, I can't believe people wouldn't offer her shelter when she banged on their door holding too small children.
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Re: Sandy
At the doctor's office this afternoon and she said 'even that enormous fir tree has come down'. Yeah I know because it was in our garden and just missed our house. :huh:
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Re: Sandy
NYC marathon has been cancelled :/
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Re: Sandy
Originally Posted by Sally Redux
(Post 10363356)
Oh me too, I found it incredible that he could think like that. Did she try other people who also turned her away?
Horrible tragedy regardless:( |
Re: Sandy
Originally Posted by N1cky
(Post 10363377)
It said she pounded on doors, so I presume so. Although, I have just read another article and the circumstances were descibed differently so who knows.
Horrible tragedy regardless:( Has anyone seen any coverage of the situation in other countries affected? There has been zilch on CNN. |
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