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Sandy from the South Shore Long Island - Just got power & Internet back. Here's the REAL DEAL
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 26894340:MV8yMDM3NjgyXzM0MjU3NzQ3X0YwOTlEREY0] [quote:MarkinAZ:MV8yMDM3NjgyXzM0MjU3Mzg2XzJDMjIwQUIy] As a former New Yorker, I've seen garbage strikes, subway strikes, power going down during two blackouts, etc. But Iv'e never seen this kind of destruction to the entire area. those who are telling you "what you should have done" have the advantage of hindsight. Something you could not have had in advance. No one knows what they might have done until they've faced such a situation. When water starts coming up out of the drains and sewers and suddenly the road in front of your house is a four foot deep river flowing rapidly- who knows what any of us will do. And you can prepare, have food, water, camp stoves and propane stored and ti can all be washed out to sea in a second if you're in the wrong area at the right time. Bottom line: Do NOT JUGE ANOTHER MAN UNTIL YOU'VE WALKED A MILE IN HIS SHOES! Those of you who are telling the OP "he should have built a concrete houses" or "he should have moved away from the area years ago" or worse - basically how well do you think you would have done if you faced this storm and lost your home and possibly your family in the process? Several of you might be in shock and still wondering around not being able to accept the horror of your own reality -- even now. Think about it and above all "JUDGE NOT LEST YE BE JUDGED!"" GET IT? You're bring something for people to judge you about down on your heads by running your mouth in an unkind way at anyone who is in this mess and suffering! [/quote] Yes ...by then you will be amile away...and he will have no shoes! Criticize away! [/quote]
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We have been cut off, out of the loop for days not knowing anything but what the local media on the radio had reported. Even getting power back we still have no TV. I just got Internet.
The damage in my town and the towns surrounding me is moderate to severe. Flooding is horrible and no one had power. But we survived and lucky to have more than most elsewhere.
Water is unusable and sewage treatment plants are down left and right. THE WATER SMELLS OF CHLORINE - SUPER STRONG!
Gas/food/supplies:
it is near impossible to get. On a normal day I travel 70 miles a day into Nassau County and points in between. I quickly ran out of fuel and still find it impossible to get gas. I refuse to play into this panic and wait online 3-4-5-6++ hours just to get $40 of $4.89 gas.
Everyone wants a generator. All over the radio talk about them here or there.
No gas but run out and buy that generator.
Food stores are hit or miss. I really feel this is the next big crisis. No deliveries are getting in. Twice now I have gone out to restock the fridge with new food and found foul milk being sold at King Kullen and Stop & Shop!
Controlled Chaos:
The politicians are making things worse. Media is hand in hand creating panic. All day long on local stations all they have is folks calling in reporting who has and who has no gas. I'm sure you hear the stories. People lines up hours waiting at a closed station for some delivery that may or may not arrive.
For example, Governor Cuomo in all his infinite wisdom announces 10 gallons of free fuel in mobile stations parked in western regions of the affected area. Lines form and quickly they tell everyone its for EMS vehicles only. Mayor Bloomberg holds a news conference an hour later telling people to go get the free gas if they need it.
Employment:
Most everyone I know couldn't get to work on Friday. No gas. My job laid everyone off on Friday afternoon for all of next week. Calling it a work furlow just so you can't claim unemployment! So now people need to worry how the hell they are supposed to feed their family losing close to 2 weeks pay.
Look it's bad. Worst I've ever seen. Worse than Gloria back in the 80's and much much worse than the 70's gas crisis. Back then it wasn't chaos. IT IS COMPLETE CHAOS.
I have seen fights in the streets. Accidents and cars broken down on the side of the road no gas. Flooding came far inland, trees and power lines down all over. LIPA can not tell us when the power will be restored fully and the whole situation is about to boil over into a full scale breakdown of society.
I can see how they control the chaos. Slowly ratcheting it up and now whipping it up into a full scale frenzy.
I know this is normal for a crisis such as this but hold on folks. I see it getting much worse yet! This was more than a "Hybrid Storm". It was the start of it all! I am sure of it.
Just needed to vent and let you guys know what I see.
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