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Aussie thoughts are with you East Coasters
Oct 29, 2012 20:15:30   #
zneb240 Loc: New South Wales - Australia
 
Just a quick note to you US East Coasters. Hurracane Sandy is being well reported here in Australia - looks like a bad one. I'm sure I speak for all Aussie bloggers when I say batten down & please take care.

Much of northern Australia is subject to these storms occasionaly, so many of our folk can sympathise with you. Again - take care & stay safe.

Regards from Australia :thumbup:

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Oct 29, 2012 20:51:38   #
handgunner Loc: Windsor Locks, Connecticut
 
zneb240 wrote:
Just a quick note to you US East Coasters. Hurracane Sandy is being well reported here in Australia - looks like a bad one. I'm sure I speak for all Aussie bloggers when I say batten down & please take care.

Much of northern Australia is subject to these storms occasionaly, so many of our folk can sympathise with you. Again - take care & stay safe.

Regards from Australia :thumbup:


Hey zneb... 8:37 Atlantic time here in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Winds have calmed and the rain has slowed to an umbrella breeze. I think (hope) it is past us. I remember last year's October storm. We're a sturdy lot here in New England but last year's storm was the worst.

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Oct 29, 2012 20:58:22   #
sarge69 Loc: Ft Myers, FL
 
Also here in New Hampshire ( It's 20:57 ) and winds are still there but rain diminished. Knock on wood, no power outage here although over 100,000 have lost it around us.

I think it's going inland and then north so we might luck out.

Sarge69 :cry: :thumbup: :lol: :lol:

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Oct 30, 2012 06:21:46   #
June Loc: Blue Mountains AUSTRALIA
 
As zneb240 has said I to and I am sure that not just the bloggers on the hog, but all who have been watching today have had and still have you all in our thoughts. I can not imagine what you are going through stay safe....Bless..J

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Oct 30, 2012 07:11:31   #
mrova Loc: Chesterfield, VA
 
Here in Richmond, Virginia, not nearly as bad as what they were calling for. But up the coast - from Outer Banks, North Carolina all the way up to the Northeast - WOW! Thoughts and prayers with lots and lots of folks this morning.

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Oct 30, 2012 07:46:58   #
sarge69 Loc: Ft Myers, FL
 
Looks like our friends to the south took the brunt of the storm. High winds, tons of rain and in West Virginia 2 to 3 feet of snow.

Wish them luck in recovery and that it is fast.

Sarge69

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Oct 30, 2012 07:47:56   #
Shaka Loc: Brisbane, Australia
 
In support of what zneb249 said - good luck and stay safe to all our friends on the East Coast. You are all in our thoughts!! Best wishes Brian

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Oct 30, 2012 13:24:21   #
handgunner Loc: Windsor Locks, Connecticut
 
zneb240 wrote:
Just a quick note to you US East Coasters. Hurracane Sandy is being well reported here in Australia - looks like a bad one. I'm sure I speak for all Aussie bloggers when I say batten down & please take care.

Much of northern Australia is subject to these storms occasionaly, so many of our folk can sympathise with you. Again - take care & stay safe.

Regards from Australia :thumbup:


Windsor Locks Connecticut/Day after storm... I took a ride around town and things are pretty much back to normal. A few small sections are out of power but they only involve a few homes. None of the local grocery stores lost power. That was a plus for us. My wife went to pick up a few things and the store manager was marking down all the meat. They were expecting to lose power and Linda picked up a few roasts for the freezer. I did not anticipate losing it and we didn't.
A few trees came down but nothing major. We have a Police/Fire scanner and had it on all evening. We did have a couple of incidents woth reporting. A tree fell on a power line and took it out. The WL Police showed up just as the line snapped and fell across the Police car. Conn. Light and Power responded and determined that it was the cold end of the line. The officer was lucky. In another incident a power line came down and fell across a chain link fence that was surrounding a house electrfiying it and trapping the people in their home until CL&P showed up and cut power.

As you all know, In my area, the Halloween Blizzard was far worse last year. We have large areas with many old oak trees. They may be huge but have a very small root system. The trees were still covered with leaves and once the heavy snow covered them they fell like dominoes. The whole State was a war zone. The Town, State and CL&P were cutting down trees all year. If they were 15 feet from a power line, they came down. There was free firewood for the taking. I am sure their efforts were not in vain.
Rodzilla

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Nov 1, 2012 06:08:37   #
zneb240 Loc: New South Wales - Australia
 
Our Aussie papers a full of it. As expected, page after page of reports and shocking photographs describing the aftermath. However what I found most inspiring was the editorial in our Sydney Morning Herald under the heading - A Land of Hurricanes and Heroes. (inter alia): ...There is so much to admire about the American spirit in times such as these: courage, generosity, selflessness and a can-do culture have been on display in the past few days... (and)... Part of the American character is built on the idea of heroism; that is, ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Again, these traits have been evident during this hurricane.....

Just thought you might like to see this.

(With thanks and acknowledgment to SMH - Thu 1 Nov 12)

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Nov 1, 2012 08:56:27   #
handgunner Loc: Windsor Locks, Connecticut
 
Thanks Zneb...
I copied and pasted the article here.
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/editorial/a-land-of-hurricanes-and-heroes-20121031-28k8x.html
I do not have time to respond now.
Thanks to all for your concerns.
Rodney

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Nov 1, 2012 09:04:35   #
handgunner Loc: Windsor Locks, Connecticut
 
Connecticut Light & Power:

CL&P's projection for restoring the "vast majority" of its customers was "Monday or Tuesday," according to William Quinlan, a senior vice president for the utility.

"This is an estimate, it is not a guarantee," Quinlan said, adding that pockets of customers in particularly difficult areas would probably go beyond that date.

Quinlan said about 2 percent of customers would likely fall into that category.

The number of lineman being brought in from outside the company was expected to go from 1,080 on Wednesday to about 2,000 in the next several days, Quinlan said.

Of the thousands of "trouble spots" still left to repair, Quinlan said, some involve trees on power lines but other — at least 1,000 — involve placing new poles.

"Our singular focus is on the 250,000 customers who remain without power," he said.

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Nov 1, 2012 11:38:49   #
handgunner Loc: Windsor Locks, Connecticut
 
Another News article
http://windsorlocks.patch.com/articles/photos-hurricane-sandy-s-devastation-across-connecticut?ncid=newsltuspatc00000001#photo-11964222
Two pictures really got to me... In one there is asmall white boat in a river. If you look to the right you can that peak of someone's home.
The other is a home that was torn in two. You can see the clothes hanging in what was left of the upstairs closet.

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