[Shirleevee]

Originally Posted by 2BNTV

At least 12 people dead, nearly 1 million without power in New York metro area in Sandy's aftermath - NYPOST.com

17 CONFIRMED DEAD ON STATEN ISLAND The Borough President Molinaro is furious with Amer. Red Cross who he says so many Staten Islands have given to......not one ARC person on SI as of tonights news. Sad!

Our home is in the Bzsone, no damages power and tel service restored this afternoon. A zone no power yet.

[MSG@TV]

Originally Posted by Shirleevee

17 CONFIRMED DEAD ON STATEN ISLAND The Borough President Molinaro is furious with Amer. Red Cross who he says so many Staten Islands have given to......not one ARC person on SI as of tonights news. Sad!

Our home is in the Bzsone, no damages power and tel service restored this afternoon. A zone no power yet.

That's horrible. One of the many downfalls of being without power is not being tuned in to how the rest of the world is faring. Prior to losing power, I heard that NY was going to bear the brunt. So sad!

[MSG@TV]

Originally Posted by Hopeful2

We're live in Bucks County and plan to make our second trip to TV in December. We're trying to decide on a model to build, although we won't be able to move for another year and a half. I wish it was now!!!

We live in Montco and we plan to relocate to TV in the summer of 2013. I can relate to the agony of waiting for the move. We love talking about TV. In fact, we are meeting another couple for dinner tonight who we met on this BB. Our friends and family must be sick of hearing us talk about TV, but future Villagers can never tire of discussing it.

[2BNTV]

Death toll from Sandy now 97 in U.S. – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs

[janmcn]

Just read on twitter that power is back on in parts of lower Manhattan, specifically lower east side, east village and soho. I hope this is true so all those poor people will have heat and water and electricity.

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by shalomuall

Glad you guys are ok. I was heartbroken to see pictures of the damage. Its been a few years since I've been back to visit my neighborhood in Toms River and Seaside but some of my friends are still there and have suffered great loses. Sending hugs and prayers to everyone out there.

Glad that everyone who recently posted is ALIVE and SAFE.
However, so much devastation and home damage occurred.
This is a general "glad you are o.k." to all of them........

The New Jersey shore was the place to go when we were teenagers.
To see everthing wiped out is so very sad. Destruction is mind boggling.

They were not kidding when they said that the full moon would cause high tides and that everyone should evacuate. My heart goes out to that poor mom on Staten Island who lost her two year old and four year old son after her S.U.V. got stuck in some water..............she apparently hung on to a tree.......then made it up to a man's home , which looked quite substantial and none the worse for wear.........he wouldn't answer her knocks on the door; she eventually threw a flower pot through his back glass door or window.............he still wouldn't let her in. Probably thought she was a looter...........JUST A NIGHTMARE STORY. Those poor toddlers. Their bodies were found in a marsh......several feet from each other. He actually cursed at the reporter and photog who was trying to find out the gist of the story. He said "she" was a "man" and that he never heard the knocks.

My elderly cousin lives on Staten Island with her daughter, son in law and three grandchildren..........plus her son and his kids, also reside on Staten Island etc. He's a retired New York City policeman with a long owned vacation home in Point Pleasant N.J. I wonder how that ended up?

Staten Islanders DESERVE to be furious.......where was the help???? Slow to arrive, that's for sure.

We have cousins in Bergen County New Jersey.....half of their town is o.k., the other half not so good..........they still have power but no cell phone or telephone........they are not on a river or near the ocean.

Other towns with relatives are "inland" and they will not have power for over a week.

People we know who have to go to business in New York City were told NOT TO COME IN as everything is still surrounded by water in the low lying areas.........our cousin's son's girlfriend lives in Hoboken and she was o.k. on the 6th floor but it's flooded at ground level.........so she came to be with her parents in Bergen Co. who just got their power back on......and so she could take a shower.

Stories all over New York and New Jersey coming in from relatives.


My half brother lives near Point Pleasant with his two autistic daughters.

My husband's cousins (elderly) live in Toms River, N.J.....also was surprised to see damage there.

WE have family in Absecon, Little Egg Harbor, and up and down the Jersey shore........no power, no phones.

We thought IRENE was bad in Vermont last August of 2011 but that basically destroyed our ROADS and BRIDGES up the center of the Green Mountains..........so small towns were isolated and couldn't go east and couldn't go west; and sometimes even north was blocked...........some barns and animals and homes floated down rivers...........BUT NOTHING LIKE THE DISASTER IN NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK and other coastal states............

Last year during Irene, a neighbor of our nephew in New Jersey got sucked into a storm drainage pipe when he was trying to relieve the water pressure on his suburban street......for the neighbors. Didn't realize the power of the water..........WATER IS POWERFUL AND DAMAGING.
Unfortunately, his was not a happy ending, although they searched for him all night long........hoping he'd found some type of air pocket.
Gruesome thought. He was a landscaper by trade and just felt that he might help to prevent further flooding in his neighborhood by opening the storm drain cover...................

My thoughts and prayers have gone out to all living in Hurricane Sandy's path................even though I can't answer each one. A nightmare for sure.

[tpop1]

Power back on at 4:15 AM (Sat. 11/3)...yeah!!!

Nice to be warm again on these cool nights.

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by tpop1

Power back on at 4:15 AM (Sat. 11/3)...yeah!!!

Nice to be warm again on these cool nights.

Thank goodness. What has the temperature been during the day and also during the night time????

On CNN it appears anyone outdoors is dressed in parkas or layered with hoodies, etc........it does look damp and chilly.

In Vermont, we finally got down to 40 something in the daytime.....but to my husband that is WARM. He is still going out in his shirt sleeves.....hardy soul.

I hope and pray that none of you do get that northeastern storm due for mid week up here........supposedly rain or snow. You don't need more bad weather on top of what already you are dealing with.

Does anyone know how the Lakoma Avenue part of Staten Island is doing?

[jimbo2012]

Yes we're going to get slammed Wed/Thur.

On LI they think 90% will be powered on by Wed, but those that are not and have generators are waiting 3-4 hours on gas lines.

It is getting into the 30's now and thru the week.

Without power it is too cold to stay.

Homes on the water are being inspected door to door getting green sticker if considered habitable from the looks of the exterior, or red is deemed uninhabitable.

My son got green sticker and power yesterday, driving down his street yesterday there are wires hanging down low across many streets, cars are driving below them?????????????

I think we have several days yet to return some level of normalcy.

Still lucky, there are several hundred homeless, any home that was for rent is now rented I believe. FEMA is giving $31,500 to homeowners, over 75,000 applied.

Up to $2 Million for any biz from FEMA.

the saga continues........

[jimbo2012]

Gas issues are not truly being reported, there are now gas stations in bad neighborhoods manned by police and military with M-16's



Oh forgot this one, my grandson waited online yesterday for 2 1/2 hours, got to pumps and guess what his credit card would not be accepted, CASH only.

He didn't have any cash, because he's young he didn't know how to handle the situation, and left.
My son went back with him and explained what happened and they let him in to pump.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by jimbo2012

Gas issues are not truly being reported, there are now gas stations in bad neiborhoords manned by police and military with M-16's

Oh MY!

[Patty55]

CASH ONLY seems to be the only thing that works. A friend had her roof fixed Wednesday CASH ONLY. The insurance company approved her claim on Facebook without even coming out.

I heard the North Shore is a total mess.

Still almost 500,000 without power. The latest from LIPA is they expect most up next weekend and remote areas longer.