Northeast FReepers Please Check In

Free Republic | 11/01/2012

[Darksheare]

Trisham has been on, pinging trisham to check in here with status.

Pinging Stag and Neets, they haven’t posted in quite some time, don’t know if they are still wandering this forum or not!

[BuckeyeTexan]

We’re so glad to hear from each of you and thankful that you’re alive and mostly well. Keep us posted on your ongoing recovery. And, please, do let us know if we can help in any way. (Seriesly)

(Note: NE FReepers who’ve checked in posts #374 - #421.)

[BuckeyeTexan]

Through post #421, the following 111 FReepers have checked in or been checked on by a FRiend:

WakeUpAndVote; Darksheare; NoGrayZone; Family Guy; Cicero; lowbridge; GlockTheVote; dirtboy; kendu; heartwood; TheOldLady; AlmaKing; ClearCase_guy; midnightcat; rite_on; raybbr; NJRighty; Doogle; Ol’ Sox; WomBom; big truck; DJMacWoW; The Mayor; Vigilanteman; momtothree; 4yearlurker; brivette; Sir Napsalot; Miss Didi; johnthebaptistmoore; the OILine Rebel; Wuli; Fresh Wind; Eric Blair 2084; Betis 70; Tired of Taxes; Peter W. Kessler; MurrietaMadman; Doodahhhh; fatima; Las Vegas Dave; Yehuda; pandoraou812; Vermont Lt; neverdem; nutmeg; libertarian27; Gene Eric; wastedyears; MoochPooch; Lancey Howard; Alberta’s Child; EBH; DTogo; cschroe; wtc911; metmom; conservatism_IS_compassion; PapaBear3625; EDINVA; GQuagmire; Dr. Bogus Pachysandra; j_tull; Pharmboy; lysie; angcat; lightman; siamesecats; WVNan; mass55th; DollyCali; Canedawg; Gabz; Portcall24; Repubmommy; goat granny; Squawk 8888; halfright; Chode; Biggirl; ConorMacNessa; RedMDer; Anoreth; jmaroneps37; ROCKLOBSTER; Third Person; mkmensinger; P.O.E.; dead; Morgana; hiredhand; NicknamedBob; MattinNJ; Daffynition; Libertarian4Bush; samtheman; cva66snipe; OCCASparky; ContraryMary; NFHale; Exit148; tomkat; JerseyHighlander; mojo114; miss marmelstein; NowApproachingMidnight; word_warrior_bob; SuziQ; VermiciousKnid; angelrod; trisham

Thank you to all who abused ping lists for this thread! Updates to follow as necessary.

[JustAmy]

GeeBee equals GodBlessUSA. She has been pinged here and also at Amy’s Place but I have not heard from her. I do not know if she stills lurks on FR.

GeeBee ... if you see this please check in.

[miss marmelstein]

Thanks so much for your prayers!

I promise my snarks will be more enthusiastic once we get our power back. I have to run from library to library to get 15 minutes of computer time to snark on FR. Very tiring!

[JustAmy]

I heard from GodBlessUSA (GeeBee) today. Yeah!!

"It was tough time. My Mom is ill and they live on the water. She is on oxygen 24/7. We are fortunately far enough away from water. I had a tough time forcing my parents to come to our house but they finally made the move with all her medical supplies. They were without electric for almost a week. Thankfully, generator. At one point the water had been around their house. It’s really good they came over here for storm.

I spend much of my time at their house these days. Now there are gas stations closed or the lines are mile long.

[rabidralph]

Has anyone established a fund where we can donate to FReepers affected by the storm? Or even a P.O. Box where we can send clothing and other needed items? I’ve already donated to Salvation Army but I want my money to go to my FReeper family, specifically.

[Mama_Bear]

Thanks for letting us know that you heard from her, Amy. Please tell her that many of us were worried. Glad to know she and her parents are safe.

[MEG33]

Comforting news!..Glad you and your parents are safe, GeeBee..Thank you for letting us know..(((HUGS)))

[Darksheare]

Excellent!

[GodBlessUSA]

Thanks so much for checking on me. It’s been crazy but we are very fortunate.

I hope you all are doing well. I’m not here much as I’d like but still visiting and check in on FRiends / threads. Thanks again!

Praying for our Country.
HUGS

[jaycee]

Hello GeeBee, How good it is hearing from you! I can’t tell you of the times I’ve thought of you and wondered if you were okay, etc....

Don’t stay away too long. Glad things are well with you all.

Miss you lots,
((((HUGS))))
Jane

[Darksheare]

Welcome.
What was the damage out your way?

[JustAmy]

Great to see you here, GeeBee. You and your family have been in our prayers.

I’m not here as much lately but I try to check in occasionally. Don’t stay away so long! Hope you will stop by once in awhile to say “Hi”.

{{{{ GeeBee }}}}

[GodBlessUSA]

Hi (((Jaycee))) Thanks so much. Miss you too. I hope you are feeling good.
Happy Thanksgiving! :)
HUGS

[GodBlessUSA]

Hi Darksheare
How are you? :) How did you make out in the storm? Very lucky here. No damage. The gas situation was ridiculous. I avoided driving as much as possible. The lines were miles long. It's all good here now, no more long waits.

[GodBlessUSA]

Hi Amy,
We appreciate the prayers so much.
I’ll pop in on the thread soon to visit with you all.

Happy Thanksgiving! :)

HUGS

[Darksheare]

We have a hemlock pine that is pining for the fjords, a fence that no longer fences, and some shingles blew off the outbuilding.
The power company, Orange and Rockland, insisted that tehre were “only three people” without power on our road
They also claimed that they didn’t know what the problem was.
Funny, it couldn’t possibly be the pulled pole switch and open line fuse above it, could it?
Naaaah, that’s not possible.
The phone company, Frontier, kept having to fill a generator so that there were phones here.
I told the Frontier guys what O&R was saying, and the Frontier techs went, “Yeah, only three houses without power yet we have to fill this generatior? Hang on.”
They pitched a fit to their supervisors, and within two hours of that event on Thursday, we had power back.
As did all fifty buildings on the entire street...

[GodBlessUSA]

Sorry you did get some damage.
It’s good there was not a lot of rain or I think we would have lost a lot more trees. The wind looks like it damaged some evergreens. They look brown from wind burn. I really hope they recover.

Nice, you talked to them personally and not have to deal with O/R ignoring the situation. LIPA failed here big time, they were were so unprepared. Management is in for some trouble, hopefully.

I want to move to a red state ;)

[Darksheare]

We expected the cedar to come down.

That the phone company had to gripe to O&R before power came back on is.. interesting.
No matter how many times we or our neighbors called in to O&R to report the issue, they insisted that we were all hallucinating.