Northeast FReepers Please Check In

Free Republic | 11/01/2012

[momtothree]

Montgomery County, Maryland did fairly well. No power loss.. just a ton of rain. My littlest one was petrified so she slept with me downstairs. She seemed comforted by that (she was afraid the neighbors tree would slam into the house). We have kin in Garrett County, Md (Deep Creek Lake). They aren’t doing well at all. Over three feet of wet snow and no power (the power is estimated to be out a week). Thank goodness that part of the family lives within shouting distance. Everyone’s moved into my cousins house (he has a generator). Prayers for all those freepers who aren’t doing well.. my thoughts and best wishes are with you. Hugs, Mom

[BuckeyeTexan]

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

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 through post #59.)

[SaraJohnson]

A shout to Miss Didi! She was staying in Manhatten.

[Family Guy]

I will call the Public Relations department of as many oil companies as I can to see if they can start sending gasoline tankers up there. Good PR for them. Help for y’all. (win-win)

The trouble is the lack of electricity to pump the gas at most stations, not the fact that the stations don't have gas to sell, but maybe contacting them will still help. Thanks for your involvement.

[metmom]

Couldn’t someone get the gas stations generators?

[4yearlurker]

SW Pennsylvania (Washington County) here. Lots of cold rain and wind for the last 3-4 days. No power interruptions that I know of in my area. Streams & creeks have minor flooding. Mudslides along some roads. All in all we dodged the bullet in my area.

[brivette]

okay in Naugatuck, Ct.

[BuckeyeTexan]

Thanks for the clarification. I’ll ask them to send a generator w/ their tankers. (It can’t hurt to ask, right?) I’ll also put out the word on Twitter that we need generators for the gas stations.

[dirtboy]

Neighbor called me at work, the power’s back on. Wasn’t really expecting to get it back until the weekend, so that’s gravy. Still probably about 200,000 outages left for PECO.

[editor-surveyor]

>> “Very difficult to find an open gas station without hundreds of cars lined up.” <<

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And probably similar conditions at grocery, and hardware stores.

Time for everyone here to wake up and quit the sarcastic remarks about “preppers.”

We need more.

[Sir Napsalot]

Wilmington, Delaware here.

We are the lucky ones, no power outage (flickering often, but not outright out), also house in high ground, no flooding. Still QUITE a lot of clean up to do here.

Prayers and thoughts to other Northeast FReepers.

[WomBom]

Thanks all, all good here

[Spunky]

"Very difficult to find an open gas station without hundreds of cars lined up."

My thoughts and prayers go out to all those who are effected by Sandy.

What I don't understand though is every one knew this was coming days in advance. Why didn't they gas up before hand?

[Miss Didi]

Thanks, SaraJ and MestaM, for your care and concern! I feel very blessed—the Upper East Side did fine in the storm. So many friends, however, are still without power, heat, hot water, phones—as well as dealing with flooding and damage to their homes. Mass transit is slowly starting up and New Yorkers are trying their best to get back to work--even if it takes three hours to get there.

[TigersEye]

pandy is fine. The storm didn’t do much damage to her place at all. Lost cell service and internet for a while. No one can go to work while things get cleaned up, which is never a good thing, but otherwise doing well. Lots less damage than the storm last spring. Which the state of NJ still hadn’t really gotten cleaned up yet.

[Spunky]

"Worst part for me is the boredom waiting for them to restore power so that I can have back my tv, cable, dvd player, and internet through my desktop computer. Reading books is ok. I love to read, but not all day long, every day."

Instead of sitting there being bored, why don't you go out and see who you can help out?

[Spunky]

"...power came back last night after 50 hours without. We were pretty well prepared, gas stove and battery lights. Never opened the freezer until the power came back on and everything was semi-frozen - yay!"

I recently heard a report that if your power is off more than 24 hours you should throw you freezer stuff away.

[BuckeyeTexan]

I think you meant to post that to lowbridge, but I would prefer you didn’t. Maybe (s)he’s not in a position physically or financially to help.

[BuckeyeTexan]

Right on with unexpected power restoration!

[johnthebaptistmoore]

No serious Sandy damage from where I live in Framingham, Massachusetts. Some trees down, but not on houses. Some brief power outages, every now and then, but nothing serious. That’s it. It’s areas of Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey that need the most help and prayers.