Hurricane Sandy updates

[gm8549]

This one works

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...perstorm-washes-SEVEN-MILE-voyage-intact.html

 

[JeannaT]

I totally agree - thanks for sharing this story!!

There must be INNUMERABLE heroes throughout this horrible crisis. Heroes with stories that would hearten us all. I wish the media would focus on hero stories, and not grumpy people who are waiting in gas lines. During Hurricane Andrew in the south tip of Florida in 1992, I had a dear friend who breastfed 3 babies (she had one, and breastfed two more) for an entire week while supplies were trying to reach their communities. Those bottle fed babies would have died in that week, without formula and clean water, but for her giving spirit of taking other babies to her breast.

THAT's the kind of stories I wish the media would focus on here, and I'm sure they abound. Enough hearing people whine about gas lines. Really, enough putting the microphones in front of complainers instead of heroes.

 

[gm8549]

Great story with funny pictures. Too bad they had to demolish it though.

 

[gm8549]

What the heck? Are you kidding me?

http://m.waff.com/autojuice?targetU...ion-ala-crews-turned-away-from-sandy-recovery




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That story was not true! Turns out the Alabama Co mentioned IS union and was never out of the sate. Rumors are rampant.

Trigger,so terribly sorry for your family!

 

[gm8549]

Luckily Cape May,NJ escaped disaster. Headed home tomorrow. Here in Pa suburbs,still many many with no power. Internet is spotty at best. So many big trees down here.

 

[~n/t~]

trigger glad you checked in. So sorry for what you and your family are going through. Watching the coverage of the devastation always brings me to tears. Heartbreaking.

Hope everyone watched the telethon and donated at least $10.00 to the Red Cross.

 

[Nova]

Racism or no racism, if the boys were gone by the time she knocked on doors, it strikes me as unlikely that any private citizen could have located small children in all that water.

So I don't think we're talking about how the little boys could have been saved.

But leaving the bereft mother on a doorstep in a flood all night must make for some lousy karma, even if I can understand the fears of the neighbors.

 

[trigger]

Jones Beach esp Field 4 is destroyed. Gilgo and Tobay Beach road and parking lots is destroyed. Ocean Parkway road eastbound is gone. Portions of westbound is severly damaged. I pray the people left before the storm. I feel that if Shannon Gilbert wasnt found she would have never been found. The area was flooded. It looks like the bay met the Ocean.

 

[JeannaT]

Racism or no racism, if the boys were gone by the time she knocked on doors, it strikes me as unlikely that any private citizen could have located small children in all that water.

So I don't think we're talking about how the little boys could have been saved.

But leaving the bereft mother on a doorstep in a flood all night must make for some lousy karma, even if I can understand the fears of the neighbors.

I COMPLETELY get what you're saying, nova, but I don't think there are any neighbors who would say she appeared on their doorstep looking for shelter, and they denied her shelter.

I really don't. I think the few she appeared to, she was asking for them to come outside in the worst of the storm and help her.

 

[peeples]

odd even gas distribution

http://www.nj.com/suburbannews/index.ssf/2012/11/gov_christie_announces_odd-eve.html

 

[peeples]

Raw sewage is still spilling into a Suffolk waterway at this hour. http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/suffolk/93-million-gallons-of-sewage-in-creek

 

[hollyblue]

odd even gas distribution

http://www.nj.com/suburbannews/index.ssf/2012/11/gov_christie_announces_odd-eve.html

Wow, I remember this from the 70's. I worry about the cold...especially the elderly. It's bad enough for the people in homes and flooding at the ground level, but how many are in apts high up and can't even use a generator if they wanted to. Hopefully many will seek the shelters as others leave or public buildings with power offering them some warmth...if only during the daylight hours.

Praying the suspected nor'easter fizzles out...as it is the last thing the NE needs right now. It would not only delay the worker's efforts, but just add more residences to the list with no power.

 

[Beyond Belief]

Wasn't this town told to evacuate? A single guy home alone probably had a bottle to keep him company. Who would expect to have a woman show up on his door step with a couple of little kids in the middle of this storm which he says didn't happen. Then see someone throwing things at his house which he says did happen.
I wouldn't know what to think about all this. And I am not sure I would open the door.

 

[nosysw]

Praying for the nor' easter to miss us. It is scary to think things could get worse for people who are already devastated. I'm supposed to go away next week with my kids and I feel guilty about it. And I don't know if i'll be able to get gas to go. There is Too much going on. People are desperate and its getting scary.

 

[Woe.be.gone]

Have you heard? The Marathon has been cancelled. Thank goodness.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57544624/nyc-marathon-canceled-amid-outcry-over-priorities/

 

[Peliman]

Have you heard? The Marathon has been cancelled. Thank goodness.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57544624/nyc-marathon-canceled-amid-outcry-over-priorities/

Housing is going to be an issue in NY, people need a safe warm place for shelter. I can almost imagine some of them living in tent cities or FEMA trailers for awhile.

I agree with the one comment, they should have cancelled right away.

 

[mnegri1973]

We have family in Staten Island. Thankfully they live basically in the middle so were no where near the red zones. My FIL said that between the storm damage and the normal construction that is always being done that its quite messy trying to get around just in SI. Thank goodness Bloomberg canceled the marathon. All I can say about that man is what an idiot.

My prayers go out to all in the effected areas and to families still trying to get thru to their loved ones. I'm just so thankful that we were able to speak with our family.

Mel


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[Chewy]

Ok I have just spoken with a woman in Staten Island who is helping raise money for a woman who lost her husband and daughter in the hurricane. They found the little girl much like these boys, swept up on the marshes in putrid water. The conditions there are unbelievable. She said the water is turning putrid and she is afraid to even go in to help, so she's organizing clothing donations and underwear, food, diapers, shoes, coats anything.

But I asked her why the family stayed and she said the last time the area evacuated after Irene there wasn't a real storm and families came back to find their houses looted. After hearing this I can understand why some people didn't leave and why they may not have opened their doors.

Once the power went out they thought looters were moving in. So sad. I also don't think people realize how bad the storm was. I wasn't a thunderstorm with lots of rain, it was massive storm surge and howling winds.


Here is a picture of what is left of her home

 

[Skagirl]

Here's yet another version of the story...I think I've read about 8 different scenarios now...

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/11/staten-island-after-sandy-dont-forget-us.html

 

[Kat]

I enjoyed that. thank you wfg.