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pace
Senior Member
Username: pace

Post Number: 890
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Monday, October 29, 2012 - 11:43 am:   Edit Post

Just wishing everyone on the east coast a safe and content next couple of days...

We had our first tidal surge a few hours ago. I'll try to get some pictures up, very surreal.
pauldo
Senior Member
Username: pauldo

Post Number: 889
Registered: 6-2006
Posted on Monday, October 29, 2012 - 2:03 pm:   Edit Post

Best wishes to everyone out there.
Hold on tight!

My son lives in Perryville, MD - he has gone over to his sisters house in North East, MD to some what higher ground. His house in Perryville is a stones throw from Chesapeake Bay.
davehouck
Moderator
Username: davehouck

Post Number: 10928
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Monday, October 29, 2012 - 4:03 pm:   Edit Post

Yes; hoping everyone in the northeast stays dry, warm, and safe.
jacko
Senior Member
Username: jacko

Post Number: 3277
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - 7:26 am:   Edit Post

been watching this on the news. it really looks pretty horrendous. Hope everyone stays safe.

Graeme
flaxattack
Senior Member
Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 2434
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - 9:29 am:   Edit Post

i was lucky- i moved from norwalk ct yesterday. the movers called sunday night to ask if they could come early monday- i said of course
so i get in my car to start driving to beacon falls- i have my ipod on shuffle. the VERY first song that comes up is bird song- so? remember the verse- i'll show you--STORM AND RAIN- no coincindences
they finished unloading just as they banned truck traffic off the highways.
good news? never lost power-am on the third floor!
bad news- norwalk went dark- i know the area down by the sound must have gotten pummeled.
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 5262
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - 10:13 am:   Edit Post

No coincidence at all. The lyrics are "snow & rain". Now if it had played "Looks Like Rain" ....! hehehehe. Glad to know you are o.k.

Bill, tgo
jon_jackson
Intermediate Member
Username: jon_jackson

Post Number: 152
Registered: 12-2008
Posted on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - 10:37 am:   Edit Post

Glad you got out OK Jeff.
Jon
sparechaynge
Member
Username: sparechaynge

Post Number: 96
Registered: 6-2010
Posted on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - 12:40 pm:   Edit Post

I'm still stuck in California because of the storm. They moved my group to San Mateo from SF, not really happy about that but I'd rather be here than home in CT.
pace
Senior Member
Username: pace

Post Number: 891
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - 3:21 pm:   Edit Post

I never lost power at my house, so lucky, considering people just a stones throw from me lost their homes. There's still probably a dozen spots in town that have trees or limbs on primary lines. We're putting together lights & generators so we can go out w/ CL&P tonight..... It was nerve-racking going out last night to clear roads during high tide, and today was almost impossible to do cleanup because all the idiots flocked down here to check out the carnage....
darkstar01
Senior Member
Username: darkstar01

Post Number: 449
Registered: 6-2005
Posted on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - 3:50 pm:   Edit Post

Supposed to be without power here in Manhattan until the weekend. But I have power at my studio, so I guess I'll just have to hole up and play bass for the next few days.
davehouck
Moderator
Username: davehouck

Post Number: 10931
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - 5:59 pm:   Edit Post

Mike; sorry to hear that folks in your community lost their homes.
pace
Senior Member
Username: pace

Post Number: 892
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - 8:26 pm:   Edit Post

Thanks Dave. It's frustrating when you consider that so many people on the shoreline and the entire northeast for that matter, just got their homes back in order after hurricane Irene last year... I don't know what the tally is yet, but our building inspector and fire marshal have to make some tough decisions.
edwin
Senior Member
Username: edwin

Post Number: 1343
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - 11:09 pm:   Edit Post

My brother in law is a paramedic on Long Island and he hasn't been home in two days. We talked to him for a bit tonight. FEMA kept him from answering some calls, including one to evacuate a nursing home. Then the dispatcher asked him if he had a gun! Yikes. He was also one of the first people onsite at 9/11. Crazy life.
hgregs
Member
Username: hgregs

Post Number: 51
Registered: 4-2010
Posted on Wednesday, October 31, 2012 - 6:19 am:   Edit Post

my first access to internet since we lost power monday around 6pm. about 8 large trees down on my property (half from neighbors, and half tangled in power lines - all but one across my long driveway). luckily our landscaper rushed over w/ 4 guys and chainsaws and cleared a path in our driveway. can't imagine getting power for at least 2wks (power lines down in 3 spots in my driveway alone). wife and kids packing up and heading to warmer/friends house while i sit at my first day back at work (she's not happy). everybody is healthy... and music equipment is safe. gig saturday wil be rough with no practice time.
pace
Senior Member
Username: pace

Post Number: 893
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Wednesday, October 31, 2012 - 7:09 am:   Edit Post

Hopefully Danno, Kilowatt, Barry, Todd Harris, and all the other club members close to the storm's center will check in safe. Power and Internet aside, cellular service has been compromised in a lot of areas as well.
jacko
Senior Member
Username: jacko

Post Number: 3278
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Wednesday, October 31, 2012 - 7:12 am:   Edit Post

My neice moved out to manhatten from new Zealand the week after I got back from my states trip. We still haven't been able to reach her. Hopefully just a problem gettig onto the net.

graeme
jseitang
Advanced Member
Username: jseitang

Post Number: 323
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Wednesday, October 31, 2012 - 7:25 am:   Edit Post

hey guys jimy here in brooklyn.
i didnt lose power, didnt flood, where i live was beyond the zone A evacuation zone( although greenpoint which is just a couple of blocks away had to if you were by the water).... lower manhattan south of 25th street is messed up. no power.
subways are shut down, bridges are open, tunnels going to NJ are not. New Jersey got hit BIG.
i consider myself VERY VERY lucky, and my hearts go out to those along the jersey shore and long island, their communities are devastated right now.
flaxattack
Senior Member
Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 2442
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Wednesday, October 31, 2012 - 2:21 pm:   Edit Post

gee bill
i always thought it was storm and rain
which i think is a better lyric-lol

i'll have to give it a good listen the next time it comes up on the ipod.
it snowed in west va :-)
peoplechipper
Advanced Member
Username: peoplechipper

Post Number: 317
Registered: 2-2009
Posted on Wednesday, October 31, 2012 - 8:42 pm:   Edit Post

Yeah, hopefully everyone's okay...seems so weird to think of NYC being hit with NATURAL disaster; seems beyond that somehow, like it's too big...welcome to global warming storm fun! oh well, just had a nice earthquake near me so the fun is everywhere...Tony
davehouck
Moderator
Username: davehouck

Post Number: 10933
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Wednesday, October 31, 2012 - 9:09 pm:   Edit Post

Good to hear from those of you who've checked in; and hoping our other members fared well.
dannobasso
Senior Member
Username: dannobasso

Post Number: 1464
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Thursday, November 01, 2012 - 12:26 am:   Edit Post

Just got power back and all is safe and sound. I was extremely lucky and very grateful that no water invaded my sanctum. Please keep all those throughout the storms path that are suffering. Dug from King's X posted on FB that Jerry lost everything in the storm. It does remind us of the power of nature and the attachment to material possessions. Also, we are not in control and we are not the masters of the universe. But with a lot of time in the dark I imagine some folk tapped into that cosmic force. Cheers y'all.
jacko
Senior Member
Username: jacko

Post Number: 3280
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Thursday, November 01, 2012 - 2:35 am:   Edit Post

Just heard from my brother last night (from NZ) that my neice is fine - spent 3 days eating candy and watching movies stuck in her apartment (it's a hard life.). Apparently she's only a few blocks up from where the crane snapped in half.
kilowatt
Intermediate Member
Username: kilowatt

Post Number: 133
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Thursday, November 01, 2012 - 9:17 am:   Edit Post

To say my area has hard hit is an understatement! I had one of my trucks get crushed by a 60' tree, but nobody got hurt. I am running on back up generator, and will probably not get power back for a week.
There are areas along the coast that have entire blocks of homes that are completely gone. I am just glad that we all made it through the storm unhurt.

Regards,
Pete
pace
Senior Member
Username: pace

Post Number: 894
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Thursday, November 01, 2012 - 4:56 pm:   Edit Post

Alright, here's one of our marshes before and after the third high tide of the storm~ the first two covered the road, making no distinction between it and Long Island Sound:




A couple of houses that caught fire during the second tidal surge that the FD were unable to get to, due to the high water and propane tanks floating in the vicinity:


Our mini golf course at the mouth of the CT. river. The two buildings to each side of it were equally trashed:
flaxattack
Senior Member
Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 2443
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Saturday, November 03, 2012 - 8:02 pm:   Edit Post

bill esq
in sworn testimony on 5/31/92 one jerome garcia in front of 20,000 people uttered the phrase
STORM AND RAIN
i rest my case
:-p
edwin
Senior Member
Username: edwin

Post Number: 1346
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Saturday, November 03, 2012 - 8:13 pm:   Edit Post

Objection, your honor! It is more than likely that both subject of testimony and the witness were intoxicated at the time in question. I have with me 10,000 affidavits that will attest to that likelihood.
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 5267
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2012 - 1:18 am:   Edit Post

If Jerry sang "Storm and Rain" in 1992, that proves those aren't the correct words! lol.

Bill, tgo
glocke
Senior Member
Username: glocke

Post Number: 949
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2012 - 12:50 pm:   Edit Post

We got hit pretty hard here in Bucks County, PA. Not from flooding, but LOTS of wind damage. Trees, poles and power lines down all over, blown transformers lying in the streets...a tree came down on the lines that run from the pole to my house, as well as a back porch. Not much to complain about compared to some people, I know...I actually count myself lucky it was not worse.

Power was just today returned to my neighborhood, but I won't have power at my house until an electrician reconnects my service which won't be until tuesday or Wednesday.
sonicus
Senior Member
Username: sonicus

Post Number: 2694
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2012 - 12:59 pm:   Edit Post

My heart goes out to all of you effected buy this devastating event !

Wolf

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