JUST got my power back.

33 hours of it being out.

Many trips with a painters bucket up steps to bail out my sump pump so my basement didn't flood. Many candles burned.

North East, MD is my location in Cecil County (my town is actually called "North East", google the location).

Phew.

r.Evo

Germany14081 Posts

October 31 2012 05:48 GMT

#144

How are you ET? How's your neighborhood? /r/sandy had so many sad stories over the last 48h or so. =/

EvilTeletubby

Baltimore, USA22259 Posts

October 31 2012 05:55 GMT

#145

I'm fine, the wife and I are just exhausted but happy the power is back. Neighborhood seems fine, few big trees fell but none seems to have hit anyone's homes or anything.

teamamerica

United States958 Posts

October 31 2012 08:05 GMT

#146

Hope everyone is doing well. I just had a question regarding the type of storm this was...would it be classified as a 'once in a century' type of storm? I remember reading about the Netherlands levee system and how it wasn't designed to handle extreme flooding (as in holy shit this storm is insane flooding, far worse then the yearly worst), as being able to handle such a storm was too expensive. I was wondering if it were the same type of situation in regards to how unprepared the east coast was for this storm.

omnomMuffins

United States255 Posts

October 31 2012 14:21 GMT

#147

It is more of a perfect storm than a once in a century storm.

A similar occurrence happened about 20 years ago, a mix of two powerful destructive systems mashing together with exactly the right trajectory and very slow speeds, thankfully it sped up.

For a, I guess, what they are now calling a "Superstorm", you need to have a hurricane and a nor'easter happen at the same time, with the hurricane heading further north before landfall.

snively

United States1159 Posts

October 31 2012 23:35 GMT

#148

im in the corner of pennsylvania and the storm pretty much went directly over my house, and we just lost electricity and a couple of branches off our trees. not so bad
i didnt realize it was such a big deal until i heard that 68 people have died.
i dont really know what to say.

Raithed

China7078 Posts

November 01 2012 08:55 GMT

#149

Finally got power tonight, so happy.

Aerisky

United States12129 Posts

November 01 2012 09:03 GMT

#150

Yay, cool :D seems people are beginning to recover and get their power back

But wow, this storm really did turn out to be monstrous...

Glenn313

United States475 Posts

November 01 2012 18:20 GMT

#151

I got lucky. I never really lost power here in NJ like my other friends.

DannyJ

United States5110 Posts

November 02 2012 07:15 GMT

#152

Just got my power back near Philly.

Ballistixz

United States1269 Posts

November 03 2012 02:16 GMT

#153

i keep hearing "perfect storm" being thrown around all over the place.

define "perfect storm"

because imo this is far from one. it could have been ALOT worse.

Ballistixz

United States1269 Posts

November 03 2012 02:20 GMT

#154

On October 31 2012 06:07 Enki wrote:
http://live.nydailynews.com/Event/Tracking_Hurricane_Sandy_2
This is bad. Some of them are downright disturbing to read too...

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-- In Richmond Hill, Queens, a 23-year-old woman taking cellphone photos of a power line that had caught fire suffered a horrific death after she stepped on a live wire on the sidewalk and fell to the ground, screaming.

"She was right on top of the live cables and they were just frying her," said neighbor Renny Bhagretta, 44, who watched from his window on 134th St. Monday night. "She couldn't move. She didn't have a chance."

Police, firefighters and Con Edison workers couldn’t get near the victim for almost two hours because cables strewn all over the road were still sparking.

"Her body was burning," said neighbor Asha Bhagaretti, 43. "It was just horrifying."

sorry for double post but stuff like this bothers me because it could have been avoided so easily. why was she so close to a live powerline? why did she feel the need to take pictures of a live powerline at such close distance? just why? needless death.

seriously ppl during events like just just stay in safety. u dont have to take pictures of downed trees, live power lines, and etc u really dont. there are payed ppl that know what they are doing to do that for u. i just dont understand why u would put ur life in danger just to take a crappy cell phone photo. use common sense. if u have to take a picture that badly than do it from a very far and safe distance. most cameras have a zoom feature...

NiNjAPlation

United States85 Posts

November 06 2012 12:41 GMT

#155

Power out since last monday .-. and no LIPA to be found. (Long Island Power Authority), although my house is fine many are flooded and its impossible to live in them. I live in Massapequa Park on Long Island New York GL to anyone who has damage.

QuanticHawk

United States32157 Posts

November 06 2012 16:54 GMT

#156

just got my power back at work today. most of my city now has it again.

NiNjAPlation

United States85 Posts

November 09 2012 21:12 GMT

#157

On October 31 2012 02:19 LeSioN wrote:
so funny to see the difference in cultures. here in florida we have parties on the beach as one of these tiny storms is about to hit. in ny, people screaming armageddon and clogging up my news feeds with "news of the storm" are people honestly worried?

Where I live many people have had their entire homes destroyed and have lost things that can never be replaced, and lives have been lost. Also you cant have a party on the beach in this sort of thing because of something called a storm surge and from what I understand the beach that I go to no longer exists, how about you come up to the effected ares and tell everyone how fun storms like this are, i'm sure the women who had her two young children ripped from her arms in the middle of surge and the next time she saw them was to identify the bodies would love to here about how much fun you have during these kinds of things, you should think before you say something so insensitive and stupid.

Some Images, just got my internet service working with a generator still no power .-. almost two weeks

All taken by me btw

Debris from a gutted house
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LIPA Crews Working
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National Guard Due to Looting
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Uncles House Flood Damage (Waterline can be seen)
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House that burned down
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Downed Trees
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I have more but dont want to run out of gas on my generator so see you guys when i get power which is supposed to be Monday, but then again it was supposed to be today, and before that Wednesday night .-.