We are ok.

No power or cell service but our house and boat are safe. No idea how long we will be without power since 90% of Long Island has no power. No question this was a historic storm.

 

It's just amazing to drive around. Every road has at least one tree down with power lines. It's going to be a long time before power is restored!

 

Tom - Some have damage and most have no power. Everyone is safe though. Our missions pastor drove around to each of our "widows" and all were OK. He went with a generator to give them an hour on their fridge/freezer and brought them hot food too. Love that man!

It's looking like we'll be out for at least a few more days. Long Island was hit really hard and it will take a long time to get it all back. Roads are still closed with large trees - we need the big guns to clear them!

 

We got back our power on Wednesday and internet/tv last night. We have had people over a ton taking showers and getting a hot meal - along with charging electronics. But now seeing the news? Man, we got off easy near me!! Unbelievable!! I posted a long post on my blog (that I hadn't updated in a year) about how we prepped and how we fared through the storm. I think I did a lot of things right - and we were fortunate that we personally weren't hit hard.

http://lifeonthesound.blogspot.com/2012/11/hurricane-sandy.html

 

No looting here but I've heard a few people had gas stolen from their cars. But there IS looting where the damage is worse like in Lindenhurst and Long Beach and stuff. Police are there now and there is a dusk to dawn curfew.

 

We have power now so we are OK. Many are not and they have warming shelters set up and I'd guess they will have to set up more shelters so people have a warm place to stay. But if we didn't have power, we'd still be able to stay toasty thanks to my fireplace. I can get that den to 80 degrees with no heat on at all.

 

This tree is too big for just a regular chain saw. Our first tree guy that came today admitted that he doesn't have the equipment for it. So now we are waiting for another guy. We're fortunate in that it's not a pressing thing to take care of because a friend of mine had a tree land on her garage (stand alone garage) and they just came yesterday to cut it down. $6,000 cash on the spot!!! She didn't realize until they left that she had been scammed.

We're not doing anything "formal" as in a big drive or something but our missions pastor is amazing and he's been going around to those who need help and even running a generator at each house daily to keep the fridge and freezer going. He's also in construction so he's trying to help out where he can with fixing damage. If you were wanting to send anything, I'd have you send it directly to him and made out to our benevolent fund so that it would go right to those who need it. I could even have him give cash out to those who were hit hard to help with repairs and stuff. Let me know what you want to do.