Sandy

[Roy S.]

[Kenneth B.]

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I second that Roy. I hope they all got themselfs & their Corvettes out of harms way.

[Terry M.]

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My thoughts are with all those many people too. What we see on the news is just staggering. I hope everyone is safe.

My contract crews left the Chicago area last Friday and Saturday and they are in marshaling areas waiting for the worst of the storm to subside so they can begin to restore power. I saw caravans of contract crews heading east on the expressway as I left work last Friday. I don't expect to have my crews back for several weeks at best, and we are preparing for them to be gone a month or more. Several hundred crews from the utility have also gone east and I expect they are in a similar status.

[Harry S.]

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Thank you for thinking of us! I am 4 miles from the NH coast and we had wind and rain but nothing as serious as the Jersey coast. Lots of branches on the lawn but nothing more.

The beach took a pretty good hit, I'll take a ride over this afternoon and take some pictures if the Police let me near it.

All be safe.

Thanks!

[John M.]

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My new Corvette is sitting in Atlantic City waiting for me to pick it up..
But, it's only a car.

[Vinnie P.]

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Thanks for the comments and support...we had steady 75mph winds from about 6pm last evening till well into the night...power finally went out about 0230...no trees down...very little rain...power restored about 1300 hrs. today...worst damage was from storm surge...parts of LI still under 3' of water especially along the south shore up to 1mile inland...fortunately I live about 2 miles inland...fortunate to have power restored so soon...LIPA (elec co) has 1.2 million customers on LI and as of last count, 947,000 were without power...that's most of the island...it will slowly get back to normal...many fewer trees down in my local area than last year with Irene...thoughts and prayers go out to rest of the residents of the NE...and Mid-Atlantic with snow...

[Richard T.]

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I'm right on the New Jersey shore a few miles in from the beach and we had one hell of a night. Very high winds, lots of rain etc. Power went out around 2:30 yesterday afternoon and just returned a little while ago. As expected the beach got the worst of it, boardwalks and amusement pier completely destroyed, homes washed away etc. We still have heavy flooding with trees and power lines down all around town but fortunatly no deaths reported so far. Everything elae can be rebuilt or replaced . Thanks for your thoughts abnd wishes.
Rich

[John D.]

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Pittsburgh, PA area was supposed to get 60 MPH wind gusts last night. But the storm Gods gave us a break. We all figured the electric would be out for at least a week. Meanwhile old JD over reacted to it all and now have enough propane and canned goods to last for all of 2014.
I feel for the people in NY and NJ (first time) that got slammed big time. And of course all of you in the other states that suffered.
My daughter lives near Rochester. She called and complained this morning that they had 80 MPH winds which trashed their roof. JD

[Ray G.]

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May GOD keep You and Yours safe across the country and especially on the East Coast.

[Ray G.]

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My thoughts are with all those many people too. What we see on the news is just staggering. I hope everyone is safe.

My contract crews left the Chicago area last Friday and Saturday and they are in marshaling areas waiting for the worst of the storm to subside so they can begin to restore power. I saw caravans of contract crews heading east on the expressway as I left work last Friday. I don't expect to have my crews back for several weeks at best, and we are preparing for them to be gone a month or more. Several hundred crews from the utility have also gone east and I expect they are in a similar status.

Hello Terry;
Do you have any additional insights into the catastrophe in NJ and other areas on the East coast ?
Heard on the radio this morning utility crews from Alabama were turned away in New York.
Just seemed strange to me.
Ray

[Rich G.]

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I live not too far from Vinnie Peters, so what he posted goes for me, too. We got lucky here. The latest wrinkle is no gas anywhere, or where there is the lines are miles long. They are using the local airport here as a staging area for out of town crews, complete with large semi trailers that are purpose built as mobile motels for living quarters. That particular spot looks like it couldn't take any more trucks. We are mid way out on LI. The damage and flooding was worse more to the west. The North Shore of LI has power issues because of the huge number of trees that compromised the power lines. The power company told a friend of mine who lives in that area that he could be out for 30 days.

Of course the shore areas that flooded are the worst off. I flew over the barrier beach, Fire Island, yesterday and saw two new inlets from the ocean that were opened plus evidence where the ocean washed over.

Fortunately, I am retired and can stay home. I don't know how people are expected to get to work when mass transit is not up to speed and you can't find gasoline. On a good day mass transit around here is inadequate.

Rich

[Dan D.]

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I am in upstate NY and all we had was some wind and rain - no damage, but just 10 miles to the north of us on Lake Ontario they suffered a lot of damage and still do not have power. The worst we got is the cable TV has been out since the storm hit. I guess I can live with that.

What I found interesting is when the storm hit the barometric pressure was 28.67. I have never seen it that low, and it did not get out of the 28s until yesterday morning. The thing was parked right over us for several days, and hasn't completely cleared out yet.

I hope all those that have suffered losses will recover okay. It is going to be a long time for them.

-Dan-

[Terry M.]

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Hello Terry;
Do you have any additional insights into the catastrophe in NJ and other areas on the East coast ?
Heard on the radio this morning utility crews from Alabama were turned away in New York.
Just seemed strange to me.
Ray

I have no particular insight into that exact situation, however:

The Island of Manhattan has almost exclusively underground power transmission and distribution. I actually think it is all underground, but having been there only as a tourist I am not in a position to pars those details that finely. Underground facilities require a whole different skill set than the workers you more commonly see in bucket trucks working in the air. The utility I work for sent a number (35, I think) of underground trained personnel and their equipment (which is all different that the overhead equipment) to New York City. Just to drive another stake in the ground, some of them were underground testing and analysis employees who are not union. I won't know for quite some time, if ever, if they were turned away -- but I very much doubt that will happen. We sent a similar contingent of underground personnel to New York after 9-11 and they were greeted with open arms and I fully expect the same will happen this time.

This kind of sad situation gets used by all kinds of people to advance their own agenda, and as more time goes on there will be more and more of that. I am sure scammers are already "raising funds" for their own benefit and using these events as a backdrop. The world is not a very nice place.

[Kenneth H.]

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I'm in Bucks County PA and just got my power back last night. Don't have a generator so we lost all of our frozen food. Part of my heater stack and enclosure blew away on Monday night which left a sizable hole in the roof. Just got it repaired yesterday. A tree fell on my fence and damaged it, but that will have to wait. Thankfully, the huge oak tree on my next door neighbor's front lawn didn't come down on my house or I would have lost the 'vette. I feel lucky compared to those in NJ and NY who lost everything in the storm.

Also, although I didn't hear from my regular car insurance agent, or my homeowner's insurance agent, I did hear from Adam Boca at National Corvette Museum Insurance. He wanted to make sure that everything was OK. That's a good agent.

[Ray G.]

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No, they were turned away by New Jersey because they were non-union. Read it here.

Wow;
I actually thought The New York City & New Jersey populated areas are one large metropolitan area.
Didn't mean to ruffle any feathers.
Ray