Guys & Gals - check in if you are from an impacted area and your status. Some of our folks, especially those south and west may have been impacted pretty hard.

A lot of people probably can't check in so if you gotten a text / email / call from someone from an impacted area please post that they are OK or not.

This is one hell of a storm that clobbered a lot of people, if we can help out, give us a shout.

Good luck & God Bless

Thanks,

John

We're good here in warren now, new place is nice, a disaster with stuff everywhere but we are safe a dry.

Talked to some buddies in NJ and montauk they are ok.

Hope and wish everyone the best.
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Good here in Somerset/Fall River area. The usual stuff, trees down, minor power outages, pole fire and transformer exploding. All in all we fared well.

I worked 38 hours straight at the fire station and there were some pretty wild stuff going on in Fall River. Lots of water and tree stuff, with yhe occasional roof collapse. A small fire in a Monk Temple and lots and lots of really stupid people.

If anyone near me needs a generator I can lend them one as I do not need it right now. (as long as you are close by) PM me and we can talk.

Good luck Chef....you have my # should you need it.

Still no power in Tiverton, though we hope to have it back tonight?

Nothing like down south though...

-spence

Shadow(jay) and I are both good. I have power, not sure about jay
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Looking at power back by tomorrow. We are in the 20% of wp that didn't get it back. Looks like a hack job was done on a side street near us. 3 utility poles went down on the same stretch. It wasn't that crazy to pull poles down like that. Someone screwed up putting them in for sure. They weren't old at all. And all probably went in at the same time.
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I have a generator with about 10 minutes usage if someone needs to borrow one because power is out. It isn't a monster but can alternate running a fridge and an appliance if needed.

alls good , boats still there .

talked to Denis .. he,s OK

anyone need anything just ask , except for a commitment Sat morning .me & my truck are good to help

I'm on the N Shore of LI. Lost power but no damage. Still have gas for heat and cooking. Worked 24 hours straight from 3pm yesterday to today on the S Shore in a storm surge zone. Lost power at work at 7pm, then the storm surge hit around 8. Wow that water rose fast. Over a foot of water outside, and we were a mile away from the bay. We managed to keep most of it out, but I can't imagine how people living by the water fared. Especially those that didn't evacuate as ordered.
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All good in Worcester, heading down the cape Thursday to check out Eastham for the in laws less than a mile from first encounter but I am pretty sure it will be ok. I will be in Yarmouth Thursday and Friday if anyone needs any electrical stuff let me know.
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All good from Bloomfield, we are in a pocket of the state that was well protected (for reasons unknown to me) and we fared well. Heard from a buddy with a house in Old Lyme in with the Pavilion and water got high, but the house was left mostly dry.

Primarily good news hitting my cell phone today, which given the number of friends I have near the water, is a nice sigh of relief.
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Good here got power and cable and plenty of food any one in the new haven area need anything let me know I can help out.
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Mansfield no problem.
Ocean city nj. Looks like a foot of water in the house. Will be down Friday if the gsp is open
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Everything was fine in Cumberland at my house. I did hear of some areas where downed trees caused blackouts but around me there were no issues. Things started looking bad about 4 PM but by 5:30 everything calmed down. You couldn't even hear the wind blowing. Just lucky to be in a mild band.

Got to feel bad for people along the coast and down in the NJ , NY , PA , etc areas. Flooding I think is the worst case scenario for the coastal people. No way to stop it if its coming. Best of luck to all on the recovery.

Marshfield seems good. I drove past Niko's today and he wasn't home (either working of fishing)

Powder Point Bridge in Duxbury is closed for repair (not sure if storm related).....

Anyone hear from Buckman? He is directly on the water in Marshfield.

We didn't get it as bad as most. T-storm that went through tonight was impressive...

buckman and hot reels are fine. but my plan for an overnight in AC on my way down to obx is shot.

I'm ok :)
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buckman and hot reels are fine. but my plan for an overnight in AC on my way down to obx is shot.

At least you wont lose any cash

JohnR doesn't seem to care about us in PA :(

We finally heard from Lou -Sgt Striper, luckily he's ok in Jersey. Others arent, that place is a real mess.
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JohnR doesn't seem to care about us in PA :(


Sorry - thought that was part of jersey ;)

I have been in touch with some friends in NJ and depending where you lived you may be ok. There are some places that are really bad.

Far worse than myself without power and a few trees down.
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At least you wont lose any cash

Won't be long until the casino's are re-opened! Having customers will be #1 concern.

Power was restored back on last night, in Glocester Rhode Island no property damage.

everything good where i live 11 miles from coast and those people on water got hammered,lost homes and some caught fire and burned down.alot of trees down all over.iceman 6 in ny lost really big tree and has no power.hope everyone is well.

No damage in North Granby, CT although we have no power. Last years October snowstorm we were without power for 10 days so my wife is reminding me on 5 minute intervals that I never got around to buying a generator and wiring it up. I can survive without power but I'm not sure I will survive my wife's wrath.......

I fished out of Old Saybrook on the Saturday before the storm I'm sure it looks very different now.

All's fine in Reading( Ma.).. we never even lost power... some small tree limbs... lots of leaves ( neighbors damn oak).. I cleaned it up and chipped the branches last night in a thunder storm.. my massive pines made it through... pine cones traveling 50 mph when they hit the roof/house are unnerving though... I haven't been to Plum Island since the storm...Night shift sent me a text.. he's been on generator power since the storm...alot of storm damage and utility poles down in his area of Haverhill Ma/rocks village.. he's with out a land line ( phone) cable and power.... he moved his boat and vehicles to a nearby field only to recieve a pair of flat tires on his truck..Buzzards luck.

Pascoag Utility did a great job trimming trees all summer. Never lost power. I have a LOT of trees down but in my back woods. All set for firewood for next year.:uhuh:

I'm actually in Merrimac, MA now, we lost power for 4 hours but the genny kept us up and rolling! My folks came out unscathed out on PI, never even lost power. They actually gained some sand up on the northern part, it was a good thing they scraped the beach south of the center as the water took everything right to the base of the dunes. Some of those houses along Annapolis would have been lost for sure....
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All fine here in Holyoke never even lost power no damage at all.

Lost power at 2pm on Monday. Came back on around 5:30pm yesterday. Not much damage around, a few trees here and there. One of them just happened to be a huge pine that took 4 poles with it. Looks like the transformer caught on fire as well. With limited other damage in the area WMECO and their subcontractors were on it pretty quick. They were actually working on it for most of the 27+ hours it was out.

Good here in central CT, but the Surfcaster Challenge HQ on Misquamicut beach RI is not...

Hurricane Sandy - Misquamicut Beach on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/52513169)

Wondering how PaulS made out. Water got bit deep on his street from what was reported and shown.

Other than no power for 2 days it didn't amount to much on my side of Falmouth (the Sound side got hammered). I left my boat in and fished it this am, but the water was mud and fishing poor. Still an impressive surf rolling in at Quicks and Pasque. It was worth the gas just to watch it blowing up on the massive shore boulders of Pasque.

never even lost power at the house in East falmouth, just a bunch of small limbs down everywhere, and my direct tv wires got messed up a bit on the roof, but all in all, dodged a serious bullet.

Good here in central CT, but the Surfcaster Challenge HQ on Misquamicut beach RI is not...

Hurricane Sandy - Misquamicut Beach on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/52513169)


Damn!

Beach driving is over for a while

Got the power back a little while ago. Saw just how bad it got in some places. We had loads of trees down ansome damage due to that. The coast took some hits but nor easters do us worse do to wind angle.Fell real bad for those that lost homes to fire. Ron

Damn!

Beach driving is over for a while

From some of the videos I've seen, it looks like there may be some beach driving on regular streets now. Amazing how much sand was moved and how far inland it was pushed.

It's a mess down here. No problem with my house, water was about 3 blocks away (see photo 1) 2-6' of water in houses. Boats are all over the place, some 1/2 to a mile away from there docks. Long Beach Island and Island Beach north to Point Pleasant is devastated. A few pic's from north of me in Brick Beach/Bay Head area. Was catching thurs. and fri. and now those beaches are gone and some have new inlets!!

Fine here in Westfield/western, ma area. Some lost power but like someone else mentioned earlier last years Halloween snowstorm was way worse and left us fearing the worst.

My heart goes out to those in the coastal areas that were hit hard :(

Lost a couple trees. Power was shut to repair downed poles& transformers. just got power back. Lucky. Daughter in Hoboken NJ was wading from apartment w/o waders. Luckily I have her car here. Suppose to bring it this weekend. NOT she moved upgrade to friends. No trains and subway for awhile. Can't get to Manhattan from Hoboken w/o them and no car. Another life altering curveball. She's learned alot since living there for grad school. P.S. She did deliver her first baby at the clinic she's interning. Just b/4 Sandy.

Call me lucky. Lost another tree. This time it was my favorite 50+ yr. old oak tree. I watched her go down during the storm and thankfully it fell away from the house. If it went the other direction it would have taken out our home.

We were spared the brunt here in PA. Power was out at my place for about 24 hours, my dads for about 72. Some sections of PA (Bucks) aren't supposed to get online for another few days.

A bunch of trees down, but flooding looks to be minimal from what I can tell. We dodged a bullet, to be sure. Good luck to everyone in the coastal towns..

Here!

No problems in Westerly other than minor tree damage an power outage. Wish I could say the same for the shoreline. It got absolutely hammered.
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day 5 with no power but with such a devastation around us, no big deal
I don't see power coming back for a week or two for us
the beaches are a mess with at least 4 more inlets that i heard about..i went to visit a friend in a shelter today by my house and whatever feelings i had about lack of power or anything else are gone
so many people suffering...and there are at least a 100 cars in front of my house in line for gas

Google Crisis Map (http://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy)

check this out for post sandy sat pics of your locations

We have been on generator power since monday at 230pm. I still have three utility poles that are snapped (and 4 others on the street) and the lines are laying in my front yard and hang 4 feet high across the bottom end of my driveway. Most of my neighbors are now in hotels.

However, I cannot complain as I'm well prepared for this. My generator is purring like a kitten and everything but the clothes dryer is in use (and somehow this morning we now have cable and internet). We have a gas range, and gas hot water, and we heat primarily with wood. Everyone is safe and I have no broken windows or any holes in my roof.

My heart goes out to all of the people that were hit head on by this storm and are really suffering.

We made it through mostly unscathed, but I am a dozen miles from the coast. I have to venture into the political forum to check on PaulS. Parts of Fairfield got hammered.

We got lambasted and the power is still out. Everyone's fine except my mother in law who suffers with Alzheimers and we're fearing the whole power out, now water, etc. has pushed to the limit and we're now looking for permanent care in a good facility. Other than that trees down, portions of my roof and fence are nowhere to be seen. Governor Christie would have added our county to the disaster list had he seen our neighborhood. That same neighborhood pitched in together as we always do when things like this happen. I just came in to work for a bit to get warm and check email and am heading over to my mother in law's to bring her back to my house should we not find a place to take her. There are friggin sick ba$tards around looting and taking people's generators when it gets dark and whatever else they can. So much so I find it hard to go to sleep.
I just can't fathom the licking the NJ shore took.
Be safe all, I heard there's another storm brewing which could hit late next week.

Wednesday into Thursday, is a rain event, the wind at this time is off shore and not significant. Wave heights and winds will be below SCA

We're O.K. no damage but power is out, has been since Monday night. On from a friends house now.

We were blessed with no damage to the house and back to power.
Many of my neighbors were not so lucky with trees falling on their
houses and power still out.
Like Jimbo and Sgt Striper said the damage from Hoboken down to
Cape May has areas that are completly devestated with compelete destruction
of the dunes, houses moved back 5 blocks and 2-3 ft of sand on the streets
and land back for what seems forever. Absolute catastrophe.
Years of rebuilding and it will never be the same.
Thanks for the concerns, John.

Power restored yesterday, thankfully. Cold showers and 3 little munchkins in the house... well, it could be a whole, whole lot worse. Good luck to all still struggling through this mess. Let me know if I can do something for you and I'll do my best.

Hey Guys -

We made it through the storm. Our home got flooded but everyone is safe and that is what counts - everything else can be replaced.

Our hearts, thoughts and prayers go out to all that lost so much, and to the brave souls who risked their own lives to save others. Thank you for the line workers who just a few hours ago 'finally' brought power back into our home. Everyone stay safe out there.....

what jenn said.....

(last year) didn't know for four days that everything was fried
since there was no power....

so - we doin fine... even the new half arch green house

made it thru...the tree swaying monster winds....

had a cellar window get blown in... was about all...

thankfully it didn't break

Hey Guys -

We made it through the storm. Our home got flooded but everyone is safe and that is what counts - everything else can be replaced.

Our hearts, thoughts and prayers go out to all that lost so much, and to the brave souls who risked their own lives to save others. Thank you for the line workers who just a few hours ago 'finally' brought power back into our home. Everyone stay safe out there.....

Good to hear - I tried calling the other day but clearly there was no service... Saw some photos from down your way. Hard to believe.

Stay dry.

This is how bad it is: NJ Star Ledger is reporting tonight that Residents of several town including: Seaside Heights, Seaside Park, island sections of Berkeley Township, South Seaside Park, Lavallette, Ortley Beach and Mantoloking, will not be allowed back for as long as 8 months because of severe damage to infrastructure. Any residents that refused to evacuate are now being forced out for their safety.

8 months?! Whoa
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Chirstie had them turn off the gas just the other day. That was not a good sign. You would think they would have infrastructure fixed in less than 8 months though.

8 months?! Whoa
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Chirstie had them turn off the gas just the other day. That was not a good sign. You would think they would have infrastructure fixed in less than 8 months though.

Going to be hard to get the gas lines and Electric repaired. The roads are torn up, there are new inlets, and only one way in now! Check the pic's in my post, that is just two of the areas.

Im alright, my area didnt get ripped up as bad as the south, but we got some work to do. glad to see everyone checking in

Lost power for 5 days on the 1st storm and on day 2 of no power from the 2nd storm.