[Coco] OT: Hurricane Sandy

Arthur Flexser flexser at fiu.edu
Sat Nov 3 17:37:05 EDT 2012


Thanks for the good wishes.  I'm still without power, and the gas
shortage is frightening even though I have close to 3/4 of a tank.
Lines are enormous, causing traffic jams, and they've just gone to
odd/even rationing.  Can't even buy a gas can--stores are all out.

Art

On 11/2/12, rcrislip <rcrislip at neo.rr.com> wrote:
> On Friday 02 November 2012 04:46:56 wdg3rd at comcast.net wrote:
>> Was without power from about 8pm Monday to about 11pm Tuesday.  Comcast
>> internet service was out until sometime this evening, not sure when, as
>> it
>> was almost midnight when I got back from a Janis Ian concert about 2
>> hours
>> drive south of here.  Work site is a different story -- whole area was
>> overrun in flood Monday, looks like high water was about six inches above
>> the floor of the office.  Still no power, no phones at work.  To make it
>> more fun, the flood was mixed with a couple hundred gallons of used
>> engine
>> oil from one of our neighbors, a heavy truck repair outfit.  Pure joy.
>>
>> Couple pieces of siding ripped off of the house I plan to sell in spring
>> so
>> I can get out of New Jersey and move home to New Hampshire.  Just
>> something
>> to add to the preparation.
>> > From: "Bob Devries" <devries.bob at gmail.com>
>> > To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 4:36:40 AM
>> > Subject: [Coco] OT: Hurricane Sandy
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > I tam praying everyone on this list is safe from the devastation of
>> > this monster storm?
>> >
>> > Regards, Bob Devries
>> > Dalby, QLD, Australia
>> >
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> You should have seen the video of Edgewater Park in Cleveland! It look like
>
> the what was being shown of the Atlantic Seaboard. 15' waves overrunning
> I90,
> sheesh.
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