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People on FB said it was snowing here earlier, but I was asleep and it's all gone now.

Michael has a lot of family in NYC and the ones living on the Rockaways didn't want to leave, but luckily they got the hint and evacuated to Brooklyn. Hopefully they're all ok, I haven't heard anything. :-(

lepetitfromage:
We were out of power for 14 hours, had winds upwards of 50mph...but we're ok and so are my parents!! I feel terrible for everyone who has been hit by this but I'm so grateful that my parents got spared because Irene really kicked the shit out of them (right after they finished cleaning up after the flood they got a few years prior).

Nick and I live in a basement apartment so I was a little worried about taking in water, but not too much since we're quite a bit higher in elevation than the rest of our town. Even though the Hudson reached a record flood stage of 9.5 feet, the worst we witnessed was a transformer blowing a few hundred feet from our place

I was definitely more worried about my folks than myself and they have made out pretty well so far. A tree fell in their backyard and got stuck between two others so it didn't actually cause any damage and other than that, they are just without cable/phone/internet. My brother got about 12 calls in a half hour at the fire house last night, but they've managed to clean everything up the best they could. I have a lot of family in Jersey but so far, everyone is just in the dark but ok.

We're still under a flood warning and a wind advisory but I think we've seen the worst it's gonna get in our area. Stay safe everyone!!

pwhodges:
Seen those pictures of the torn up Atlantic City Boardwalk?  The world's largest pipe organ is in Boardwalk Hall alongside that, and part of its mechanism is below sea level.  Last year the doors held and the pumps kept up; this year they can't even get there to see what's doing.

Carl-E:
Hi!  Here in the foothills of the Alleghenies, we had some serious winds.  All the deciduous trees were already leafless, but many large pines blew over.  Power went out here and there all over - we lost it at about 8 last night for roughly 24 hours.  Some parts of town still have no power.  No snow, but lots of rain. 

There's lots of minor damage around town, siding blown off, lost shingles, and so on.  There were also a few commercial buildings that suffered partial collapses - losing a wall or part of a roof.  Most of them were older buildings. 

~~~

May I give a shout out to backwards compatibility?  It was in the 30's last night, and only in the 40's today.  With no power, our gas furnace won't run.  But the guy who had the house before us (William "Bud" Malone) insisted, when they installed the gas furnace in '65, that they leave the old coal burner (now 112 years old) in the system. 

So we had no heat, but this morning I built a fire in the old furnace.  Got the flue open, and the draft vents, used some of the scrap wood that had been collected in the old coal room.  Got the water up to 100 degrees in the radiator system, which quickly took the house up from below 50 to over 65 degrees.  Kept it burning through the day, and when the power came on this evening, we were still toasty! 

Many of the neighbors have fireplaces (we don't), and were able to heat a room or two, but we had hot radiators throughout the house. 

Oh, and I will never complain about all the jar candles my wife leaves around the house...

lepetitfromage:
 :-D Yeahhh, Nick was pretty appreciative of my candles when we lost power too- they gave off more light than the crappy flashlights we had  :-P

Glad to hear that you're safe!

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