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Nate
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| Posted on 16-10-2006 20:17 |
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That's right. As you may have notice, I haven't been online since Thursday night because of the unexpected snow storm everyone here was hit in (now in OCTOBER). At 7:41pm Thursday night, the power went off and if you looked outside later in the middle of the night, you couldn't see ANYTHING. It was all white with lightning bolts and thunder tied into it.
When I woke up Friday morning, all of my trees were down, no heat nor power (of course), ansd one power line was on top of my mother's car. We had a tough time getting though the snow and with no heat (that is until Saturday afternoon), I couldn't bathe. YUCK!
With the freezer everythign cvold running out and being spoiled, we had to get whatever we could get that we could eat and save that wasn't and suppose to be stored in cold tempertures (of course, there was outside which we did play on with a few things).
To tell you the truth, the four without power and etc wasn't all that bad. I still had my books (I read Kingdom Come 2-3 times) and my music. Plus we had batteries for the radio to listen in on what was going on. I gotta tell you: it was like being isolated. The world was moving on and things were happening, and we still staying still.
Now I'm back, I got some catching up to do. Solicitions is up so if its not here, expect it later. And I missed last week's Smallville.
Well I'm glad to be back. 
You don't get it, boy... this isn't a mudhole... it's an operating table.
(crack!)
And I'm the surgeon.
- Batman - The Dark Knight Returns
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Phil
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| Posted on 16-10-2006 20:38 |
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woah, snow already? it's actually pretty cold here in MD. i hope we get some snow storms down here. not too much, but just enough so i can miss school. :-D
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Nate
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| Posted on 16-10-2006 21:19 |
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22" of snow was how much we got hit with. Going by my memory. Enough for still, I believe until the update tomorrow, 160,000 of National Grid customers withoutn power now. That also meant alot of schools out for the rest of the week.
I bet the kids are all are crying their eyes out. LOL
But you can't have school without power. That also spells disater for businesses since if their power is out, so is their security.
Other bad things was that was happening to people was that people's basements were flooding. And the generators that people bought, no one knew that they were suppose to keep it outside and alot were hospitalized (including kids) by poisoning. And there were 4 deaths, maybe more. One was cut by the tree that fell on him, others died from car accidents and a couple from the generator poisoning.
You don't get it, boy... this isn't a mudhole... it's an operating table.
(crack!)
And I'm the surgeon.
- Batman - The Dark Knight Returns
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batboy99
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| Posted on 16-10-2006 21:42 |
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heh we got snow the other day,it sucks its gone now
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Catfan
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| Posted on 17-10-2006 05:16 |
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We escaped the storm in Binghamton; it was dry. But we knew about it not just from the news, but also from the electronic signs on the freeways; they advised westbound motorists to use I-86 west instead of the Thruway, which had been closed from Rochester west.
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Nate
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| Posted on 17-10-2006 09:05 |
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Looks like I wasn't the only one. Is spencer1984 fine? Because he lives in upstate NY too.
You don't get it, boy... this isn't a mudhole... it's an operating table.
(crack!)
And I'm the surgeon.
- Batman - The Dark Knight Returns
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spencer1984
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| Posted on 17-10-2006 10:26 |
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We're here & safe, thanks! Glad to hear that you guys made it through OK. I actually live further east than where the storm hit, but my wife was on call all weekend since her Bank's HQ is out there under the snow. |
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Nate
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| Posted on 17-10-2006 11:32 |
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Well the banks here were okay, I guess. Some stores were open with their own generators but the lights were half on and it wasd all cash only (except for Tops). When we went in, it was like going hunting at night in day. "Is there anythere?" "Wait, what's that?!" Kinda stuff.
You don't get it, boy... this isn't a mudhole... it's an operating table.
(crack!)
And I'm the surgeon.
- Batman - The Dark Knight Returns
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Darknight
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| Posted on 17-10-2006 12:30 |
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Man, I am glad I live in the South. The high today is supposed to be around 75.
I am glad that everyone seems to have come out of things unscathed.
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spencer1984
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| Posted on 17-10-2006 12:32 |
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Yeah, apparently she's one of the few people qualified to handle certain situations (part of the post-9/11 disaster preparedness plan), and if that site of the state ent totally out of commission, she was going to have to go in. We didn't get a call, though, so the generators must've held.
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Caleson
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| Posted on 17-10-2006 12:33 |
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I never heard anything about the storm, but it's good to know that all our New Yorkers are in good shape. We've never really had anything like that here as far as I know. A few flakes fell last week, but very little, so it's just kinda drizzly and still fall-like in season. No snow at all, and I'd prefer it stay that way. I hate driving in the middle of a massive snowing with everyone on the highway passing me and getting in accidents.
Nate wrote:
We had a tough time getting though the snow and with no heat (that is until Saturday afternoon), I couldn't bathe. YUCK! Heck, I have constant access to hot water and soap, and I still go about three days between showers... :|
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Nate
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| Posted on 17-10-2006 13:47 |
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I still can't believe it snowed this month. "It's beginning to look alot like Christmas.....wait a minute, it's not even Halloween yet."
My only theory is that its because of last year, we didn't have alot of snow. Little we had. Like on Christmas day, outside was cloudy. No snow. So maybe because of that, we got hit big time.
You don't get it, boy... this isn't a mudhole... it's an operating table.
(crack!)
And I'm the surgeon.
- Batman - The Dark Knight Returns
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