O/T Sandy

[mrvster]

Eric.....
This is one of the reasons i love this hobby.....collectors like you.........thank you my brother ....i appreciate your concern.....and i feel like i know you already......i collect t206 printers scrap/freaks/rare backs/rarities t206....i want to give a shout out to philly suburbs and you my bro...

Chris!!
hope you are well my bro.....i have a woodburner also, best investment....generators dont help if you can't get gas man....second round of a freezer full of ice cream lost again....if u need shelter p.m. me...i'm her for you
Im at jersey shore point pleasant / brick area......WE GOT ROCKED
last night those bombs of heavy snow sounded like boulders hitting the roof
BUT JERSEY STRONG!!!

i'll tell you, that ol' saying "jersey strong" couldn't be more true.....there are some tough axx peops living here


thanks all you guys adam, and aton of others asking about me leon, ur the man.....


the one image i can't get out of my head was the woman who had her infants in her arms and they were washed away.....my entire heart and being goes out to that woman.....i haven't watched much t.v cause i couldn't, but the images i have seen was enough to make me sick...

casino pier being washed away in the ocean almost brought me to tears....i grew up on there....


i caught a #38 striper( a fish, not the girl!!lol) last year a 100 yards off that pier....

my prayers and heart goes out to all that have suffered...


jersey is strong and we will be resilant....

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by mrvster

Eric.....
This is one of the reasons i love this hobby.....collectors like you.........thank you my brother ....i appreciate your concern.....and i feel like i know you already......i collect t206 printers scrap/freaks/rare backs/rarities t206....i want to give a shout out to philly suburbs and you my bro...

Chris!!
hope you are well my bro.....i have a woodburner also, best investment....generators dont help if you can't get gas man....second round of a freezer full of ice cream lost again....if u need shelter p.m. me...i'm her for you
Im at jersey shore point pleasant / brick area......WE GOT ROCKED
last night those bombs of heavy snow sounded like boulders hitting the roof
BUT JERSEY STRONG!!!

i'll tell you, that ol' saying "jersey strong" couldn't be more true.....there are some tough axx peops living here


thanks all you guys adam, and aton of others asking about me leon, ur the man.....


the one image i can't get out of my head was the woman who had her infants in her arms and they were washed away.....my entire heart and being goes out to that woman.....i haven't watched much t.v cause i couldn't, but the images i have seen was enough to make me sick...

casino pier being washed away in the ocean almost brought me to tears....i grew up on there....


i caught a #38 striper( a fish, not the girl!!lol) last year a 100 yards off that pier....

my prayers and heart goes out to all that have suffered...


jersey is strong and we will be resilant....

My purchasing a wood burning stove ten years ago was the best investment I ever made, too. Heat, light and I can cook on it.

I had those snow "bombs" all day today.

I drove past Deal Lake (my favorite lake to fish) in Asbury Park and was awestruck by the devastation. I got very emotional seeing the destruction.

But, of course, it's the people that I feel for most. Families who lost loved ones; homes destroyed. It's all very emotional when you are right next to the families that have been affected. We will recover.

If you live in the tri-state area and weren't affected, then consider yourself fortunate and lucky. I lost power for a total of nine (9) days, lost a front porch and my gutter system and consider myself "lucky."

[z28jd]

I lost five trees yesterday close to the house, plus many more in the woods with this newest storm after losing four big trees during the hurricane. Guessing they were weakened, then broke from the weight of the snow. Lost power for 15 hours after going just over five days without it during the first storm. Definitely not a fun last ten days and I am one of the really lucky ones here in NJ. Not a single thing damaged, amazing with all the stuff we have here.

During last year's hurricane, we had one tree on the entire property fall, hit my dad's old pickup truck parked way on the back of the property, although the tree took the worst of the clash. 1984 Dodge Snow Commandos are apparently tough trucks

[mrvster]

Chris_

I love Deal lake!! i fish opposite on the beach for bass.....i'm sorry for the losses, but your right, the damage we sustained pales in comparison!!

Johnny D!!

THank GOD u and fam are good....tell pops i said hi....email me later...

P.S.

LETS take the commando offroading!

[teetwoohsix]

Johnny !!!

Sorry for the late response, been off for a bit- I'm glad you are safe and back on the board. I can't imagine what everyone back there is going through, all I can say is stay strong and consider moving to Las Vegas No hurricanes here, just 3 to 4 months of extreme heat........

Glad you are ok my friend ...

Sincerely, Clayton

[dougscats]

Hey guys,

Hope you don't mind me joining the thread.

Breezy Point, where I lived, is a peninsula at the end of the Rockaways [Queens, NY], the Atlantic on one side, Jamaica Bay on the other. The entire peninsula was totally submerged under 4-6 feet of water by Sandy. All basements were completely flooded and 90% of all homes had the ocean flowing through their first floors. Hundreds of homes washed off their foundations. Worse than that, 111 homes were immolated by fire, incredibly burnt down to the ground, with only a few chimneys remaining. I choke up now thinking of those heroic volunteer firemen who battled the blaze through the night of the storm. Somehow, they contained it, else the whole Point could've been gone. Miraculously, no one died.

Gotta go now, but it's good to have had this outlet.
I feel a little bit ... better.

Thanks.

Doug

[mrvster]

omg!!

we are here for you brother.....great to hear from you, u have our prayers

[jcmtiger]

Originally Posted by teetwoohsix

Johnny !!!

Sorry for the late response, been off for a bit- I'm glad you are safe and back on the board. I can't imagine what everyone back there is going through, all I can say is stay strong and consider moving to Las Vegas No hurricanes here, just 3 to 4 months of extreme heat........

Glad you are ok my friend ...

Sincerely, Clayton

Clayton, lived Las Vegas for 5 years, more like 5-6 months of extreme heat

[Tobacco&Gum]

Back up and running after 12+ days with no power. We had no cell/4G service for 5 days, no cable, internet or landline phone for 7 days. We had a 200+ year old oak tree come down in our front yard. Thankfully it fell in the perfect spot. It was big enough that it could have hit any one of three houses (including mine), and if it had it would have crushed them. We have a generator and a wood burning stove so we were at least able to stay home (and warm) through it all. We were lucky considering what a lot of people are going though down the shore, and in some parts of NYC/Long Island.

Doug, my heart goes out to you and all of Breezy Point. So many horrible photos and stories coming out of that neighborhood. Stay strong.

[teetwoohsix]

Originally Posted by jcmtiger

Clayton, lived Las Vegas for 5 years, more like 5-6 months of extreme heat

Yeah, I guess I'm not counting May and October,,, but at least it's a dry heat

Johnny, Doug, Vincent, and everyone else- we are praying for you all. I wouldn't wish this upon anyone, for any reason. Stay strong and if at all possible check on elderly or handicapped neighbors who couldn't leave. Sometimes they have no one....

Sincerely, Clayton