Hey all! I wrote the Long Island power company to find out when they think that power will be back up and running in most neighborhoods and they told me a minimum of 10 days. If it takes that long for them to fix the power, then do you think most of the houses have hurricane damage?

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Орси, ответ на тот пост:

Maybe and maybe not. In Houston during Ike we had 4 million people without power and in some cases it took 10 days or more to restore. Except for Galveston and Bolivar, we had very little home damage despite the massive and long power outages. So, I'd say it depends. Houses tend to be more resilient than the power lines.

More on Long Island:

I have only been able to get in touch with one family member. 90% of the Island has no power, cell phones are not working in most places. Severe flooding on both shores and thousands of trees down. Very bad damage in Huntington, Lindenhurst, the Rockaways...


..I'm in Shoreham, which is on the North Shore. We are a couple miles inland, so all we had was wind really. Lots of trees down in our area and some transformer fires. I was watching them pop on William Floyd Parkway when the winds were peaking around 6-7 p.m. We have underground lines, so we only dealt with some flickering of lights.

It was really bad in coastal areas up here, but we are in pretty good shape where I'm at.

..and more (it's been posted today, 8:02 GMT)

There has been a mandatory evacuation because there is no power or water. National Guard will be patroling. You can also take your pets.

А вообще, не понимаю многих, кого Сэнди не впечатлила,
ой, ничего особенного, радуйтесь лучше,
мы хоть и далеко от океана, вчера здесь такой кошмар был,
Ветер, дождь, потоп, куски стекол летали... Дом ходуном
ходил, мой кот из под кровати не вылазил...
Еще и холодно, отопление не включить, тк электричества нема...

говорят NYC выглядит вот так теперь

(про акул)

Девы, кому надо дозвониться своим, а нет возможности, пишите в личку инфу, я позвоню.

Орси, вот эта фотка - не фотошоп. Я знаю, о чем ты говорила. Это другая фота.

Я именно об этой говорила. Это фотошоп.

Фотки с Лонг Айленда. Ужас.

http://www.newsday.com/news/weather/long-island-destruction-from-sandy-1.4156975#1