<p>why isn’t this story being told? maybe with the election over, we can get some coverage so that we can let people know how bad things are in the northeast. and now this new storm…my heart is breaking for the poor folks caught up in this.</p>
<p>it sounds rotten already. My son called from Boston…he had to wipe the snow off his car before he could drive home from work tonight.</p>
<p>That really makes me worry about all those in the NE without roofs, and power…</p>
<p>.I am surprised that the National Guard / Army Corp of Engineers has not been called out in force to help in the effort to get things back on.</p>
<p>I saw the Gov and mayor of NY giving themselves a pat on the back as well as the federal government for their response to the storm…meanwhile there is a hell of a lot of people suffering out there …this is no different that Katrina in my opinion, only the temps. I don’t think that the RED CROSS is all that responsive either. It is the hands of community members that a difference , and that is a horrible reality. I never thought I would take a roll in strangers lives like I have in the last several days , but I feel like I have to…it could be any of us. I have adopted an elderly woman who lives alone and had her home severely damaged…she has no family and is about as tech savvy as my mother so I am doing all that I can to get things moving for her…I am truly humbled by the outpouring of help from people in places so far away that get paid nothing…it’s incredible and at the same time, shameful that organizations that have taken massive donations are conspicuously absent…</p>
<p>NYMomof2,
When power is transmitted in 3 phases, sometimes one phase gets knocked out but the other 2 are fine. My in-laws in Bergen County lost power to half of their house; they are running the other half off of extension cords. That, and what Samiamy said - sometimes the area power lines are wired like a plate of spaghetti, hard to follow any one string.</p>
<p>The National Guard, the Forest Service, and more have been out in Connecticut helping to clear the roads so the power crews can restore power. It seems to me that even though we had Snowtober and Irene to thin out the canopy last year, and I believe a tree trimming program this year, there was still a tremendous amount of tree damage resulting in power outages. </p>
<p>In our town, a street called Pine Ridge Rd was totally impassable until a few days ago.</p>
<p>In more recent news, it took me an hour to get home from work (7 miles, usually 12 minutes) today due to the snow and accidents. Home in one piece – and apparently watching Twitter there are a lot of people that can’t say <em>that</em> tonight.</p>
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<p>Not possible it’s the power company’s fault unless they have two meters coming into the house and two separate breaker boxes, which is not likely. Sounds instead like they have a problem with a sub-panel. Call an electrician.</p>
<p>Hi, everyone! Miss me? 
8 days without power. 2-3 hour lines for gas, including buying gas to power 10 hours worth of generator power. After 10 hours, another 2-3 hour wait all over again.</p>
<p>Our food all went bad in our homes, and the restaurants’ which had electricity began to run out of food. I asked the owner of the diner if there were food shortages, and he told me, no there’s plenty of food but they were running out of gas to truck it in. It’s not that there is actually no gas, but that many of the gas stations with gas don’t have electricity to power the pumps.</p>
<p>The son of a friend of mine lost his home. They lived in Breezy Point, and the house was just blown off the foundation and into the ocean. The son is a fireman, and spent days on the Pile, so I just don’t know how he deals with all this. </p>
<p>Best of luck to you all, esp. limabeans.</p>
<p>Can anyone report the snow conditions coming up from DC, through Jersey to Manhattan? DD is returning (homeless) tomorrow morning after Sandy–will she be able to get into the city via bus?</p>
<p>Hey fauve – I can only report on the Manhattan piece – cold wet and messy – definitely need an umbrella to shield you from the white flying stuff. It isn’t freezing cold nor is the snow the “sticky” kind – more of a slippery mess if you’re wearing nice shoes.</p>
<p>Buses are moving – not swiftly, but steadily. Subways are good.</p>
<p>Manhattan has not yet formed the fearsome/awe-inspiring brownish-grey slush puddles that stretch from the curb out about 6 feet to the street. So she should be fine. :)</p>
<p>Condolences to all. Makes my trials seem very trivial, which they are.</p>
<p>From lje62:
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<p>Check out this humorous but serious article by Simon Doonan which explains it all: [Hurricane</a> Sandy: Bloomberg’s press conferences were an exercise in nonsense. - Slate Magazine](<a href=“http://www.slate.com/articles/life/doonan/2012/11/hurricane_sandy_bloomberg_s_press_conferences_were_an_exercise_in_nonsense.html]Hurricane”>Hurricane Sandy: Bloomberg’s press conferences were an exercise in nonsense.)</p>
<p>I can’t figure out why this isn’t in the news. In chicago we joke all the time about how the coverage on “alleged” national news channels is really mostly about the north east, and, if it happens in New York it is always news. But, this? crickets.</p>
<p>If I wasn’t checking in on this thread, I wouldn’t even know about this, and I keep up with the news.</p>
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My in-laws in Bergen County lost power to half of their house;</p>
<p>Not possible it’s the power company’s fault unless they have two meters coming into the house and two separate breaker boxes, which is not likely. Sounds instead like they have a problem with a sub-panel. Call an electrician.</p>
<p>Sorry, can’t do all the sub-quotes right I’m my iPad.</p>
<p>We lost half of our power a few years ago when away on vacation and learned how it works. Most homes have 220 supplied by two 110 lines. You only need the 220 for the dryer and maybe the range. The rest of your house will be wired in two groups. If you lost half, it’s not the power company’s fault. The problem is in your supply from the street. In our case, flooding of the underground boxes. Unfortunately our fridge was on the dead half…</p>
<p>And wow, prayers are with all who are getting another storm before they recovered from the lat one.</p>
<p>What a great link, Classof2015 (#1131). Dang, Simon Doonan, say it like it is!</p>
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<p>I’ve seen it in the news for the past two or three days, both local (SC) and national. Not sure what stations/networks you are all watching.</p>
<p>Toblin and Dragonmom,
We also lost power in half, a few years ago- the issue was in the street, not in the house. It was that, over the years, as power to the house was increased, the new wiring (from the closest junction to the house -to the demarcation point,) was connected via different cables along (in our case) the same route. We have underground on my street. Power company’s problem. Fixed at the manhole, in our case.</p>
<p>I’m in Chicagoland and knew about the east coast snowstorm for several days. But I don’t remember if I learned this from local or national news reports.</p>
<p>The Weather Channel has officially named its first winter storm - Athena. </p>
<p>Jim Cantori is in New Jersey and said the snowflakes were the size of silver dollar pancakes. Why couldn’t he just say they were the size of silver dollars :rolleyes:? I guess the pancakes are bigger than the dollars.</p>
<p>Marylyn -I’ve seen lots is snowflakes- lives in Montana, Utah and Vermont and those snowflakes yesterday were freakishly large- silver dollar “pancakes” good description-</p>
<p>Pancakes are fluffy, silver dollars are heavy. Well, dense, really.</p>