Re: [Chrysler300] Sandy - Report from the shore

[cpaviper@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Pete and Anne and friends in the NY/NJ area, 



Great to hear  that you fared pretty well these past few days! Knowing where you live, I was really concerned about the probable flooding in your neighborhood.  



United cancelled my Thursday's flight into LaG uardia last Thursday, but my children's flight on American was the 2nd plane to land there when the airport  reopened early Thursday morning. We flew in Friday morning for my niece's wedding in Queens on Saturday. We cancelled our reservations at the Westin near Times Square, and opted for a Holiday Inn near the venue. Cabs were scarce at the airport and the dispatcher was pairing up as many folks as possible to try to  keep the wait lines down.  Remarkably quiet trafficwise in Midtown - few cabs and fewer cars - made it down to the L ower East Side Saturday morning, where shops were just opening for business since the previous Sunday. S taging of about 40 large  electrical utilities trucks in Union Park. About 2/3 of the MTA subway lines not operating through Saturday - and th e lines that were running were stopping at 34th Street. 57 St reet station closed because of the broken dangling crane swinging overhead. Cabbies and limo drivers waiting 2 to 8 hours in line for gas, with one limo driver drove up to Connecticut, because it was only a 2 hour round trip for him.  Walking as far south as East  4th Street, we saw no flood damage. 



Hope you're powered up soon! 



Noel Hastalis 

Burr RIdge, IL 


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From: pffkllc@xxxxxxx 
To: chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Monday, November 5, 2012 10:45:01 AM 
Subject: [Chrysler300] Sandy - Report from the shore 

  




Hi Group: 

Finally got to my office where I have electricity, phone and 
internet, so I can report on the situation at least in my part of the shore. 

We were very fortunate, in that the only damage to the house was the 
loss of two panes of glass, literally sucked out of our attic window by a 
wind gust. We lost three major trees, each over 60 feet tall but, happily, 
they all fell the right way and didn't hit the house, the garage or the cars 
parked in the driveway. We had no water in the house at all but (Required 
300 content) we had 3" to 4" of water in the garage which only wet the 
hubcaps of the G and the Silver K. This storm represents the first time in 35 
years that we have had any flood water on the property at all, so you can 
figure how high this surge must have been. We still have no power, phones 
or internet and they are saying that the power outage could continue for 
anywhere between an additional 5 and 12 days. We do have the use of our son's 
generator which we run periodically, but not full time. It supplies power 
for the fridge, the freezer and a couple of other things, but not the 
furnace, so we are learning to live in a colder climate. (Where is global 
warming when you need it?) 

The area is absolutely devastated. The entire town of Sea Bright was 
destroyed, as were several others along the shore. A new inlet was cut 
between the ocean and Barnegat Bay in Mantoloking, and the island between 
Point Pleasant and Seaside Heights is inaccessible to anyone, because of the 
damage and the possibility of fires from broken gas mains. 

All in all, we consider ourselves to be very fortunate, and we hope 
that none of you experienced any major losses in this storm. 

Regards, 

Pete & Anne Fitch 

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