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>Mack, >Thanks for the SITREP. I gather you’re in Norfolk. >When do they figure they’ll have the Midtown Tunnel back in business? >Regards, >James the Elder

last report not for another month and a half. Mack Type 1 since 1975 http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org http://www.insulin-pumpers.org  In tribute to the United States of America and the State  of Israel, two bastions of strength in a world filled with strife and  terrorism.

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> last report not for another month and a half.

Geeze! Bet that’s making a LOT of commuters unhappy. And all for want of a bigger hammer! Regards, James the Elder

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>> last report not for another month and a half. >Geeze! Bet that’s making a LOT of commuters unhappy. >And all for want of a bigger hammer! >Regards, >James the Elder

we found out the other day that the tunnel’s flood gates have not been tested or fully closed in over 2 years.  lack of proper maintenance may been a contributing factor. Mack Type 1 since 1975 http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org http://www.insulin-pumpers.org  In tribute to the United States of America and the State  of Israel, two bastions of strength in a world filled with strife and  terrorism.

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Halifax, NS was just hit very hard by Juan.

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Mack, Thanks for the SITREP. I gather you’re in Norfolk. When do they figure they’ll have the Midtown Tunnel back in business? Regards, James the Elder

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Mack, what a story!  When I hear tales such as yours I appreciate again just how fortunate we were.  Stay safe. — Best wishes Louise Type 2 since 2000, controlling by diet and exercise

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Any other Isabel survivors out there?  We didn’t do too badly.  We were >without power for 3 days and internet access for 4 days.  We lost probably >about $200 of food, but were able to save most of our meats.  No trees fell >on our house and no water or sewage damage.  Adjusting what I ate was a big >challenge.  I ate a lot of nuts and salads from a cooler.  We also had bad >water for a couple days, but we had enough bottled water to tide us over. >All in all a very scary storm, but I’m grateful we got through it with only >minor financial loss and inconvenience.   There are still some who don’t >have power yet. > I went to work from  9 am on Thursday until 9 am on Friday to provide > coverage for the storm.  At work we have a large campus.  To walk the > entire perimeter it takes 1 and 15 minutes without stopping.  This > includes the Rec. Island and the hiking trails.  We had several small > trees come down around the parking garage and day car center.  One of > the large trees about 3 stories tall was almost uprooted next to the > main building, even though it is hanging at a 15 degree angle now it > is still being supported by it’s root ball.  The hiking trails along > the river are impassible due to all the trees that came down.  The > Rec. Island only has a couple of branches down.  None of the buildings > suffered any damage.  We still haven’t found out why our small 100 KW > generator blew.  I was actually checking the fuel gauge when it > happened at 2 am and the shower of sparks was pretty un-nerving.  The > 400 KW generator made it through the night.  We had power back on at > the office some time Friday afternoon before I went back to work. > Shortly after losing power all over the city we had a report of a > tornado on the ground in my neighborhood.  Judging from the amount of > damage in my area I don’t think the report was accurate.  I was in > constant telephone contact with my other half who actually got the > night off and stayed home, even though the original plan was to be in > a secured government facility sharing space with marines and navy > personnel until the storm passed. > Normally my office runs on limited staff on Saturdays and is closed on > Sundays.  We changed that and opened for Sat and Sun operating hours > last Saturday.  We started flying in extra people from our home office > and other regional offices so we could have enough people in he field > processing claims as quickly as possible.  We quickly filled several > local hotels with our out of state employees and to help our local > employees we have been allowing them to come in and get ice, shower in > the fitness center and as always we allow them to bring their family > members into eat in our full service restaurant style cafeteria. > At my house we were without power for 3 days.  Lost a few things in > the fridge, nothing from the deep freezer (packed it in ice and kept > fresh ice in it until the power came back on.)  No damage to my home > or any of the trees in my yard.  Many within a 3 block radius did not > do as well.  Several had 2 or more trees fall on and come into their > homes.  One lady’s home is buried under 4 trees only one of which is > from her own yard.  My foster mom is still without power.  She lives > only a few blocks away on the other side of the high way that > separates our neighborhoods.  She’s been spending time here in the AC > but going home at night to keep an eye on her property.  I’ve been > keeping several large coolers filled with ice at her house and keeping > her supplied with fresh brewed Iced Tea and food.  Although many of > the local restaurants opened by Saturday or Sunday and have been > keeping longer hours to feed as many people as possible.  The local > christian church down the street from my house disappointed the entire > neighborhood when the preacher went door to door with a chain saw > asking people if they needed help cutting out any branches or trees > and then asking and I quote "how much money do you have to pay for > this?"  Some areas are still without power and some places were so > badly damaged by falling trees that they are literally unlivable.  One > of the local bridge/tunnels will be closed for up to 2 months because > the bridge workers waited too long to close the flood gates and the > tunnel flooded.  Those areas still without power are under curfew to > reduce crime and help stop the looting that started as soon as local > EMS/Police announced on the radio and TV that all services would be > suspended during the worst part of the storm.  I’ve given away all the > extra supplies I laid in for the storm, batteries, food, bottled > water, kerosene lights and other supplies. > Mack > Type 1 since 1975 > http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org > http://www.insulin-pumpers.org >  In tribute to the United States of America and the State >  of Israel, two bastions of strength in a world filled with strife and >  terrorism.

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>Any other Isabel survivors out there?  We didn’t do too badly.  We were >without power for 3 days and internet access for 4 days.  We lost probably >about $200 of food, but were able to save most of our meats.  No trees fell >on our house and no water or sewage damage.  Adjusting what I ate was a big >challenge.  I ate a lot of nuts and salads from a cooler.  We also had bad >water for a couple days, but we had enough bottled water to tide us over. >All in all a very scary storm, but I’m grateful we got through it with only >minor financial loss and inconvenience.   There are still some who don’t >have power yet.

I went to work from  9 am on Thursday until 9 am on Friday to provide coverage for the storm.  At work we have a large campus.  To walk the entire perimeter it takes 1 and 15 minutes without stopping.  This includes the Rec. Island and the hiking trails.  We had several small trees come down around the parking garage and day car center.  One of the large trees about 3 stories tall was almost uprooted next to the main building, even though it is hanging at a 15 degree angle now it is still being supported by it’s root ball.  The hiking trails along the river are impassible due to all the trees that came down.  The Rec. Island only has a couple of branches down.  None of the buildings suffered any damage.  We still haven’t found out why our small 100 KW generator blew.  I was actually checking the fuel gauge when it happened at 2 am and the shower of sparks was pretty un-nerving.  The 400 KW generator made it through the night.  We had power back on at the office some time Friday afternoon before I went back to work.   Shortly after losing power all over the city we had a report of a tornado on the ground in my neighborhood.  Judging from the amount of damage in my area I don’t think the report was accurate.  I was in constant telephone contact with my other half who actually got the night off and stayed home, even though the original plan was to be in a secured government facility sharing space with marines and navy personnel until the storm passed. Normally my office runs on limited staff on Saturdays and is closed on Sundays.  We changed that and opened for Sat and Sun operating hours last Saturday.  We started flying in extra people from our home office and other regional offices so we could have enough people in he field processing claims as quickly as possible.  We quickly filled several local hotels with our out of state employees and to help our local employees we have been allowing them to come in and get ice, shower in the fitness center and as always we allow them to bring their family members into eat in our full service restaurant style cafeteria. At my house we were without power for 3 days.  Lost a few things in the fridge, nothing from the deep freezer (packed it in ice and kept fresh ice in it until the power came back on.)  No damage to my home or any of the trees in my yard.  Many within a 3 block radius did not do as well.  Several had 2 or more trees fall on and come into their homes.  One lady’s home is buried under 4 trees only one of which is from her own yard.  My foster mom is still without power.  She lives only a few blocks away on the other side of the high way that separates our neighborhoods.  She’s been spending time here in the AC but going home at night to keep an eye on her property.  I’ve been keeping several large coolers filled with ice at her house and keeping her supplied with fresh brewed Iced Tea and food.  Although many of the local restaurants opened by Saturday or Sunday and have been keeping longer hours to feed as many people as possible.  The local christian church down the street from my house disappointed the entire neighborhood when the preacher went door to door with a chain saw asking people if they needed help cutting out any branches or trees and then asking and I quote "how much money do you have to pay for this?"  Some areas are still without power and some places were so badly damaged by falling trees that they are literally unlivable.  One of the local bridge/tunnels will be closed for up to 2 months because the bridge workers waited too long to close the flood gates and the tunnel flooded.  Those areas still without power are under curfew to reduce crime and help stop the looting that started as soon as local EMS/Police announced on the radio and TV that all services would be suspended during the worst part of the storm.  I’ve given away all the extra supplies I laid in for the storm, batteries, food, bottled water, kerosene lights and other supplies. Mack Type 1 since 1975 http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org http://www.insulin-pumpers.org  In tribute to the United States of America and the State  of Israel, two bastions of strength in a world filled with strife and  terrorism.

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This post not CC’d by email >Any other Isabel survivors out there?  We didn’t do too badly.  We were >without power for 3 days and internet access for 4 days.  We lost probably >about $200 of food, but were able to save most of our meats.  No trees fell >on our house and no water or sewage damage.  Adjusting what I ate was a big >challenge.  I ate a lot of nuts and salads from a cooler.  We also had bad >water for a couple days, but we had enough bottled water to tide us over. >All in all a very scary storm, but I’m grateful we got through it with only >minor financial loss and inconvenience.   There are still some who don’t >have power yet.

G’day G’day Folks,  Glad you came through it all so well. I’ll guess we’ll hear about the ones who didn’t fare so well later. The nuts were a smart idea. While nothing as dramatic has occurred here it is the Spring equinox and four transport lorries were over turned on open stretches of highway by the winds. Best wishes, especially for those as yet unaccounted for. — Quentin Grady       ^  ^  / New Zealand,       >#,#< [                     / /     "… and the blind dog was leading." http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/quentin

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In todays newspaper, it stated that some power may not be back on for almost a month for some NC residents! I sympathize for the ones who had it rough with this storm. I recall Hugo in ‘89, and it came inland toward the Western part of NC. I live 45-50 miles from Charlotte. We only got a little wind off of Isabel. One thing I did see the day of Isabel, rather in the evening….it was a RAINBOW! Hadn’t seen one in a long time. My father seen it from the front porch and had me to see it. (no pot of gold though, at the end of it)….:( (LOL!!!) Kimberly Hedrick type 1, since 1974, at age 3.

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> Any other Isabel survivors out there?  We didn’t do too badly.  We were > without power for 3 days and internet access for 4 days.  We lost probably > about $200 of food, but were able to save most of our meats.  No trees fell > on our house and no water or sewage damage.  Adjusting what I ate was a big > challenge.  I ate a lot of nuts and salads from a cooler.  We also had bad > water for a couple days, but we had enough bottled water to tide us over. > All in all a very scary storm, but I’m grateful we got through it with only > minor financial loss and inconvenience.   There are still some who don’t > have power yet.

We were only slightly affected here in NY.  Had a power outage overnight, and some downed trees, but no real damage. — Type 2 http://users.bestweb.net/~jbove/

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We were without DSL for 14 hours!!! however two blocks west of us, and west for almost a mile from there still has no signs of power or traffic lights. We were prepared for flooding as we are sensitive to heavy rainfall, but got none. I cut down or trimmed all the trees near from the houses power, phone, and cable lines.  I think that the investment in a new pruning hook WELL paid for itself. The trees and vines had been so entangled that when I cut the largest tree down, it stayed hung up.  I had to trim it out of the lines with a 20′ pruning hook We had three trees down on the house last major storm (Floyd), so I guess the remaining ones were strong enough and had deep enough roots. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Any other Isabel survivors out there?  We didn’t do too badly.  We were > without power for 3 days and internet access for 4 days.  We lost probably > about $200 of food, but were able to save most of our meats.  No trees fell > on our house and no water or sewage damage.  Adjusting what I ate was a big > challenge.  I ate a lot of nuts and salads from a cooler.  We also had bad > water for a couple days, but we had enough bottled water to tide us over. > All in all a very scary storm, but I’m grateful we got through it with only > minor financial loss and inconvenience.   There are still some who don’t > have power yet. > — > Best wishes > Louise > Type 2 since 2000, controlling by diet and exercise

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Any other Isabel survivors out there?  We didn’t do too badly.  We were without power for 3 days and internet access for 4 days.  We lost probably about $200 of food, but were able to save most of our meats.  No trees fell on our house and no water or sewage damage.  Adjusting what I ate was a big challenge.  I ate a lot of nuts and salads from a cooler.  We also had bad water for a couple days, but we had enough bottled water to tide us over. All in all a very scary storm, but I’m grateful we got through it with only minor financial loss and inconvenience.   There are still some who don’t have power yet. — Best wishes Louise Type 2 since 2000, controlling by diet and exercise

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Glad to hear that there wasn’t any lasting physical damage. Welcome back, you only missed 5 or 6 flamewars, pretty average really, LOL. — t2_lurking geabbottATabbottandabbottDOTcom Do not mail to t2_lurking (auto-delete)

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Any other Isabel survivors out there?  We didn’t do too badly.  We were > without power for 3 days and internet access for 4 days.  We lost probably > about $200 of food, but were able to save most of our meats.  No trees fell > on our house and no water or sewage damage.  Adjusting what I ate was a big > challenge.  I ate a lot of nuts and salads from a cooler.  We also had bad > water for a couple days, but we had enough bottled water to tide us over. > All in all a very scary storm, but I’m grateful we got through it with only > minor financial loss and inconvenience.   There are still some who don’t > have power yet. > — > Best wishes > Louise > Type 2 since 2000, controlling by diet and exercise

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