My 2010 Liftback; Feels like I just gave birth!

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by bewley

Hey Nook, Thanks for thinking about all of us. Things are pretty crazy here. Lots of friends with no electric still. No heat and sometimes no working toilet, now for weeks. It's pretty crazy. The gas shortage is pretty crazy, I'm sure it's just as bad in CT and probably even worse in Jersey. And now many places aren't allowing people to fill containers. My friends in Red Hook all offered up their drowned cars to the people who needed gas for generators and we went around siphoning last week. Enviri, I'm really sorry about the damage to your car. Hope you guys who lost power finally got it back.

Thanks. I feel for those suffering even more with the Nor'easter hitting all of you. I've heard good things about people in CT seeking customer service re their utilities (phone numbers being manned by actual people 24/7) and the opposite about LIPA. I've heard some LIPA representatives have been rude and that the phone number listed on the notices they leave when people aren't home is not manned by a person at any time. I've heard that some people in Nassau and Suffolk Counties are so frustrated with the Long Island Power Authority that they want the military to come in and be in charge of the power until all power is restored. I also heard about the tent city on the grounds of a racetrack in New Jersey that can serve 4,000 people. It sounds as though local law enforcement and the USMC and other emergency personnel are doing a great job serving at that site. So much need. So much will need to be done for so long. Hopefully at least some of the rebuilds will incorporate some building strategies from hurricane prone areas.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

Thanks. I feel for those suffering even more with the Nor'easter hitting all of you. I've heard good things about people in CT seeking customer service re their utilities (phone numbers being manned by actual people 24/7) and the opposite about LIPA. I've heard some LIPA representatives have been rude and that the phone number listed on the notices they leave when people aren't home is not manned by a person at any time. I've heard that some people in Nassau and Suffolk Counties are so frustrated with the Long Island Power Authority that they want the military to come in and be in charge of the power until all power is restored. I also heard about the tent city on the grounds of a racetrack in New Jersey that can serve 4,000 people. It sounds as though local law enforcement and the USMC and other emergency personnel are doing a great job serving at that site. So much need. So much will need to be done for so long. Hopefully at least some of the rebuilds will incorporate some building strategies from hurricane prone areas.

At some point yesterday (before I wrote this....but I didn't hear about these particular details until today) Reps Peter King and Steve Israel sent a letter to Obama requesting that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers come in and assume the work of LIPA stating "It was the USACE that went into Baghdad and Kabul to turn the lights back on".....probably all over your local media by now, but adding newer, better information to a previous post never hurts .