Hi. I know I'm really late to post here and it's most likely dead but I just wanted to pop in to report that my house & my family came thru the storm ok. I live in Tottenville section of Staten Island and the thought that so many people lost their lives just 3-4 blocks from me is unfathomable. :(
We lost power for 2 full days. Last year during Irene, we were down for a night. My son and I broke out the beer and wine and played 500 rummy all night.
This time was different: we moved my 92 year old mom and 65 year old brother with special needs into our home last Jan when she fell and broke her ankle. It was not her idea and we had months of passive/aggressive behavior to battle, but she seems to finally accept this is what it is.
Typical of the elderly, she is cold ALL THE TIME....wore sweater while sitting in the sun on my front porch in July!!
So once the power went out and the old house started to chill, it became my quest to keep her warm. Wrapped her up like a freakin' burrito at night
(Note to self: order a GENERATOR as soon as they are back in stock!!)
Had little idea what was going on outside of what we heard from the neighbors....but after a while I didn't really want to know. my neighbor is a volunteer at the local shelter and the stories she had to tell were heartbreaking: people came Monday night, expecting to wait out the storm....left in the morning, thanking everyone and wishing everybody well....two hours later, they walked back in.....totally in shock....their homes were gone....just gone....
The Island is not that big, so I expect that eventually I am going to hear from someone I know that knew one of the people who died Monday.....
Tuesday and Wednesday with no power......starting to get 'dark' at 3:30PM, I was so depressed.....missed being here on Atopia....worried about family (3 cousins) who live in Breezy Point (all ok, houses flooded and lost all their cars, but they're grateful to be alive).
Sorry for such a long post......being cut off for so long is making me a chatterbox (more than usual)
I'm glad the Marathon was cancelled. No one here wanted to see it happen tomorrow...not when they''re still searching for the missing just a few miles away from the bridge at Midland and South Beaches...
I'm leaving tmw for a week in San Juan with 2 girlfriends....a gift from one of them, my oldest/dearest friend who decided I needed this even before Sandy.
Leaving my wonderful amazing husband-home-on-total-disability to take care of Mom and Bro all week...He insisted I go and I'm trying not to feel guilty about it.....but I am going
That's all for now. Just so damned glad to get back here and TRY to catch up on what I've missed. I've lost track of Adam's performance schedule!?!? How could that possibly happen!?!?
Peace
