Media is over-hyping Irene

[GNucks]

My Guard unit was on standby for like 40 hours because of this storm, ready for a 3-5 week deployment. Never happened  Would've liked to have had an opportunity to help Americans for a change. 

[ozrocker]

I live in South Jersey, we just got power back a little before 9PM tonight.
Other than that nothing major, just trees and stuff around town getting cleaned up.



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[DREDIOCK]

I live in South Jersey, we just got power back a little before 9PM tonight.
Other than that nothing major, just trees and stuff around town getting cleaned up.



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South Brunswick here. Lost power sat night and still waiting. The "canned"answer is this weekend. In the meantime. I'm running off a small generator. a freezer,fridge, tv. plugging in cells and laptops to charge. No internet but, managed to rig up a rudimentary over the air antenna for the tv. Lemme tell ya. if your Japanese. over the air is the way to go. I never knew there were so many Japanese  stations LOL.. Can get in CBS,NBC, and sometimes FOX. with damn good clarity. Anyway. Better then staring at the walls like most are stuck doing in this area. BTW. if your stuck for lighting and don't want to burn candles in rooms that are often unattended. those cheap little solar landscape lights are a dandy option for rooms like bathrooms where you only need to see well enough to find the can. Anyway. improving living conditions more every day and getting plenty of sleep for a change. Feel almost like  a suburban survival man. And by the time services are restored. I may not even care. LOL

[Chilli]

My Guard unit was on standby for like 40 hours because of this storm, ready for a 3-5 week deployment. Never happened  Would've liked to have had an opportunity to help Americans for a change. 

Gnucks,

Pass this on to your unit from those of us who have had the benefit of the Guard pitching in to bring in water, security and normalcy to our splintered lives, be it ever so slightly mangled.

"Just hearing that you guys are on watch, was a big vote in confidence that my community would be in safe hands."    I pray that all of your families made it through with little if any inconvenience.

[Chilli]

Power is out and two very large trees went through the neighbors house. Power
has been out since 6pm EST. Gloucester Virginia here. Cat 1 or 5 this isn't fun either way hahaha.

James,

I live accross the Rappahanock River and 12 miles inland from the Bay in Heathsville, Virginia.  We are just getting our internet towers back a few minutes ago.

I was able to save the siding and roofing on my home by some preventive limb cutting and short encounter face to face with Irene to recover the panels of siding in my front yard.  The majority of the community got their power back on yesterday.  We were more fortunate due to the huge efforts by the tree cutters both prior to and immediately after the storm.

What annoyed me the most about the media, was the constant talk of NYC, even while the storm was stuck over NC, the media seemed to spend 80% of the face time talking about the danger to NYC. 

I am hoping to hear from you and CrazyIvn (lives across the Bay in Maryland Eastern Shore).   Widewing, I am also happy to hear you and yours are okay.  So sorry to hear of the losses from others.  My brother in Somerset, NJ lost power and unable to sustain his generator power for his sub pump, had 5 ft. of water in his basement.  In typical family fashion, he paddled around in his basement on a cooler, entertaining my neice. 

[CAP1]

you wanna talk annoying? the media talks about every state she hit......except nj. 

[Shuffler]

Probably a size does matter thing.

[Rino]

you wanna talk annoying? the media talks about every state she hit......except nj.  

     CNN spent quite a while discussing and showing Paterson CAP.  Of course the Passaic river floods all the time
and that usually makes good tv.  CNET mentioned em too..just not south Jersey.

http://cnettv.cnet.com/record-flood-drowns-paterson-n-j/9742-1_53-50110669.html

     Just my own opinion, but Paterson flooding probably did millions of dollars worth of improvements 
<Just joking, so please no one get all sensitive and stuff>

[GNucks]

New Joisey didn't make the news? Not even with this? http://www.videofantastica.com/view_video/105424/ 

[CAP1]

    CNN spent quite a while discussing and showing Paterson CAP.  Of course the Passaic river floods all the time
and that usually makes good tv.  CNET mentioned em too..just not south Jersey.

http://cnettv.cnet.com/record-flood-drowns-paterson-n-j/9742-1_53-50110669.html

     Just my own opinion, but Paterson flooding probably did millions of dollars worth of improvements  
<Just joking, so please no one get all sensitive and stuff>

 everything i had read online, kept saying "virginia, north carolina, new york, and then went north. even the courier post, a new jersey papar seemed to talk more about everywhere 'cept here.

 i heard on 101.5 about paterson flooding yesterday. it sounds nasty, and i hope everyone up that way's ok.

 oh....that would be princeton, or newark....if they flooded, there'd be tons of improvement. or camden, down here in south jersey..........

[mbailey]

Im not sure they could deliniate between flood damages and normal homes in Camden

[CAP1]

Im not sure they could deliniate between flood damages and normal homes in Camden

 the flood damaged homes are the ones without graffiti, and without scorch marks. they'll also be a bit cleaner, as the used needles, and crack pipes will have washed away.