How has SANDY effected you??

[HEMI-ITIS]

SANDY has come and gone,leaving a swath of destruction behind.I'm on higher ground so the flood surge did me no harm,but a few miles away the the shoreline took a beating on the north and south shores
Since the storm,I have recovered over 30 cars from the south shore of Long Island{I own my tow truck}.Have picked up as far east as Amity Harbor and west into Coney Island and Brighton Beach in Brooklyn.Long beach and the Rockaways were devistated.Most of the boardwalks were washed inland,Breezy Pointe lost over 100 homes to fire.There are THOUSANDS of people that lost thier homes and contents.It's very depressing driving through these towns and seeing the contents of the house laying out front piled up along the curb,everything ruined by the flood waters.Hearing the stories of survival from the owners of the vehicles I'm picking up breaks my heart.There are still MILLIONS without electric.
I've been pulling cars out 2 at a time and leaving a trail of water that's draing out of the cars,it turns into a heavey mist over about 40 MPH.Like what you see in your mirrors when you drive in the rain.
You guys know I'm a picture taker,but for this,,,,,,I wouldn't take even one:icon_puke_l:

So how did you folks fare the storm??This is the worst storm to ever hit the northeast.

 

[rlsbee]

I was also very fortunate. I live about 30 miles west of the southern new jersey coast. The 'eye' of the storm passed directly over us so we got the 'front side' and 'back side' winds. Bad enough, to create some minor flooding and wind damage. On the southern jersey coast there is much damage. I'm actually closer to the Delaware Bay coast. Damage there was very bad for some areas but apparently only bad up through the area of the Cohansey River. I've seen so many pictures of the damage in your area. When looking at those pictures and contemplating the effect that it has on the lives of those who live there....well, it's very sad. It will take a very long time for them to have 'normal' lives and my heart aches for them.

 

[Pops1967GTX]

I was concerned about my daughter & son both in college in the storms path.Thank God that they were safe. Upstate NY, I had loss of power for 2 1/2 days. Broken garage doors, trees broken,almost every road, had down wires & trees on them....Coping with little gas, trying to get supplies, doing repairs....Too many homes were lost..... My heart goes out to those who still have no power, no heat & homes.....

 

[usaroadrunner]

Keeping the lights on

This is my second week from home..:sad4: We are restoring power as fast as we canh. It has been long days, but we are gaining progress. We will we get. We are out hitting hard to get the lights on.

 

[Pistol Pete]

I have many friends and family still in Jersey and fortunately, none (that I know of) have suffered the kind of loss as you see on the immediate coast. In my misbegotten youth, I spent many a drunken night on Staten Island and it breaks my heart to see what those people are going through.

My daughter is headed out to Jersey this week to volunteer in a soup kitchen and bring water and clothing. The better half and I are gathering up provisions to send with her. Thoughts and prayers to all in need.

 

[Ron 73]

If anyone has an address to send a little money to help out please post it up, My wife and i would be glad to try to help out some folks, and add our prayers and thoughts as well to all who need it!

 

[tpodwdog]

If anyone has an address to send a little money to help out please post it up, My wife and i would be glad to try to help out some folks, and add our prayers and thoughts as well to all who need it!

send money here...:

TPODWDOG...Pittsburgh Pa. thank you for your support. !

the storm did no damage here...just alot of rain (5 days of it)....it never rained inside the barn before...dont worry, the cars are ok and didnt get wet! we pulled the Javelin off of the car hauler in a down pour tho....THAT WAS FUN !

 

[Bruzilla]

We suffered terribly from the high winds on the backside of the storm. They blew our Creeper from Jeepers Creepers off the roof and into the front yard, damaging both the wings and breaking an arm off. We're still waiting on FEMA to show up to assist with his rebuilding.

 

[CTMopar]

We lost power from Monday through Thursday but no damage.

 

[Budnicks]

Hemi ItIS good to see you didn't get hammered too much, it sounds like we have allot of fortunate members here, that didn't get hit "too bad" by the storm, I hope everyone & their families, from our tight little forum group stayed safe, dry & good to hear none of your Mopars were damaged either... My best wishes go out to the rest of the unfortunate people, that lost so much & will deal with the losses for a long time to come, it appears....

 

[PST]

Unfortunately I was away for work at the SEMA show all week. So I felt terrible leaving knowing the pending storm. So I flew home Thursday once we landed it was a pitch black ride down route 80. Fortunately my wife never lost power, but my parents didn't fair so well. The winds blew the shingles off their house with extensive water damage on the second floor and trees down in the back yard crushing a few of the pipes in their septic field. They are with out power and not expected to see it for another 2 weeks. So on a positive note my parents are living at my house and now when I come home dinner is already made (no complaints here). But the town I grew up in is devastated the schools have become shelters for the displaced and it will be a couple of week before school resume for the children.

 

[RustyRatRod]

It had no direct affect on us at all in central Georgia, but the more I read about it and see about it online, the more my heart goes out to those that were involved. People fighting over gas, throwing eggs and rotten vegetables at utility workers who are trying to cut their power back on, comedians using it as the brunt of jokes, people politicizing it for gain, it's all so bazzare. It's almost as if the value of life itself has escaped us all. People DIED in a terrible storm. We should all pray for their families.

 

[1948 santa]

We are about 100 miles south were sandy made landfall,had lots of rain but never lost power or cable,we were very furtunate.

 

[WileE]

After a week, power has now been restored for myself. I've incurred little damage. But what the shore & adjacent counties have suffered is astonishing, to say the least. The damage and destruction is incredible. The shores of New Jersey, Staten Island, and Long Island have been decimated. Lower Manhattan has flooded into tunnels & subways never seen before. Homes have literally been demolished, ripped off their foundations & torn apart. The geography of some areas have been changed by the ocean. I've been through areas where massive trees have crushed homes & cars. I don't believe the enormity has been accurately reported in the media, for whatever reason. I personally know somebody who's been displaced that tells me they've been recovering bodies along the shore that's not been disclosed. Thankfully, there's been good people helping others. And I'm grateful for the emergency power workers I've seen in my area from Louisiana & Alabama, a shout-out "thank you" !

 

[68sportsatelliteragtop]

Down here in Maryland we consider ourselves lucky to have been spared the worst of the storm. Only a couple deaths attributed to the storm and aftermath. After seeing the photos of the destruction up north of here, I can only imagine the heartache and suffering going on in those densely populated areas. For those who would try to make light of the situation with an attempt at humor, I can only hope you never have to be in such a predicament.

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If anyone has an address to send a little money to help out please post it up, My wife and i would be glad to try to help out some folks, and add our prayers and thoughts as well to all who need it!

The Red Cross is collecting, I heard the televised fundraiser raised over 23 million for the relief effort.

 

[loneagle]

All I will say is that I feal bad for them as in all storms and such in my line of work we see it all cause we get to be there visit go by see it first hand we deliver the stuff to prepare for it to repair after it and still remove a lot of it and other stuff from the area I'm sorry for the lost lives and destroyed homes and such glad to hear you guys on here are ok and we fared ok but got water damage and such from the rain I live like an hr from topdog but I got a lot of rain like 10 days

 

[Diecastdeluxe]

Made a mess of my roof, and we had major leakage. We got it fixed though. We still have vinyl siding we can't find.

 

[Agtree]

I am packing up my chip truck and crew and heading east from Seattle this week. I own a tree service here and want to help. I have never been to that area and ANY info on affordable place for my crew (4 guys) to stay would be very much appreciated. I have many saws, rigging, dump truck and chipper. If anyone needs any highly skilled tree work done please shoot me a message. www.agtree.com
My truck will be shipped to Linden. I will go from there to where I am needed.

 

[RustyRatRod]

That's extremely generous of you.

Now, I don't want this to come out wrong......so please know I am not trying to insult anyone. BUT, make SURE you keep an eye out for your equipment. Lock it DOWN. Things like this storm can make even good people do desperate things and bad people do much worse things.

Like I said, I ain't tryin to say anything derrogatory about anybody. As if folks ain't already pissed off with the economy, lack of jobs and everything else, this storms comes along and wipes out everything for a lot of people.......Godspeed and be careful.

I am packing up my chip truck and crew and heading east from Seattle this week. I own a tree service here and want to help. I have never been to that area and ANY info on affordable place for my crew (4 guys) to stay would be very much appreciated. I have many saws, rigging, dump truck and chipper. If anyone needs any highly skilled tree work done please shoot me a message. www.agtree.com
My truck will be shipped to Linden. I will go from there to where I am needed.

 

[Agtree]

Thanks! Will do for sure!! Be on the ground tomorrow.