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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMy future daughter-in-law called from Brick, NJ and they finally got power. She is a nurse and
worked a 36 hour shift, son works for Verizon and was sent home the first day, now working 12 hour shifts. They had some limbs fall but that's about it. They went into Manasquan as far as they could get and the devestation was so bad, she started to cry and they left. Boats sitting in the roadway, our old restaurant and bar is damaged from water, have no idea what all was lost. Manasquan is between Pt. Pleasant and Sea Girt/Spring Lake. Porches were taken off of beachfront homes. I doubt they will be able to re-build and zoning will be changed. The insurance companies are no longer going to pay to rebuild on these places and I think that's a good thing. So glad they now have power and heat.
uppityperson
(115,679 posts)Looking at photos online,
monmouth
(21,078 posts)liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)I know so many who work long hours and just don't quit. Doctors, too. Well, most public servants, if truth be told. I have the greatest respect for those who spend their lives in service to others.
I'm so sorry. I just hope that one day soon things will start getting back to "normal". It's good to hear that more and more people are getting back their utilities. Those are HUGE basics that people need so they can begin to digest all this and start to picking up the pieces and healing. There will be a lot of rebuilding. I think it's lovely that some of those who survived NOLA are sending messages of hope and courage to those going through what they did.
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)The photos of the damage along the Jersey shore are mind-boggling.
a la izquierda
(11,797 posts)She's 8 1/2 months pregnant. Luckily my mom is close by, so they slept there with the kids at night.
monmouth
(21,078 posts)by today. Coffee seemed to be the big there (LOL), she's cooking a big meal for the first time in ages.
malaise
(269,157 posts)countryjake
(8,554 posts)The devastation stretches so far inland, the breadth of this storm was unimaginable! I just hope that those homes which weren't actually flooded or totally destroyed will all be seeing the lights come back on very soon.
The cold front that is barreling down on the East right now has the potential of delivering even more tragedy to so many who only had their power knocked out...the number of trees down from Sandy is an astronomical number, and now even the Forest Service has been called to aid in removing them, so power companies can get the lines back up. That Nor'easter is only going to compound the misery for too many.
I hope that your family remains safe and sound thru all of this!
Edweird
(8,570 posts)We've been all around and there is definitely some serious damage. Jersey Central is doing a good job of convincing us that they don't give a shit. They don't have a handle on things. There's a nor'easter coming next week and that's probably going to mess everything up again. I was working outside the hospital bearing your screen name yesterday... We are doing the best we can with what we have to work with within the limitations set by Jersey Central. There is more and more help coming every day. Alabama power rolled in today loaded for bear.