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Offline epic7

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Re: Hurricane Sandy
« Reply #30 on: October 31, 2012, 08:36:50 pm »
Yay, I just got my power back! Most of my town still is out.
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Re: Hurricane Sandy
« Reply #31 on: October 31, 2012, 09:09:36 pm »
yeah, and I live in a place that's 4465 ft above sea level.

@Epic that's nice. Now you can waste time on the internet again!
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Re: Hurricane Sandy
« Reply #32 on: November 10, 2012, 02:14:24 am »
O hai... i just got my power back due to Hurricane Sandy knocking out our power lines for almost two weeks.

i live in Levittown, NY which is in Nassau County Long Island.  Let's just say that i have never seen big tall trees do so much damage in my entire life due to the winds literally uprooting them from the ground.  Fortunately we didnt get any damage, but some houses werent so lucky... roofs damages, and even cars crushed by the trees.  As for other parts of long island, from what i understand, Long Beach is gone, and some parts near the water are still flooded.

Meanwhile everyone is pissed off at LIPA (the electric company) for taking their sweet-ass time getting the problems fixed... at least thats what people are saying
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Re: Hurricane Sandy
« Reply #33 on: November 10, 2012, 02:29:21 am »
Does your area use power lines like we do here, or is it mostly underground? If it's all in towers, then that was REALLY fast getting them all back up. At my place, a power pole got struck by lightning and went down, and we were out of power for 2 weeks.

Glad to hear it went so well for you!
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Re: Hurricane Sandy
« Reply #34 on: November 10, 2012, 04:11:21 am »
From what I remember, Hydro-Quebec sent a few guys last week to help restoring power in some areas and EnergyNB or whatever it is called did so too. I hope people get power back ASAP, especially with how cold it is lately sometimes. 10 or 12 years ago, we had a freezing rain storm in another home we lived in and when we woke up, we had no more power and it didn't come back until close to 10 AM. We had to wear hoodies plus two t-shirts and as power returned, I was considering getting small gloves or going back in bed to stay warm. It wasn't that cold outside but still winter weather and the house would get cold quite fast. I can't imagine losing power for 2 week (although where I live now it is more isolated).
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Re: Hurricane Sandy
« Reply #35 on: November 10, 2012, 10:53:41 am »
Quote from: willrandship on November 10, 2012, 02:29:21 am
Does your area use power lines like we do here, or is it mostly underground? If it's all in towers, then that was REALLY fast getting them all back up. At my place, a power pole got struck by lightning and went down, and we were out of power for 2 weeks.

Glad to hear it went so well for you!

We use Power lines, so the poles were either leanijng down towards the streets like they were about to crash down, or the power lines just snapped and were all over the street
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Re: Hurricane Sandy
« Reply #36 on: November 10, 2012, 03:43:54 pm »
By the way, has the snowstorm that occured after Sandy caused any further damage to any of the people around you or yourself?
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Re: Hurricane Sandy
« Reply #37 on: November 11, 2012, 01:56:56 am »
Quote from: DJ_O on November 10, 2012, 03:43:54 pm
By the way, has the snowstorm that occured after Sandy caused any further damage to any of the people around you or yourself?

yep, few powerlines went out because of it... tree branches were the biggest obstickes though cause the weight from the snow made them snap down easily specially after the hurrcane made them weak to begin with.
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