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Stay safe, check in if you like.

Here we've had some power hiccuping.

Oh and here's something to help - http://emergencycompliment.com/#

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[+9] - Joe Nation - 11/02/2012Okay. It's official. I am not running this year's NYC Marathon. I cannot, in good conscience, participate in an event which takes the attention of a single policeman, EMT, or other emergency...
[+6] - Roberta - 10/29/2012Checking in. But not sure I'm supposed to be here. I don't drink--alcohol. I have water. I have food. I have a flashlight with batteries. Trying to decide whether to put those big taped Xes on...
[+6] - Joe Nation - 11/01/2012Left for work this AM an hour and a half early, walked the twenty blocks down to 168th Street where we were told the faithful A train would be headed downtown. Uh, no. At least not when I got...
[+5] - Roberta - 10/30/2012Hey, I'm on the east side of Manhattan, and my lights are on. They flickered twice. Otherwise, I'd hardly notice there's a storm. It ain't over yet. I'm prepared. Don't like the thought of the...
[+5] - Roberta - 10/31/2012I got a message from Thomas. He's without power, but he's ok.
[+5] - Sturgis - 11/03/2012[quote=ossobuco] Woke up sad, worried. Hope Jes' parents and Sturgis and Tsar and Thomas and JoeN and his honey and Frank and Kicky and Nextone and and and .....
[+4] - farmerman - 10/29/2012Its murder here. Weve never had as high winds as this before. Something in the village exploded and we see smoke now. The village is in a low spot and its flooded before during Iasabella and Once...
[+4] - Roberta - 10/30/2012Speaking of 9/11, the silence reminds me of that horrible day. No subway. No buses. Very little traffic. But no sound of fighter planes in the sky. Glad for small favors.
[+4] - Roberta - 10/30/2012I called Nextone. She's fine. She has power. High winds in her area, but not a lot of rain. I've been trying to reach the hospital to find out about my appointment tomorrow. I can't get through....
[+4] - Roberta - 10/30/2012Izzie querida, Where am I gonna go? So far I have everything I need. The elevator is running. My phone is working. I'm OK. It's OK where I am. Still reeling over the clips of seeing lower...

I am not going to start drinking until 5PM.

Joe(I have an alarm set. )Nation

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@jespah,

Nice idea.

A couple of resources:

http://www.ready.gov

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/10/28/nyregion/hurricane-sandy.html

For those of us who aren't impacted but would like to help:

https://www.redcross.org/donate/index.jsp

(I may be impacted, we'll see.)

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@Joe Nation,

But, but, if the power goes out, your alarm might be late. I say, start drinkin' now. Avoid the rush.

It is ... eep ... I know the pressure drop is making me feel worse, but this is rather unpleasant.

Already switched the cordless phone over to corded, so we will at least have a phone (but no machine) if the outages persist. That way, we can get robocalls in the dark.

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@jespah,

jespah wrote:

Already switched the cordless phone over to corded

this is why I don't want to give up my old skool landline - sometimes it's the only thing that works

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@sozobe,

Thanks!

NStar outage map for South-Central New Englanders -
http://outage.nstar.com/outage/
Over 50% power outages in Barnstable (Cape Cod) and Sherburne (huh?).

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@ehBeth,

Same here. Shmancy newer phone is now staying in the plant room for the duration. Cel phone has full battery power but is off for the nonce.

Cripes, it is blowin' out there.

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@jespah,

((cough cough)) Present and accounted for.

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@jespah,

Sherburne = Nantucket

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@Joe Nation,

will this impact the marathon?

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@Joe Nation,

Hey, it's past five in London.

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our "computer room" is on the northeast corner of the house.
dang it, but these windows are rockin' & a-rollin'...

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@Region Philbis,

Tangent - what happens if you have wifi (I don't truly understand wifi).

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Just went out to fetch the downspout's L segment from the sidewalk.
The gutter is pulled a bit away from the house. Please stay up till this
blows over. Please.

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@George,

Aargh.

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@ehBeth,

ehBeth wrote:

will this impact the marathon?

If they can run 26 miles then they can run 26 miles underwater! Lickity split!

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@ossobuco,

ossobuco wrote:

Tangent - what happens if you have wifi (I don't truly understand wifi).

Wifi is only effected if the electricity goes down.

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Oh, yeah. The drinking. Hot spiced apple cider & rum.

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@George,

Waking up and worrying.

I have scotch. No soft stuff.

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Fresh baked hurricane brownies have now been born straight from the oven. They're in the cooling down stage.

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