Northeastern U.S. Members Be Safe. [Archive]

Greg'sGarters

10-28-2012, 10:17 PM

guidofatherof5

10-29-2012, 06:35 AM

They are estimating 10 million+ without power from Sandy.

BLUESIRTALIS

10-29-2012, 06:59 AM

My prayers are with all of you affected by the storm.

twgrosmick

10-29-2012, 07:42 AM

With classes cancelled here I can catch up on feeding/cleaning and maybe a little bit of homework :)

Stefan-A

10-29-2012, 08:50 AM

Good luck.

Mommy2many

10-29-2012, 09:47 AM

Watching and waiting. Connecticut already has 9 thousand without power. We are ok so far. No school today and tomorrow.
Snakes and frogs and fish all fed and fresh water. Kids are on their own :)
Airports closing, Amtrak cancelled service on eastern seaboard. They are calling it "Frankenstorm"

mikem

10-29-2012, 10:16 AM

Hope everyone is okay!

-MARWOLAETH-

10-29-2012, 10:26 AM

Good luck everyone!

Invisible Snake

10-29-2012, 10:59 AM

This is an amazing shot of New York today with the Frankenstorm bearing down. Nature is so powerful, yet so beautiful.

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ProXimuS

10-29-2012, 05:18 PM

Is that seriously real...?:eek:

Sending good luck from Houston to all in that area!!

-MARWOLAETH-

10-29-2012, 05:23 PM

It reminds of one of the ghost buster films.
Be safe Yanks.

mikem

10-29-2012, 08:15 PM

Marnie wanted me to post an update for her. As of a few hours ago, she has shut down the computer and has a full charge on her phone. They have a heater in case of a power outage. Hopefully all will be fine.

RedSidedSPR

10-29-2012, 08:19 PM

So far I haven't gotten anything in Charlotte, which is surprising according to the television.

Hope everyone else in the far more affected areas is all good.

Thamnophis

10-30-2012, 04:52 AM

Wish all the people who live in the Sandy-area much luck fighting against the wind and rain!

guidofatherof5

10-30-2012, 05:36 AM

Sounds like many of our NY and other area members are probably without power.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to you.
Stay safe and hang in there.

Invisible Snake

10-30-2012, 07:02 AM

Is that seriously real...?:eek:

Unfortunately it's not. I learned of this last night, that the picture had been digitally altered to sensationalize hurricane Sandy.

RedSidedSPR

10-30-2012, 07:18 AM

Some rain and wind, and it's like 30 degrees here (was 76 yesterday) but other than that, no problems. We definately didn't get much of it.

guidofatherof5

10-30-2012, 11:08 AM

I just saw that a lot of Hackensack NJ is under water. Anyone heard from Greg's garters? He lives there.

RedSidedSPR

10-30-2012, 11:13 AM

I just saw that a lot of Hackensack NJ is under water. Anyone heard from Greg's garters? He lives there.

Yeah that looks rough..

guidofatherof5

10-30-2012, 04:38 PM

Greg'sgarters is safe and still has power and I just got a call from Rhea(dracha). She and her family is safe in Brooklyn and they also still have power.
Anyone heard from sirtalis01(Julio) he's in Queens. We also have a Staten Island member.

ConcinusMan

10-30-2012, 05:53 PM

I'm in New Jersey and I'm delaying my brumation. I brumate my snakes in a wine cooler and I don't want to start brumation and then have the power go out. So I was going to start brumating on Nov. 1st but now might start on Nov. 2nd or 3rd. The storm's supposed to make landfall right over NJ tomorrow during the evening.

They are estimating 10 million+ without power from Sandy.

And sure enough, Greg's power did go out. Still out. Post offices and businesses are boarded up and without power.

My mistake. I didn't see Steve's post before I posted. I must have misunderstood Greg and it's just surrounding businesses/areas that are without power. He just sent me a text. His house and a pizzaria have power and that's about it. I'll try to see what's up with Julio.

EDIT: can't get through to Julio. "all circuits are busy" message.

ConcinusMan

10-30-2012, 06:14 PM

Unfortunately it's not. I learned of this last night, that the picture had been digitally altered to sensationalize hurricane Sandy.

FAKES: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57542207-93/sandy-is-a-disaster-but-these-photos-are-ridiculous/

I thought that photo looked familiar, like it's been around a while. I have seen a bunch of crap out there, pics and stuff from past storms being passed off as Sandy, but these are real, near as I can tell:

Postcards From An Underwater New York | ZeroHedge (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-10-29/postcards-underwater-new-york)

I snapped this from a screen shot late last night:

http://oi50.tinypic.com/3496tz8.jpg

Plenty of live webcams still working at earthcam.com

Current info can be found here. Don't forget to zoom in on the area and try checking different boxes for lots of other overlays/information/live webcam feeds.(note that many of these stopped updating and aren't live at all) This page is updated regularly: Google Crisis Map (http://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy)

guidofatherof5

10-30-2012, 07:44 PM

Spoke with LeAnn(count dewclaw) and Le Ann (Mommy2many) Both families are fine. Mommy2many is without power.

ConcinusMan

10-30-2012, 08:22 PM

Tried Julio again. Even though it's mobile to mobile I get a fast busy signal. I imagine the cell towers serving the area probably aren't powered, if not damaged.

Greg'sGarters

10-30-2012, 09:17 PM

Yeah I still have power. Water isn't really a problem where I live (top of the hill) but there is a huge hill in Hackensack that leads down to the city and then ends with the river. I'm going to check it out tomorrow. My house still has power but I think that no one else around me has power. I went down to the end of my street today, and power lines were across the road, a light was just dangling by a thin piece of wood and 2 big trees fell and one of them came within 2 inches of hitting a brand new BMW. Fortunately all the trees fell into the road and didn't hit houses. My house probably draws 5x as much power as anyone else's house on my block but I still never lose power. I'll post up pictures ASAP I'll start a new thread. Although all this morning, I had a TERRIBLE phone signal. I could only talk to people with iPhones through iMessage because my WiFi was still up.

ConcinusMan

10-30-2012, 09:51 PM

Apparently Shannon is OK (in PA). Didn't get any details but she joked about a shark swimming around in her front yard.

BLUESIRTALIS

10-31-2012, 05:20 AM

Has anybody heard from wayne yet?

guidofatherof5

10-31-2012, 05:30 AM

No. I will give him a call this morning.

He was on sSnakeSs at 1 am this morning.

guidofatherof5

10-31-2012, 06:55 AM

Talking with Wayne right now. Everyone safe.

BLUESIRTALIS

10-31-2012, 07:01 AM

Great news! Now let's hope someone can get in touch with julio.

ConcinusMan

10-31-2012, 10:32 AM

I still get a busy signal.

ConcinusMan

10-31-2012, 01:36 PM

Here's why: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/technology/fcc-details-cellphone-problems.html?_r=0

RedSidedSPR

10-31-2012, 02:01 PM

Figured. Got a friend in NY, her number didn't work either.

infernalis

11-01-2012, 02:37 AM

storm damage....
http://www.chompersite.com/storm/barn.jpg

I own over a thousand trees, the only one that blows over.....

http://www.chompersite.com/storm/camper.jpg

http://www.chompersite.com/storm/camper1.jpg

http://www.chompersite.com/storm/camper2.jpg

snake man

11-01-2012, 05:03 AM

Hope you didn't get too much damage. I am in MA and not much happened for us.

Mommy2many

11-01-2012, 08:01 AM

We are still without power. No school all week. And I've been sick since last thursday.. they postponed trick or treating until Sunday. My phone is charged (for now) but will die by this afternoon.:(
Most damage around here is related to trees being down.
Thanks Steve for checking in and keeping forum family updated.

aSnakeLovinBabe

11-01-2012, 10:06 AM

Well, my area is a disaster zone, and we won't have power until the 9th! Everything is still shut down but were hanging in there. Luckily we somehow managed to get ahold of a generator thanks to a friend letting us buy the one they custom ordered at sears. So we are keeping our food and the snake food cold and we have a few lights going. My snakeroom sits dark and cold, it held heat super well for 3 days but now I need to get some heat down there for a few animals that don't do too well in 50 degrees. Most of the snakes I keep have no problem handing that and theyre curled up asleep but I don't really want to risk the life of the spilotes or a few others. I'm glad it's not freezing outside. Going out and trying to find fuel, ice, water, batteries, anything battery powered, or extension cords is impossible. We know of One gas station to get fuel and we stocked up on water so we have plenty. There are people who have lost everything to this storm..... So I really feel for them. This area is just not set up to take a storm like that. The trees are not built to handle that kind of wind! There are trees blocking the roads everywhere.

BLUESIRTALIS

11-01-2012, 10:20 AM

Im glad you are safe and i hope all of your critters can survive this. I used to breed boas and one year our power went out for 5 days due to an ice storm and i came home from work and found all of my boas upside down and i thought they were all dead until i saw one of my babies move a little so i rushed them in the living room where we lit a kerosene heater and they all slowly started flipping back over as they warmed up and i didn't lose a single snake. I felt so blessed because i had hypos, hogg island boas, dumerils, and some very nice red tail boas that were possible het albino.i would have never thought that 8 or 9 hours without heat could have killed my snakes but if i wouldn't have got home when i did they would have been gone.

RedSidedSPR

11-01-2012, 10:32 AM

Glad you and your snakes are all good, Shannon.

I remember last year the tornado hit our place, trashed the yard, knocked down 70+ trees, uprooted the neighbors houses, sent someones car into our front yard.. was lucky to be alive, with almost no damage to our house/cars.. All the power was out for over a week. The problem that time was it was TOO hot, the problem was keeping the snakes COOL. Hit like 95 degrees inside at times. So I know what it's like. Glad it wasn't worse, good luck with the days without power, it's a bitch.

ProXimuS

11-01-2012, 08:15 PM

Sorry to hear about any damage, but glad to hear all people and animals are alright!

Invisible Snake

11-03-2012, 06:24 AM

Ugh there's another storm headed to New York..

Weather Journal: Another Storm Possible Next Week - Metropolis - WSJ (http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2012/11/01/weather-journal-another-storm-possible-next-week/)

guidofatherof5

11-11-2012, 09:34 AM

I heard from sirtalis01(Julio). He is fine and so are his snake. He said he never lost power and his snakes are in brumation.

ConcinusMan

11-12-2012, 05:35 PM

Yeah, I already posted that ^^^ a while back, but it was a different thread. This subject was also in the "so quiet" thread.

Thing is, a lot places didn't get power restored, or much of any recovery, before this winter storm happened w/high winds again. Only now, people still without power are freezin' their butts off.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx?Photos_and_Videos_Snow_in_noreaster_Wint er_Storm_Athena_on_the_East_Coast/48-17689

http://youtu.be/XhowSrFjydk

Mommy2many

11-13-2012, 04:03 PM

We got about 6 inches of snow and now it's ll gone. Though it did start to sleet today, so colder temps are a'comin...

sirtalis01

11-13-2012, 04:59 PM

Hey guys me and my Family are fine thank God. We never lost power I wish I could say the same for other parts of
NY..drove to breezy point where over 100 house burn down its so sad.....it looks like a war zone.
My snakes are ok, Adults are in brumation I've been keeping an eye on them since this crazy weather one day rain then snow now it's hot and tomorrow back to could...

ConcinusMan

11-13-2012, 05:06 PM

We got about 6 inches of snow and now it's ll gone. Though it did start to sleet today, so colder temps are a'comin...

Actually, things are warming up a bit according to your forecast. I think you saw sleet instead of snow because it's warming up.

Eddie

11-13-2012, 06:53 PM

This has been a tough couple of weeks. Friends and family of mine have lost so much in this storm.
Thanks for everyone's concern.
Ed

guidofatherof5

11-13-2012, 06:56 PM

Thanks for checking in Ed.

sirtalis01

11-13-2012, 10:11 PM

Hey Ed let me know if you need help with anything... I work by you in Brentwood

This has been a tough couple of weeks. Friends and family of mine have lost so much in this storm.
Thanks for everyone's concern.
Ed