Hurricane Sandy....

[Stella]

Waiting anxiously for that unique and very much missed chime of his!

[TiNi]

Waiting anxiously for that unique and very much missed chime of his!

yeah ... me too

[DesmoDiva]

me three!

[He Man]

Just spoke to sister-in-law on L.I.  It's getting worse by the minute; police are now at all the gas stations, looting is starting to get out of hand, the national guard is coming in, people are selling $700 generators for $3000.........

But there seems to be a lot of rational people still keeping the place together. 

I pray it's over soon for them.   

gas is coming in today. there should be massive relief. hopefully they can wait it out for the trucks to make it to LI. its being rationed at 10gal per a person.

[lethe]

gas is coming in today. there should be massive relief. hopefully they can wait it out for the trucks to make it to LI. its being rationed at 10gal per a person.

my boss sat on line today from 4:40am to 2pm

[Got Duc]

Holy gas lines!

A shame the stations are starting to gouge 

[ducpainter]

Holy gas lines!

A shame the stations are starting to gouge 

I heard a piece on the radio that some economists say that's a good thing.

[Got Duc]

30 minutes on line last night only to get $20 worth

[ducpainter]

30 minutes on line last night only to get $20 worth

not even 5 gallons

[Got Duc]

not even 5 gallons

Not even. The shame is even when the terminals are back to full capacity there are only so many trucks to carry the petrol

[KnightofNi]

if i can help ferry things up to you guys let me know. i don't have anything to do during the day.


I'll only charge $5 a gal for gas


seriously though, let me know.

[He Man]

I went out to Rockaway Beach today to see if theres anything i can do to help.

-FEMA and most 1st responders are not out there in as much force as they are in manhattan. DSNY has started to remove alot of the garbage that was swept up, as well as the interior of homes that people are ripping out.

-Most people have lost their belongings. most important clothing.

-Verizon and ATT have set up a mobile antennas so people have service in the area.

-There is a massive outpour of help from Brooklyn bringing food and clothing. The issue is that getting there is difficult since most access points are choked by DSNY vehicles cleaning up.

-There is no food shops, however there are a lot of places where you can get food. There are massive donations coming in from across NYC. People are having cookouts and handing out food. There is no shortage of food at all. It seems like you could get a bite to eat, for free almost anywhere. THe important thing is that the supplies keep coming in. FEMA Is not out there handing out meals. the National Guard has one station handing out food, but it is too localized.

-There is no shortage of water. There are tons of water. More than people can take. From churchs, from people driving around and handing it out and more.

-There is no shortage of people willing to help. However, there is a massive shortage of people who are able to coordinate the help effort. HOWEVER, to be quite honest, there is more help then there is need and its becoming the fat bastarad theory. Too many people can do more harm than good.

-There is no gas. Small vehicles are moving what they can to the rockaways to keep their stocks up. Its enough to work out just fine right now. It is the weekend when more people are able help vs the workweek.

I went to the local church to try and help out, but theres too many voulenteers and no one has organized anything so its a massive cluster make the beast with two backs. Im hoping to run by there tonight when its died down figure out a proper way to get the donations out there and to get thigns organized.

The BIGGEST issue is that DSNY has to clean up the garbage that is flooding the streets. Power needs to be restored so people can begin shipping in food and start working again, and the houses need to be restored. HOWEVER, the underlying issue is that there needs to be a plan of action to prepare for the next flood event.

[Pip]

Waiting anxiously for that unique and very much missed chime of his!

+11tyb

[Stella]

Wow.  Glad to hear you're doing ok, considering.  

And thanks He Man for your update.


I'm going to go ahead and throw out the idea of possibly having someone venture out to Rat's address.  Thoughts?
Call me meddling or a busybody but I do kinda like the Rat and am concerned like a lot of us are...  Sounds like, based on what He Man described, he can get necessities but if there's anything else we could do for him, I know many of us would step up.

[ducpainter]

Wow.  Glad to hear you're doing ok, considering.  

And thanks He Man for your update.


I'm going to go ahead and throw out the idea of possibly having someone venture out to Rat's address.  Thoughts?
Call me meddling or a busybody but I do kinda like the Rat and am concerned like a lot of us are...  Sounds like, based on what He Man described, he can get necessities but if there's anything else we could do for him, I know many of us would step up.

Dowe know his addy?