Hurricane Sandy(a/k/a Frankenstorm)--New York Beware

Discussion in 'The Bench' started by flynbuick, Oct 22, 2012.

  1. tufbuick

    tufbuick RIP

    The mayor of NYC just announced an od and even gas rationing program.
    http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/html/2012b/pr406-12-static.html

    The gas lines are rediculous, the supermarkets are out or low on some items.

    Many people have intermittant or no power. The cops are manning the gas lines and screwing everything up.

    New York has dropped the ball this time....BIG TIME !!!
     
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  2. gbsean

    gbsean Moderator

    Chris Christie did that a week ago....and it worked...
     
  3. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

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  4. JESUPERCAT

    JESUPERCAT No Slow Boat

    Alan I sent you a PM regarding our friends in Hicksville.
    I have been trying for over a week trying to see how they are and the line either rings non stop or you get an automated screech in your ear that the lines are down or busy.
    They live near the Lee Avenue Elementary school.
    Thanks to anyone that can stop by to see how things are:beer
     
  5. LARRY70GS

    LARRY70GS a.k.a. "THE WIZARD" Staff Member

    John,
    That is about 5-7 blocks away from Bruno (BrunoD). I'm sure Bruno has his electricity and his internet. Try PM'ing BrunoD. In any case, I will be visiting Bruno over the weekend. Maybe I can stop over and check on them. Bruno lives near the intersection of Glenbrook Rd. and Division Ave.

    http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-...a=X&ei=8T6dUNGzF-yx0AHRsIHgDg&ved=0CHgQ_BIwAw (Lower left corner)
     
  6. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

    Get this- My neighbor has to go to Mass tomorrow morning to pick up a new boiler for his inlaws house. There are no boilers or hot water heaters on LI. The nearest state that had any in stock was Mass. Everything is sold out.
     
  7. JESUPERCAT

    JESUPERCAT No Slow Boat

    To those of you that offered assistance with Jenn and I getting in touch with our friends in Hicksville, Thank You...
    I was able to get through to them late today and they are fine. They have had power on and off every other day or so but no house phone.
    They had been heating their house off of a power inverter tied in to their daily driver:) .
    Again they are fine and I would like to say Thanks again to those that offered the help.
     
  8. Mister T

    Mister T Just truckin' around

    I will comment on the gasoline shortages from a Professional Driver's position. Imagine you live in the affected area, and deliver fuel for a living. Now you're fully aware of the gas lines, and potential for rioting over a few gallons of this precious liquid. Notwithstanding the power issue, let's imagine you've been dispatched to deliver several thousand gallons of gasoline to a local station that's waiting for fuel.

    How would you feel about being the truck driver in Jim's photo?? Since under current federal law, you cannot legally arm yourself for protection, would you want to risk your well being?? There's not a chance in hell I'd do that, and very little scares me. An unprotected, unescorted fuel truck could be a sitting duck for society's nefarious elements. :puzzled::mad: As tempers reach a fever pitch over this disaster, and the questionable response to it, good sense and decorum tends to fall away. :rant:
     
  9. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

    Thats why the tankers were getting police escorts and most gas stations had police cars stationed. Looks like odd/ even rationing is working well.
     
  10. 69GS400s

    69GS400s ...my own amusement ride!

    John ... glad to offer assistance. I was going to stop by tomorrow so I appreciate the update and glad to hear your friends are fine.

    Jason - there's a Stoplite here on Jericho Tpke just west of me that hasn't had power restored - for a week now they've been powering it with a portable generator and have had a National Guard HumVee parked with it 24/7 to prevent anyone from "borrowing" it :Do No::Dou:

    ... I've stopped several times and asked if there is anything i can bring them
     
  11. Mister T

    Mister T Just truckin' around

    I am glad to hear this, although it does speak to the degradation in our society today. Mad Max is not so far in the future after all. :pp
     
  12. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

    And its unfotunatley only getting worse Tom.
     
  13. tufbuick

    tufbuick RIP

    I'm out in the Hamptons and have gotten gas on the way out Exit 58 on the LIE and
    have gotten gas in the Bridgehamton Shell station on Rt. 27.
    Pulled right in with no wait each time.

    The city still has lines and people are at the mercy of rip-off prices.
    I'll be heading back to the B.S. tonight.
     
  14. flynbuick

    flynbuick Guest

  15. John Codman

    John Codman Platinum Level Contributor

    As I believe that you posted earlier Jim, It isn't as easy as it looks to restore power. I feel for those who have been without electricity for such a long time, but one thing to remember - The power company makes it's money by selling power. When the meter ain't spinning, the company is earning no money. They want it up and running as badly as do the customers.
     
  16. 66gsconv

    66gsconv nailhead apprentice

    We went without power for 8 days about 5 years ago from a tornado that hit about a mile from my house. I remember at night how dark it was and there were poeple walking around it was a litlle crazy. I wish I was closer I would fill up 10 5 gallon cans of gas and drive my pickup truck to some of these places and do a drop off. Glad to see about every state has line crews there. I know guys from MO. and ILL. that are there. Hope the poeple can hang on, its a slow process
     
  17. flynbuick

    flynbuick Guest

  18. TORQUED455

    TORQUED455 Well-Known Member

    While rebuilding infrastructure (aka the power lines) obviously takes considerable time, organization and manpower, what I really find puzzling is the prolonged delay in providing gasoline. Gas trucks and generators?? Am I missing something? After Hurricane Charlie flattened Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda Florida, some of the lessons learned included dealing with the lack of power and lack of gasoline in the immediate aftermath. During the rebuilding process, many of the larger gas stations, home repair centers and grocery stores installed large back-up generators, so they can do some business until things get sorted out better. That area hadn't seen a major Hurricane since the 60's I think, and they decided moving forward that the risk was too great not to be a little more proactive. Seems like a disaster changes one's mindset!
     
  19. flynbuick

    flynbuick Guest

    I was once an electrical engineer that worked on the power grid here. No utility has the manpower or equipment on hand necessary to repair this degree of damage for a long, long time. This is why there are interstate assistance compacts among the U.S. power companies. So for Sandy, it took workers from as far as California working 16 hours days to piece the grid back in this amount of time. They were flown in on military aircraft which as far as I know is unprecedented. If there was any lapse on the part of LIPA here, it was in its communication to the public the reality of the time needed and the priority order of repairs.
     
  20. 65specialconver

    65specialconver kennedy-bell MIA

    Spokane loaded up a bunch of power crew trucks on cargo planes out of Fairchild AFB to be there.Quite an effort to get power restored over there.Wish you guys the best.:beers2:
     

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