Nor'easter - October 2011

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by ree-Xi

Ugh. Still no power. Could be 10 days to two weeks. Almost 90% of my town is without power. Got to take a hot shower at my sister's today and cooked up a bunch of meat so that we didn't waste it. Had my first hot meal in two days.

Been here all day and waiting for hubby, who is waiting in line for a generator at Home Depot an hour away, to pick me up. Family is great and I am thankful, but the house is really noisy with kids and dogs.

The gas fireplace keeps us and the kitties warm, so we at least have that going.

I hope you get electricity back soon! Where are you, exactly?

We got it back tonight, so that's good. But our town looks like a tornado ran through it, but didn't hit any of the buildings. I had to turn around on one street this morning that I usually take to work because there were trees and power lines/poles down all over the road. Many roads are closed. I'm actually surprised they still had trick-or-treating tonight with the way the streets looked

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

I hope you get electricity back soon! Where are you, exactly?

We got it back tonight, so that's good. But our town looks like a tornado ran through it, but didn't hit any of the buildings. I had to turn around on one street this morning that I usually take to work because there were trees and power lines/poles down all over the road. Many roads are closed. I'm actually surprised they still had trick-or-treating tonight with the way the streets looked

I am in central CT - my town around 90% w/o power. The power company posted estimates for a whole bunch of towns but ours is not on it yet. Could be another 10 days. The town does have dozens of downed lines wrapped in trees. I personnally have never seen anyhing like it.

Just want to be able to make a hot morning coffee and get some laundry done.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by ree-Xi

I am in central CT - my town around 90% w/o power. The power company posted estimates for a whole bunch of towns but ours is not on it yet. Could be another 10 days. The town does have dozens of downed lines wrapped in trees. I personnally have never seen anyhing like it.

Just want to be able to make a hot morning coffee and get some laundry done.

I'm in central CT as well. No power since Saturday night, estimated to come back Sunday night.

The power companies were so ill-prepared for this, it makes you wonder what they were thinking.

[DEVODUDE]

There are several towns in NJ still without electricity and water as of today. These towns were told that power will be restored by late Friday night or early Saturday morning, which means that the power companies really do not know when power will be restored. There are way too many trees down in the state. There are branches literately hanging the the wires waiting to knap.

[dukemama]

In my hometown of Simsbury (CT) school's been cancelled for the week and the HS has become a shelter. Except for those with generators, no one I know there has power yet. I've seen pictures of the town and if it weren't for all the buildings still intact, you'd think an F3 twister blew through, there are so many trees uprooted.