I looked, and there are no reports from the storm zone, so I take it upon
myself to report.
I just checked, and Devon is still without power. So she probably has time
to make lace in daylight, at a good window, as it is too cool to make lace
outdoors. (lace content) I'm sure the folks near Ithaca are all back to
normal. It was the storm surge which did the vast majority of damage. The
rain and the wind were significant, but not that unusual. All the big
damage, most of the the power outages, flooding in NYC, Hoboken, the Jersey
shore, favorite beaches of the northeast, was caused by the storm surge.
That is what flooded the subways. I'm sure Devon is fine, except for no
electricity, but that is a big problem by now. Freezers last for 4 days,
fridges for about the same. And the lack of communication must be
difficult. Devon has her iphone, but I'm wondering how it's getting charged
at this point. there are things that will charge iPhones from batteries,
and I hope she has something like that.
My daughter near Philadelphia, and my son in Delaware had no problems. My
daughter lost power for 2 minutes. But they are no where near the ocean.
In Pennsylvania, most of the power outages are in the southeast, in and
around Philadelphia. It's those near the ocean or whose power is out who
are really in trouble, and the worst off are those whose lives are near the
shoreline in that angle where Long Island and New York City form the north
angle with the Jersey shore which goes south from there, forming a funnel
for the storm surge and the full moon high tides. Also those on the shore
of Long Island Sound, the body of water on the north side of Long Island,
the island that heads east from New York City. I grew up there. The north
shore of Long Island is much, much higher than the south shore, so the
damage there should be minimal, except possibly for power outages. The
south shore of Long Island and the shores of Connecticut and Rhode Island,
which are low lying, should have lots of problems. Those areas in New
York Harbor, lower Manhattan, Brooklyn, Hoboken New Jersey, all those
places, are in trouble. but the land rises somewhere around Midtown
Manhattan, and from at least 34th Street, Macy's department store from the
movie Miracle on 34th Street, are fine because the land is much higher.
The barrier islands of New Jersey hold a lifetime of memories for many
people nearby as that was the place to spend the summer, or summer weekends,
on the beach, now gone, or on the boardwalk, now gone, or at the summer
house, many gone. We are 3 hours drive from that shore, but most people
here spend some time there in the summer, up and down the coast from just
south of New York City, to North Carolina.
Here is a web article that lists the damage. Clearly the largest amount of
damage is as described, with New York City, especially the southern end of
New York, south of Midtown as the epicenter of the damage, lessening
dramatically as you leave the areas hit by the storm surge.
http://enews.earthlink.net/article/us?guid=20121101/f0b97b8d-104f-43ef-8142-14981c9d237c
Remember to cut and paste the whole url. I tried to make a tinyurl and it
wouldn't let me. Things are improving by the hour, but until the power is
back, and public transportation is back, it will be at least very
inconvenient.
Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, minimally hit by Sandy. The river
behind the house flooded, but only a little. Hurricane Irene last year was
much, much worse.
Elizabeth Ligeti wrote:
I hope everyone on the East coast is safe and well, after that Terrible
storm. We are getting a lot about it on TV and in our newspapers.
I am sure I speak for all Aussie lacemakers when I say our thoughts are with
you all, and we hope you are safe and well.
Best wishes from Down Under.
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