Day 9 of Sandy. Still no lights, heat, refrigeration, telephones, TV or internet at home. My heart leap in my breast (<G>) as I drove home last night, and saw that the stoplights at US 22 and Readington Road (which leads to our street) were finally working!!! Alas, by the time I turned off Readington, all was still dark.
It was bitterly cold last night, inside and outside. Of course, the 20 degree weather makes my Alaskan Malamute even more eager than usual to run around outside and play tag and fetch with me. We had a huge pile of covers on the bed last night; I could hardly move. In the middle of the night, both CO alarms started chirping, indicating that the back-up batteries (which were replaced a week before Sandy hit) were about to fail. Nothing to do, of course, but to get out of bed, find a flashlight, find the 9 volt batteries and replace the failing ones. Jersey will be hit by a Nor'easter sometime tomorrow. We are expecting winds of up to 65 mph and waves of 12 feet or more. Coastal flooding is almost certain. Areas where power has been restored may lose power again. If we are lucky, the storm will veer a bit to the east, and our area will get snow instead of the high winds. Long Beach Island, a barrier island with 6 towns and almost 10,000 permanent residents, is closed until after the new storm passes. LBI has 100,000 people in the summer season, and many are desperate to visit their shore homes. Seaside Height is still totally off limits. Brick Township, which, with 75,000 residents is the 13th largest municipality in the state, has issued an mandatory evacuation order because there is no place for the new storm tides to go. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > To sooth my pain, I have been having a wee dram of Lagavulin before > bedtime every night. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >> Really sorry to hear about your travails, Dan, especially regarding >> coffee and internet. Those two are life essentials. Hang in there and >> do more shooting. >> >> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> I had one of those "do-hickeys," but my wife threw it out along with a >>> lot of other cooking items we hadn't used in years. I did find some >>> of those "coffee singles" in the office, and took them home. They >>> were very, very old, but better than no coffee at all. >>> >>> Dan Matyola >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 10:45 AM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> From: "Daniel J. Matyola" >>>> >>>>> I don't know how you lasted a month! At home, I boil water and pour >>>>> it through the electric drip coffee maker. Not very satisfactory. >>>> >>>> >>>> It's more satisfactory than no coffee at all! >>>> >>>> One option is "coffee singles" - look like a teabag, but they have >>>> coffee in them. Put them in a cup and pour the boiling water directly on >>>> them. >>>> >>>> I keep 'em around for just such emergencies as extended power outages. I >>>> have a single burner camp stove & semi-sheltered porch where I can light >>>> it off without asphyxiating myself. >>>> >>>> I also have a plastic do-hickey that fits over a cup & holds one of >>>> those small cone filters. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
