I find it difficult to imagine how you put up with it. I suppose we all would if we had to, because there's no choice, but it certainly makes one appreciate even more the benefits of modern life, and also our vulnerability.
B > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel J. > Matyola > Sent: 06 November 2012 17:37 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: GESO: Sandy's Visit to My Neighborhood > > 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. -- 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.
