My wife just called to say power was finally restored an hour ago! Of course, we are expecting a Nor'easter tomorrow, with winds up to 65 mph . . . .
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
