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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.
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