Frankenstorm Set to Hit the East Coast Next Week

[JGolds]

I'd keep a close eye on that water level with your clogged pump. Water can do alot more damage then you can see with your eye.

Getting stuff dry should def be a priority.

 

[candrew]

Dodged another bullet - no power outages, no flooding, no wind damage. I called a couple of my friends and they're without power. A couple of others I can't get through to - cell phones are iffy.

My office buidling has no almost no power so I got the day off work - which makes me feel even more lucky because my job is only a couple miles from my house.

I don't want to drive around yet because about 20 roads are closed in just my town.

Had one tense moment. Around 6pm I got tired of all the news so I just shut of the TV and took a nap with my wife. My wife got up and saw some young guy on a cell phone walking up to my front door and trying to look in my windows. We watched him go back and forth 3 times near the front of my house - all the time it's raining with 50 mile an hour winds. Definitely got a bad vibe with this guy, so I took a metal pipe and put it in a trash bag pretending I was taking out the garbage. I walked outside and asked him if there was something I could do for him and he did an about face and walked halfway down the block where his car was parked. Didn't say a word to me. My wife tried to make out his license plate but couldn't. With all my lights out I definitely think this guy was casing my house thinking it was evacuated.

 

[DutchJazzer]

Dodged another bullet - no power outages, no flooding, no wind damage. I called a couple of my friends and they're without power. A couple of others I can't get through to - cell phones are iffy.

My office buidling has no almost no power so I got the day off work - which makes me feel even more lucky because my job is only a couple miles from my house.

I don't want to drive around yet because about 20 roads are closed in just my town.

Had one tense moment. Around 6pm I got tired of all the news so I just shut of the TV and took a nap with my wife. My wife got up and saw some young guy on a cell phone walking up to my front door and trying to look in my windows. We watched him go back and forth 3 times near the front of my house - all the time it's raining with 50 mile an hour winds. Definitely got a bad vibe with this guy, so I took a metal pipe and put it in a trash bag pretending I was taking out the garbage. I walked outside and asked him if there was something I could do for him and he did an about face and walked halfway down the block where his car was parked. Didn't say a word to me. My wife tried to make out his license plate but couldn't. With all my lights out I definitely think this guy was casing my house thinking it was evacuated.

I'm fine. Storm seems done though wind gusts may still be around 40-45 at times. No rain currently but I think there are supposed to be some showers later. Power is out here like it is in a lot of Jersey. I'm currently running my big screen tv and staggering my fridges on my generator. I think I should have enough gas to last me through tomorrow, perhaps even a day or two beyond by which point I'll be able to go out and get more gas even if the power is out which it may be as they're saying 7-10 days possibly. The only negative aspects for me so far are that my sump pump is backed up (clogged?) and not working. It's just about to start to very slowly spill over. That's annoying and shouldn't be that bad I hope. There's also about 30 or so shingles in my front yard but the roof doesn't look too bad.

In everyone's opinion, are these something even claim-worthy with my insurance company? I mean, I feel like my insurance will just go up if I file a claim and that it will cost me more in the long run.

and you guys waste your precious power/gass on posting on jazzfanz

 

[candrew]

and you guys waste your precious power/gass on posting on jazzfanz

How did you know I have a gas powered computer?

My power's good. Wes is down - Not me.

 

[HipHopAnonymous]

I'm fine. Storm seems done though wind gusts may still be around 40-45 at times. No rain currently but I think there are supposed to be some showers later. Power is out here like it is in a lot of Jersey. I'm currently running my big screen tv and staggering my fridges on my generator. I think I should have enough gas to last me through tomorrow, perhaps even a day or two beyond by which point I'll be able to go out and get more gas even if the power is out which it may be as they're saying 7-10 days possibly. The only negative aspects for me so far are that my sump pump is backed up (clogged?) and not working. It's just about to start to very slowly spill over. That's annoying and shouldn't be that bad I hope. There's also about 30 or so shingles in my front yard but the roof doesn't look too bad.

In everyone's opinion, are these something even claim-worthy with my insurance company? I mean, I feel like my insurance will just go up if I file a claim and that it will cost me more in the long run.

You most likely have at least a $500 to $1,000 deductible. Repairing 30 shingles shouldn't run more than $500 unless you are getting screwed. Assuming that's your only damage. I wouln't make a claim on my home insurance unless it was at least $2,000 damage. IMO

 

[candrew]

You most likely have at least a $500 to $1,000 deductible. Repairing 30 shingles shouldn't run more than $500 unless you are getting screwed. Assuming that's your only damage. I wouln't make a claim on my home insurance unless it was at least $2,000 damage. IMO

On a standard homeowners insurance policy the deductible is usually much higher than that for damage due to a hurricane. Mine is $7500 and that's on the low side.

Wes, if you want to wait on line for a couple hours and fill out a bunch of forms, FEMA might be the way to go. They will probably have personnel in your town soon - check your town website. I've heard from folks who filed claims from Hurricane Irene that if it's only a few hundred bucks they'll most likely pay out.

 

[Deleted member 365]

This storm can't be too bad.

The Knicks and Nets are still a go for Thursday night!!!

 

[nightmare3983]

Are any of our posters in a situation like this?

https://news.yahoo.com/exasperation-builds-day-3-storm-stricken-nyc-202314418.html

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

Dutch, the power it takes me to charge my cell phone a couple times a day on my generator is negligible.

I know everyone is very concerned about me so I'll provide an update. I am now over 3.5 days without power. The temperature has been low each day with a high in the low 50's and the low going from the low 40's into the mid to high 30's last night and over the next few days. My house has been holding steady at around 58 or 59 so I'm hoping our anticipated high today of 54 spikes a bit to around 57 or so as it's supposed to be sunny and my thermostat temp usually rises 3-5 degrees warmer than the outside temp.

About 20% of my town has their power back and even less have it in my county. I have plenty of food and a good amount of water, especially considering the lines in my area haven't been compromised. I have to fill my generator up about four times a day using a little less than a gallon each time and every morning I wake up at around 5am, refill the generator, go to a gas station and wait online for a couple hours and refill my truck and five gallon container even if they already are about 90% and 40% filled respectively. I wouldn't be so crazily diligent about it but I need my generator for my sump pump as I really prefer it if my basement doesn't take water, not even a little bit.

I have no hot water so it's been one cold shower a day for four days now. My days have pretty much consisted of sleeping at night, doing the gas thing in the morning, doing housework or errands that need tending, keeping up with my fantasy basketball and football teams via my phone, watching a movie or two on my DVD player, making sure my generator always has gas, playing Scramble Free on my iPhone with MsSerp, and listening to her fill me in on which gas stations or businesses have reopened, how long the lines are, how many homes do or don't have power in our town, county and state, as well as the anticipated weather which could be the worst of it all that virtually no one has mentioned in articles or other media outlets I've been following. What am I talking about you ask? The Nor'easter that is set to hit us Tueaday. It could be rain, it could be snow. They don't know just yet. But either way this 30's spell should continue which is gonna suck, and this could cause a lot of people who've had their power restored to lose it again.

It's pretty crazy. Maybe 25% of businesses are open. Those who are sell out of all the important **** very quickly. Gas is a bitch to get and pretty soon the places that do have it may very well have empty tanks without a truck in sight for days or even weeks. And if this possible storm is bad, it could even get worse.

But all that said, I personally am okay so far. I think we'll get power back today or tomorrow and if we don't, Sunday brings football and I can just find some bar to go to watch the games. If I don't have power by the time I wake up on Monday, and the storm appears as if it could be bad, then I'll be concerned and on edge. But as of now, the whole powerless process is just tedious and monotonous. And chilly.

 

[nightmare3983]

But all that said, I personally am okay so far. I think we'll get power back today or tomorrow and if we don't, Sunday brings football and I can just find some bar to go to watch the games. If I don't have power by the time I wake up on Monday, and the storm appears as if it could be bad, then I'll be concerned and on edge. But as of now, the whole powerless process is just tedious and monotonous. And chilly.

I'm glad you're doing all right considering the circumstances. Hopefully the impending storm weakens before it hits.

 

[candrew]

I've been incredibly lucky - no problems at all. But people are getting their *** kicked all around me. Every morning when I drive to work I see a couple hundred people standing on line to get gas for their generators. And another 80 or 90 cars waiting to get gas. I drove by that same gas station last night at about 10:30pm and there were 3 cops guarding it - kind of a creepy sight.

I work about a mile from my house - so I don't have to worry about gas so much. If I run out, I'll just walk it. I'm not going to take someone else's gas who has an hour drive to work. My son's school is also within walking distance but we haven't even heard if they're going to have school on monday. My guess is no.

People are definitely starting to get on edge a little bit. You can start to sense it. A couple of guys that I work with that I've never seen pissed off are clearly pissed now. If things aren't back up and running by early next week, I can definitely see something ugly happening somewhere.

 

[Duck Rodgers]

How does this work?

https://www.myfoxny.com/story/19971795/driving-restrictions-into-manhattan

City and state officials announced Wednesday that drivers must have at least three people in their vehicle to cross into Manhattan using any of the East River bridges and the Lincoln Tunnel from 6 am- Midnight on Thursday and Friday.

If I'm a single driver that wants into NYC through those routes are there a bunch of random people waiting that I just could scoop up to comply? Go to a Home Depot and load up on immigrants? Use a rideshare website?