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I was at the gas station earlier refilling my gas containers. The generator burned through a bit of gas since we lost power on Monday. LIPA was around the corner an hour ago removing lines from a downed tree. The lineman told my neighbor we are looking at another 10-14 days without power. I'll be making a lot of trips to the gas station.
Yeah, I figured. They have so many trees to remove, wires and transformers to take care of... - even 2 weeks is optimistic, IMO. Because of the little clusters and ancient wiring in old Stony Brook, we will be at the very end.
The university is closed for the week, but of course most of us are around (with no power at home).
I am making schedule where to shower over the next couple of weeks - friends, university gym etc.
At this point, I start to worry about the freezing :-( - temperatures are to fall close to freezing over the next week or so... That will just add insult to injury...
Worried about my friends and family who I can only talk to occasionally - txts seem to only get through intermittently. I'm hearing unbelievable stories of gas stations running out of gas, small pockets of looting, and persons impersonating national guard/power employees robbing houses. It's unsettling, especially when thinking about the elderly in cold dark houses on pitch black blocks and no real ETA on when things will get back online.
Stay safe folks.
I fear the ripple effects as the days go by. No gas for the car. No way to get to work. No mass transit. No communications. No way for food and other supplies to get in. Two densely populated islands right next to each other, bad scenario. How long can people go on like this? We have the time change coming this weekend, going to get darker much earlier. It's such a bad time of year for this, if it had to happen - summer would be a bit more palatable.
I checked the LIPA website this morning - you can drill down to local areas - every one I checked said "No crew assigned yet"...."still assessing". I think the infrastructure the needs to be replaced at the distribution level is probably a scary number.
We are supposed to visit over Vets Day weekend and I wonder if it will be feasible to make the trip.
Worried about my friends and family who I can only talk to occasionally - txts seem to only get through intermittently. I'm hearing unbelievable stories of gas stations running out of gas, small pockets of looting, and persons impersonating national guard/power employees robbing houses. It's unsettling, especially when thinking about the elderly in cold dark houses on pitch black blocks and no real ETA on when things will get back online.
Stay safe folks.
Same here. Contact with friends and family has been spotty at best. Hope the cold weather holds off.
I had to bring my mom to my house yesterday she lives in Malverne and it looks like a war zone. Trees fell everywhere including a huge oak on a neighbors house around the corner. I have power and heat so she will be staying with me for awhile. Her neighbor called today and said there were no LIPA trucks to be seen in that area.
Well Newsday's locked down their online edition again.
So grimy. I've been visiting their site over the past few days to check on updates related to Long Island as I have family in the area and it's been difficult to get in touch with them. Insensitive greed.
I fear the ripple effects as the days go by. No gas for the car. No way to get to work. No mass transit. No communications. No way for food and other supplies to get in. Two densely populated islands right next to each other, bad scenario. How long can people go on like this? We have the time change coming this weekend, going to get darker much earlier. It's such a bad time of year for this, if it had to happen - summer would be a bit more palatable.
I checked the LIPA website this morning - you can drill down to local areas - every one I checked said "No crew assigned yet"...."still assessing". I think the infrastructure the needs to be replaced at the distribution level is probably a scary number.
We are supposed to visit over Vets Day weekend and I wonder if it will be feasible to make the trip.
Things are slowly getting better day by day. The gas situation will be bad for a week or two but as power continues to come online it will abate. Mass transit should largely be restored next week (so they say) and the highways on LI are fine. Wouldn't worry about vets day, you should be fine to come here by then.
Hope everyone made it through alright and things get back to normal as soon as possible. Moderator cut: snip
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So grimy. I've been visiting their site over the past few days to check on updates related to Long Island as I have family in the area and it's been difficult to get in touch with them. Insensitive greed.
Considering that their customers don't have power to browse the site.
The government is failing us. Welcome to Katrina North. Where is the president. Sending help from the campaign trails thanks for the hope...only thing we have now
The government is failing us. Welcome to Katrina North. Where is the president. Sending help from the campaign trails thanks for the hope...only thing we have now
yes he should be up on a utility truck fixing wires.
Nice try. Go back to listening to talk radio kid.
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I'll be making a lot of trips to the gas station. 
