Worst.Storm.Ever.

[skcin]

Hey kids. First I must thank you guys for thinking of me. :xoxo: I really do appreciate it. Second, I would like to say that although things are pretty bad, I consider myself lucky - I have a roof over my head, no major damage to my home, my friends & family members are all OK - and I have power & internet at work! :blob2: Things could be a lot worse than they are.

Now for the bitch part of this thread. :cool: It sucks not having power for 5 days (and counting.) It sucks throwing out tons of food because it spoiled. It sucks not being able to contact the people you love for hours because they only have a cordless phone at their house. It sucks getting up every 1/2 hour all night long to bail water out of your sump pump with a bucket. It sucks being home alone in the dark (Mark was at work the night of the storm) watching & listening to huge trees crash down all around you, praying the giant one in front of your house doesn't come crashing through your front picture windows. It sucks knowing the there are people worse off than you & knowing there's really no way to help them. And it sucks to take a 4 day long weekend for your anniversary, planning to go to dinner & movies & other funt things, only to be stranded at home for that time.

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[Lee]

:sorry: to hear about your storm problems. Did this just happen? I know they've had some tornadoes in the south.

I thought Ernesto was pretty bad. It was supposed to be just a tropical storm, but when it hit, it was far worst. Winds topped 80 MPH in some parts of our state. I was afraid that we'd lose power or have a tree come down on our house, but we just had a big tree branch fall in the backyard & no power loss. A lot of big trees did come down though around the state though & some parts of the area did lose power.

Lee :)

[bikerchic]

Oh my god, thank god you're okay!!!! I've been worried sick about you!!!! Did you get my text yesterday? So your basement wasn't flooded? When do you expect your power back on at home? I guess you and Mark had some real serious bonding time ;) Can we expect the pidder patter of little feet, next summer? :p

[carrie721]

you're back! i'm so glad you're ok! :xoxo:

[skcin]

OK. Last Wednesday they had forecast about an inch of snow to fall Thursday night into Friday. On Thurs morning @ 9:30am, I went to work in a jean jacket & clogs - it was about 55 degrees & sunny. By the time I left work at 5:30pm, we had blowing snow, and it was already 6 inches deep on my car. I cleaned the car off as best I could & made it home after about a 40 minute drive (usually takes 15 minutes.) I still thought nothing of it, I was born here, lots of snow is not usually a big deal - just a pain in the ass. Mark left for work, I put on PJ's & stationed myself in front of the TV.

At 7pm, I saw flashing lights outside my house. I looked out the window & saw the fire dept. across the street - a tree limb had fallen onto the phone & power lines behind my neighbors' houses. That's a shame, I thought. Hope they have somewhere to go. I then start to panic that I'll miss my TV shows - Thurs is my busiest night! I call Mark & he tells me to find flashlights, etc. I do, and the batteries are still good (a minor miracle.) I also find his mini 2" TV that he takes to work; he had decided not to take it with him that day - score! My power goes out. around 7:30pm.

OK, no big deal, they'll have it back on in a couple of hours. I set up the mini TV to watch Earl & The Office, then Grey's. BTW - I did Strand's recommended exercise moves during Grey's. :D It was during ER that I started getting worried - it was getting colder, and even a gas furnace needs electricity to power it. I turn on my gas fireplace and move to our basement rec room. This is when Mark informs me that I'll have to manually bail out the sump pump. After doing it a few times, I calculate that I'll have to empty it out every single hour all night long to prevent the basement from flooding. Great. :rolleyes: Thank God there's an alarm clock on my cell, and thank God it still had some juice left in it.


Now. The trees. Here's the deal - when we get tons of snow in Nove/Dec/Jan/Feb, the trees are fine - it's extremely rare that a limb will fall. Not this time - in 130 years, Buffalo has NEVER gotten this much snow this early in the season. Most of the trees hadn't lost their leaves yet, so the weight of the leaves combined with all of the wet, heavy snow that collected on them was just too much. I can't even begin to describe how scary it was to hear enormous trees split & crack under the pressure. When I was in the basement, I honestly couldn't tell the difference between the thunder & the sound of falling trees. And the lightening would light up the entire sky, reflecting off the snow. Sometimes it looked blue - I kept saying "all were bathed in blue, all were bathed in white" in my head. It was eerie.

I watched the tree 2 doors down crash onto my neighbor's house, I watched power lines snap & spark. I heard a huge crash & ran upstairs to find that a limb from my tree had fallen & missed the window by a foot. I hoped that the giant maple behind my garage wouldn't fall & crush my car.

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[JazmenFlowers]

oh my sister of the conshohocken! I'm so happy you and yours are safe. I text'd you, but you didn't respond (not that I really expected...it was just a hi I'm thinking about you). I got a tiny bit worried. I've been through similar incidents. anyone know about the great ice storm of 1994? it was like living in a warzone. anyway, this is your story, not mine...glad you're ok and back online. if there's anything you need, let me know.

:wavey:

[bikerchic]

^^ It's like a bad horror novel. I've been following the Buffalo news steadily. What fricken county are you in, Cheektowaga, Lackawanda, Tonawanda, Conshohockenwanda? Damn Indians. Is there a county in Buffalo that doesn't end in either "da" or "ga"? :rolleyes:

[sara1998]

AAHHHHH!!!! So glad to hear from you. At first I thought, aww, just a little snow storm... she'll live through it. But then I realized how bad it was. I'm so glad you and Mark and family are all doing ok.

[JazmenFlowers]

What fricken county are you in
I think it's Erie County.

[strandinthewind]

Good Lord Child -- and that you thought of exercise during all of this shoes your commitment not only to me, but to your buns :cool: Personally, I would have drank all of the liquor in the house. Then again, I am likely to do that anyway :laugh:

Glad y'all are well!

[BTFLCHLD]

I had no idea! Probably better that way or I would have worried myself silly. I am glad you and your family are OK Paula. The sumppump sounds like quite the chore...how does that work?

[skcin]

Mark makes it to our neighborhood (after driving through 20 inches of snow on unplowed roads, over & under live power lines) around 8:15am (he's usually home by 7:20am.) He can't get down our street - all the trees are completely blocking the road. He parks at his brother's house a few blocks away (not as many trees on their street) and walks home in sneakers through the snow. His brother comes with him to help him check the house.

YAY! It's their turn to get the bucket - I can sleep now. Um...no. They have to shovel the driveway & try to get the fallen limbs & trees out of the street. I go & check on 3 elderly neighbors & they claim they're OK. I bail out the sump. I help another neighbor shovel her driveway & let her use my cell to call & check on her elderly mom. I bail out the sump. I cook ham & eggs before they go bad. I am exhausted & it's only been 12 hours. :distress: My back is killing me & my old friend the pinched nerve has returned to my shoulder.

Friday was spent taking quick naps between bailings, watching the tiny TV, listening to the radio I dug out of the shed (can't believe the batteries were still good, it's probably been 3 or 4 years since we used that radio.) Mark gets 3 hours of sleep in (after his 12 hours shift) but it will have to do. I call friends & fam. 1 household out of the 15 I called has power. It's supposed to get down to the low 30's that night.

My brother & sisterinlaw & their kids & other brotherinlaw come to spend the night - we're the only ones with heat (did I already thank God that we decided to buy this small gas fireplace 3 years ago?) We prepare the basement with the futon & air matresses - brotherinlaw #1 goes home to prevent their basement from flooding.

At one point, me & SIL are sitting on folding chairs next to the sump - we now have to bail every 15 minutes & we've started taking turns. :shocked: The kids look worried - one asks "um...how high will the water get?" I realize she's scared they'll drown. :p Cute, but sad. I explain how the sump pump works & assure them the water wo't get that high as long as we keep bailing. SIL & I are about to give up, thinking that it's completely insane to keep doing this all night & maybe for days. We move everything to higher ground just in case. We are so busy trying to keep candles lit, listen to the news & bail out the sump, there's no time to try & make this a fun adventure - no time for board games or cards or anything cool. :distress:

Set alarm for every 30-45 minutes & go to bed. So. Tired. I swear to you, if that basement wasn't our only source of heat, I would have said "f*ck it" & let it flood. :distress:

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[skcin]

^^ It's like a bad horror novel. I've been following the Buffalo news steadily. What fricken county are you in, Cheektowaga, Lackawanda, Tonawanda, Conshohockenwanda? Damn Indians. Is there a county in Buffalo that doesn't end in either "da" or "ga"? :rolleyes:

Those are the towns, you silly Canadian. :rolleyes: And yes, they all end it -ga or -da.

I'm in Cheektowaga.

[SuzeQuze]

Good Lord Child -- and that you thought of exercise during all of this shoes your commitment not only to me, but to your buns :cool: Personally, I would have drank all of the liquor in the house. Then again, I am likely to do that anyway :laugh:

Glad y'all are well!

At the very least I would've downed a bottle of wine! I'm so glad you're okay Paula. I was worried. Sorry you had to go through such a scare. :xoxo:

[SuzeQuze]

Those are the towns, you silly Canadian. :rolleyes: And yes, they all end it -ga or -da.

I'm in Cheektowaga.

Of course you are! Mind if I call it Bootytawaga? :lol:

[skcin]

OK. Saturday. The kids are totally stir crazy, driving us all nuts. OH! Forgot to mention that we found the one pizza joint that was open Friday night & got pizza & wings. Had to wait 2 hours for it, but who cares? :lol: Beer was cold, out in the snow piles. And I was able to salvage some food by dumping snow into coolers.

Sat was more of the same - bailing, shoveling, inspecting damage. I realize the new roof is leaking water around the chimney onto the new ceiling we just installed in the upstairs hall. :rolleyes: Great. I see that the tree next door has smashed through the stockade fence. My little tree in back is bent over & laying on the ground, pinning down the phone & cable wires.

At this point, the days blur together. Slowly, friends & fam get power back, but not us. We finally get a generator Sunday night for his aunt, so since then we've have the sump pump working, a lamp lit, and a TV to watch. :thumbsup: Sunday night was literally the first time in 3 days that we were able to sleep longer than an hour at a time. We have 2 of our neighbors hooked up to the generator, 1 for the sump pump & the other for a submersible pump to get rid of the 3 feet of water in ther basement. :eek:

Yesterday was spent sawing branches & limbs with hacksaw, chainsaws, whatever & piling everything up near the curb. The utility people can't get to the lines to fix them if there are trees in the way, so the people in the community are clearing the way. We had our street done before the tree service guys even arrived. Buffalo is an old city, lots of history - the trees are part of this history, silly as that sounds. But they are, and our neighborhood & parks will never be the same. :distress: It's a real shame.

It's literally the city of good neighbors. Everyone is helping everyone else in any way they can. People aren't just sitting there waiting for the government to fix & celan everything up - they're doing it themselves. Sure, people are whining, but that's to be expected. For every person that bitches on the radio, another calls in to remind them that we have it good compared to victims of Katrina & the tsunamis & countless other disasters that have occurred in recent memory. We've actually had a decrease in violent crime since the storm & NO REPORTS OF LOOTING! There have, however, been at least 7 deaths (2 car accidents, 1 tree limb falling, the rest CO poisoning.) The area is slowly getting power, but they tell is we could be out until SUNDAY. I can't help but be a little annoyed that the mall 3 miles away has power & is open, but I can't flip on a light switch in my house. Oh well, what can you do. :shrug:

[skcin]

BTW - snow's gone, it all melted yesterday. :D The problem is that power lines are still down everywhere & there's trees & limbs all over the place - many streets are still impassible. It's unreal. Very weird thing to see one side of a street lit up & the other totally dark. It's now pouring rain, which will flood everything more. And it's still down into high 30's low 40's at night, so people are cold. Some grocery stores & gas stations are open, but not too many. It's getting better (Friday people were waiting for 4 hours in line for gas, and grocery shopping in the dark with flashlights) but very slowly.

Anyone heard from Hawkeye? :shrug:

[golden braid]

Wow! I didn't even know there was a huge storm. I'm glad you're doing ok and things are getting better. The sump pump ordeal sounds awful.

[JazmenFlowers]

desparate times call for shopping. that's a bunch of conshohocken. I mean, people need FN electricity more than a mall does.

well, at least you're safe. and I hear you about the trees. after the ice storm and Katrina...trees, wooded areas, etc. really haven't been the same here.

[skcin]

To be honest, I'm a little surprised some of you didn't know. It's been on CNN & the network news all weekend. You guys probaboy heard "Buffalo" and "snow" and ignored it. :laugh:

I will post pics of the 'hood as soon as I'm back online at home.

[JazmenFlowers]

I will post pics of the 'hood as soon as I'm back online at home.
the money shots! I'm anxious to see. have a good day, if you can.

[SuzeQuze]

To be honest, I'm a little surprised some of you didn't know. It's been on CNN & the network news all weekend. You guys probaboy heard "Buffalo" and "snow" and ignored it. :laugh:

I will post pics of the 'hood as soon as I'm back online at home.

I was pretty shocked too but then I thought maybe the reports were more prevalent here since I live in the NE. As everyone knows I listen to AAR for my news. :lol: I have a serious addiction.

[Livia]

Jeez, Paula - glad you're okay. :xoxo:

[DrummerDeanna]

:eek: Good God, Paula!! You've just described my worst fear from my time living in the East.

I'm glad you guys came out ok!!

[SuzeQuze]

the money shots! I'm anxious to see. have a good day, if you can.

I can't wait to see them. When I was a kid hurricane Gloria hit us and we lost about 4 trees. It was so crazy, no one else in the neighborhood even lost any. It was one of those weird things. I know that sound and it scared the bejesus out of me. They didn't land on anything except my Dad's dumb trailer he built. It was for hauling stuff. It actually was pretty cool 'cept he didn't account for what it would weigh when he was done. Haha. So he finally just got his pickup. /end ramble

[bikerchic]

To be honest, I'm a little surprised some of you didn't know. It's been on CNN & the network news all weekend. You guys probaboy heard "Buffalo" and "snow" and ignored it. :laugh:


Well, it certainly has been all over our news (since you're our neighbours and all :rolleyes:), but when they start preempting my "Young and The Restless" (twice now) that's where I draw the line :cool:

Paula, I have to tell you though, everytime I had a hot meal or a hot shower, I thought of you. It was very hard on me :distress: :laugh:

[skcin]

Paula, I have to tell you though, everytime I had a hot meal or a hot shower, I thought of you. It was very hard on me :distress: :laugh:

You whore! :lol:

My mom called me late Sunday to announce they had power & were watching TV all cozy & wamr. I had to force myself not to hang up on her.

[mikeschmike]

Sounds disastrous. Glad you and all of yours are okay though.

On a more comical note, they had better get power to you before Wednesday night. You being denied the sight of Jeffrey in tears would be truly tragic.

:xoxo:

[Livia]

Sounds disastrous. Glad you and all of yours are okay though.

On a more comical note, they had better get power to you before Wednesday night. You being denied the sight of Jeffrey in tears would be truly tragic.

:xoxo:

And here I was, thinking it would be poor taste to mention Project Runway. :laugh:

[JazmenFlowers]

And here I was, thinking it would be poor taste to mention Project Runway. :laugh:
with Paula? poor, chonshohocken taste is the only one worth mentioning. :laugh:

[mikeschmike]

And here I was, thinking it would be poor taste to mention Project Runway. :laugh:

it probably is, but poor taste has always been part of my charm ;)

[skcin]

Sounds disastrous. Glad you and all of yours are okay though.

On a more comical note, they had better get power to you before Wednesday night. You being denied the sight of Jeffrey in tears would be truly tragic.

:xoxo:

And here I was, thinking it would be poor taste to mention Project Runway. :laugh:

Oh, no. Not at all. Trust me, as soon as I touched bases & determined everyone I knew was OK, I started worrying about TV - you guys know how I am about TV. :rolleyes: I've already missed an ep of Supernatural, Ghost Whisperer, Men in Trees, Heroes...

I have to see Gilmore Girls tonight, and Runway is a must tomorrow. Come hell or high water (literally) I will seek out someone I know with cable & watch PR, dammit! :p

[GardenStateGirlie]

To be honest, I'm a little surprised some of you didn't know.

so am i -- especially considering i was in new england this weekend :o glad you're safe and no serious damage occured. it's also nice to hear about folks helping one another out.

[skcin]

^ I may have spoken too soon on that one - I just heard that a bunch of hooliogans broke into a liquor store the other night. :p Still, it's not too bad considering.

BTW - FEMA's going to help us. Woo. Hoo. :rolleyes:

OH! I almost forgot about my A-hole neighbor. As soon as we got the generator, Mark & I hooked up a pump to get the 3' of water out the nice next door neighbor's cellar - she's 70, just found out she has cancer & isn't doing well at all. She's pretty much refusing help, but she let us do this.

It worked, we all breathe a sigh of relief. My neighbor on the other side (34 years old, healthy, has 2 jerky kids & a husband) comes over & says "I don't think this is going to work out very well, all that water from her house is going to go into my basement." :shocked: I stare at her for a second, then say "maybe if you husband would move all those tree limbs he threw into the street, the water would flow better into the sewer underneath them. Besides, you're hooked up to a generator too, so your sump pump will take care of it." She didn't say anything. MY husband & brotherinlaw start going down the street cleaning out the gutters/ sewer so the water could drain.

Then her husband says the same thing to Mark about their basement. Mark, my genius husband, retorts "well, if the power comes on tonight, her sump pump would be doing the same thing anyway. Let's help out our neighbors, huh?" :thumbsup: Jerkasses.

[JazmenFlowers]

^^^
wha??? kick their conshohocken!

[sara1998]

^^^
wha??? kick their conshohocken!

ok, you two, where in the hell did that word form from???

[bikerchic]

BTW - FEMA's going to help us. Woo. Hoo. :rolleyes:



I heard Buffalo is pissed at FEMA (no surprise there) for not responding. Is this true?

I come from sump pump country too (we have two) so I know what you're talkin' bout!

[skcin]

ok, you two, where in the hell did that word form from???

Sorry, can't tell you. I'm very hurt that you obviously didn't read my brilliant thread in the Stevie Forum titled "Berkeley, Insiders, Conshohoken & more." Cuz if you did, you'd be in the know. :( If I were you, I'd get my ass over there pronto! :D

Here's a link to some pics. Mine are better, of course (who gives a sh*t about snow on a pumpkin & llamas hanging out?), but you get the idea.

http://wvit.nbcweatherplus.com/weathernews/10071930/detail.html?qs=;s=1;w=640

The mayor of the city of Buffalo declined FEMA assistance for now, saying that the surrounding suburbs need it more. I personally think he's right, but I might feel differently if I lived in the city. :laugh:

[mikeschmike]

The mayor of the city of Buffalo declined FEMA assistance for now, saying that the surrounding suburbs need it more. I personally think he's right, but I might feel differently if I lived in the city. :laugh:

But they do such a heckuva job! Everyone should want their assistance.

[skcin]

The National Guard is here. That's good enough for me. What's FEMA going to do, offer me a trailer next spring?

I found some pics that better show the reality of what it's like here (still). But mine are still better. :laugh:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vickispix/269801259/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vickispix/269801951/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/vickispix/271019841/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vickispix/269803853/

[sara1998]

The National Guard is here. That's good enough for me. What's FEMA going to do, offer me a trailer next spring?

I found some pics that better show the reality of what it's like here (still). But mine are still better. :laugh:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vickispix/269801259/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vickispix/269801951/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/vickispix/271019841/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vickispix/269803853/

All I can say is damn....:distress:

[ragandbone]

I heard about the storm, and completely forgot that it was your area, but I am really glad to hear that you are OK! Thanks for the wild details!

I need to ask a dumb question about the sump pumps. Do you all have them because you are in an area with high ground water level all the time, or are they just for the Winter months with rain and snow?

I would be sad about the trees, also.

[skcin]

^ Dunno, really. I didn't even know how they worked until it was explained to me a few years ago. All I know is almost everyone around here gets water in their basement occasionally, with or without a sump pump. :shrug:

[DrummerDeanna]

^^

Those pictures are wild...can't wait to see yours.

And your neighbors sound like first class jackasses. But there's always karma - and I think it's awesome that you guys helped the old lady...

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Sounds dreadful. So glad to hear you're ok

Pip

[DavidMn]

Hey kids. First I must thank you guys for thinking of me. :xoxo: I really do appreciate it. Second, I would like to say that although things are pretty bad, I consider myself lucky - I have a roof over my head, no major damage to my home, my friends & family members are all OK - and I have power & internet at work! :blob2: Things could be a lot worse than they are.

Now for the bitch part of this thread. :cool: It sucks not having power for 5 days (and counting.) It sucks throwing out tons of food because it spoiled. It sucks not being able to contact the people you love for hours because they only have a cordless phone at their house. It sucks getting up every 1/2 hour all night long to bail water out of your sump pump with a bucket. It sucks being home alone in the dark (Mark was at work the night of the storm) watching & listening to huge trees crash down all around you, praying the giant one in front of your house doesn't come crashing through your front picture windows. It sucks knowing the there are people worse off than you & knowing there's really no way to help them. And it sucks to take a 4 day long weekend for your anniversary, planning to go to dinner & movies & other funt things, only to be stranded at home for that time.

more...All I can say is TGIF. You know what I mean.:nod:

[GypsySorcerer]

Glad to hear you're okay, Paula. :xoxo:

[ontheEdgeof17]

Does this mean you got snow? I'm confused.




PS: Glad you are a.o.k.!

[GODDESS6]

most definitely glad you & the hubby are o.k. paula, storms like that suck, we get them here all the time in the winter, the no power & not being able to get out it awful~ the last storm we had w/ no power, the news did a story 9 months later on all the babies that were born:nod: :nod: :nod: ~ guess people found away to keep warm, & while away the time alone:D ~

[sara1998]

most definitely glad you & the hubby are o.k. paula, storms like that suck, we get them here all the time in the winter, the no power & not being able to get out it awful~ the last storm we had w/ no power, the news did a story 9 months later on all the babies that were born:nod: :nod: :nod: ~ guess people found away to keep warm, & while away the time alone:D ~

They had no time for all that. They were too busy bailing out the sump pump. :cool:

[skcin]

They had no time for all that. They were too busy bailing out the sump pump. :cool:

Dude. Don't I know it. :mad: I was pissed - we were so busy bailing, then so tired all the time, that we were in no mood for anything - board games, card games, sex, drinking, whatever. It sucked.

OK, so I still have no power. :rolleyes: They're telling me late Sunday, which would be 11 days without. I'm trying to be patient, and I'm trying not to be angry. But why are the people that lost power first getting it back LAST? Everyone I know that lost it Fri, Sat or Sun has power now, but those who lost it early Thurs eve. still don't have it.

Also, is it coincidence that the higher income neighborhoods had their power restored sooner than older, poorer ones? I usually don't think that way, but I'm honestly starting to. When asked, the National Grid spokesman said "we do out BEST to TRY not to show favoritism." WTF does that mean? You try not to? Yeah, that makes me feel better. :mad:

[SuzeQuze]

Dude. Don't I know it. :mad: I was pissed - we were so busy bailing, then so tired all the time, that we were in no mood for anything - board games, card games, sex, drinking, whatever. It sucked.

OK, so I still have no power. :rolleyes: They're telling me late Sunday, which would be 11 days without. I'm trying to be patient, and I'm trying not to be angry. But why are the people that lost power first getting it back LAST? Everyone I know that lost it Fri, Sat or Sun has power now, but those who lost it early Thurs eve. still don't have it.

Also, is it coincidence that the higher income neighborhoods had their power restored sooner than older, poorer ones? I usually don't think that way, but I'm honestly starting to. When asked, the National Grid spokesman said "we do out BEST to TRY not to show favoritism." WTF does that mean? You try not to? Yeah, that makes me feel better. :mad:

Oh yeah, they will do the wealthy neighborhoods first. That's where the big tax dollars come from. And they would feel entitled and squawk the loudest when their power didn't come back promptly.

[BlackWidow]

Oh yeah, they will do the wealthy neighborhoods first. That's where the big tax dollars come from. And they would feel entitled and squawk the loudest when their power didn't come back promptly.

very True! it's all about who has the $$$$$

[JazmenFlowers]

Oh yeah, they will do the wealthy neighborhoods first. That's where the big tax dollars come from. And they would feel entitled and squawk the loudest when their power didn't come back promptly.
exactly. wouldn't want to ruffle any feathers, now would we? :laugh:

[skcin]

exactly. wouldn't want to ruffle any feathers, now would we? :laugh:

I don't exactly live in a slum, but it's an older neighborhood with many elderly people & young families that nobody will listen to. Such is life. :distress:

BTW - I calculated how many buckets of water I bailed out of that damned sump. Approx 140 buckets on Thursday night alone. :eek: Had to do it a lot more often the next few days & nights, but took turns wit mah man. So I'd say somewhere around 500 buckets.

[BlackWidow]

I don't exactly live in a slum, but it's an older neighborhood with many elderly people & young families that nobody will listen to. Such is life. :distress:

BTW - I calculated how many buckets of water I bailed out of that damned sump. Approx 140 buckets on Thursday night alone. :eek: Had to do it a lot more often the next few days & nights, but took turns wit mah man. So I'd say somewhere around 500 buckets.

holy ****. Paula!
That is one intense workout.
If I were there I would help you out!:nod:
Sorry to hear about the problem....

[skcin]

^ Thanks. As exhausting as it was, we're lucky that our sink is only 3 feet away from the sump. Some people's are clear across on the other side of the basement - good luck with that.

BTW - now the Mayor of Buffalo is pissed & bitching that FEMA didn't come into the city to assess the conditions, they only went to the burbs. Well, Byron, you're the one who said you didn't need their assistance yet! :rolleyes:

[JazmenFlowers]

I don't exactly live in a slum, but it's an older neighborhood with many elderly people & young families that nobody will listen to. Such is life. :distress:
yeah. I know how you feel. I don't live in the ritzy part of town, but I'm not in the ghetto either. after Katrina, my neighborhood was 5 days without power. I was really lucky that I never lost power.
BTW - I calculated how many buckets of water I bailed out of that damned sump. Approx 140 buckets on Thursday night alone. :eek: Had to do it a lot more often the next few days & nights, but took turns wit mah man. So I'd say somewhere around 500 buckets.
well at least you got some killer exercise. :thumbsup:

[skcin]

Got electricity last night around 9pm - that makes a total of 6 days without power (4 of those without a generator either.) I can't tell you how happy that made me. :o

[sara1998]

Got electricity last night around 9pm - that makes a total of 6 days without power (4 of those without a generator either.) I can't tell you how happy that made me. :o

YAY! So glad to hear that.....

[SuzeQuze]

Yay! You can watch Grey's from home! :laugh: