Hurricane Sandy

I live in Louisiana and I remember hurricane Andrew very well. Powerful storm.

Did everyone survive or did you lose it all

I spent the week in a hotel in Mid town. 

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I lost power for one minute then house generator kicked in. The rest of the people in my neighborhood lost power up to 16 hours unless they had portable generators.

Originally posted by jibba91 yea i lost power for about three days, works been closed since tuesday and don't even know when it will open back up. a lot of people still don't  get gas now here is a big problem. they put an "odd and even" rule so depending on the last number on your license plate depends on what day you can get gas.

i feel the need to help people... i can't imagine what people are going through

Originally posted by Heavenly_tRiNiTy I was in Jamaica when Hurricane Andrew was forecast to land, also I couldn't go to the keys on 2 visits to the US cos of storm warnings. I always thought that since hurricanes started out at sea then it fit with the sea faring tradition to feminise them. I was a bit miffed when I heard male names so thanks for the insight JP.  Just curious, how many of u guys live on the east coast? I know Ether, Rikan, Fluff and Necro (florida) do and Papa is from Boston (is that classed as e.coast?). 1 or 2 AR guys too.

yes, Trin... Boston is part of the east coast. We got hit by Sandy but it wasnt as bad as Jersey and New York. I just got back from NY. I was out there working for my company (National Grid) trying to get people up and running with gas. I was trying to meet up with ether bunny but we were confined to a "tent city" and wouldnt let us leave. Might be going back out there in a couple weeks.

I'm still messing with skyrim and havent even taken the wrapper off Assassins Creed III. I think ive gone on ps3 twice in three to four weeks now.

Originally posted by JPINATOR Were any of you guys living where they gave out limited quantities of fuel?

Hmmm... I live in NJ and did not have power for 8 days and could only get fuel every other day (one day I waited 4 hours for fuel), but at least I did not get flooded out and my house only suffered minimal damage.

People were pissed at the electric companies since it was around 28 degrees F with no heat and there were police posted at every open gas station since there were many fights over people / cars cutting the lines.  Some moron even pulled out a gun and demanded gas...