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Originally Posted by Rich Biebel
It is very bad in some locations.....total destruction.
Many have been without power and still are.
My workplace was without power all week.....We were on generator power.....and thankfully we installed the eqiupment needed to keep us up and running a year or two ago.....
Many of my co-workers have been without power and they were out day and night trying to help our customers with generator problems....
Finding gas for our service trucks has been a big problem......
Yesterday 2 trucks went to Pa and came back with a lot of fuel.....so we should be ok for 2-3 days....
Long lines......very few stations open.....rationing by odd and even plate numbers....lots of confusion.....Police trying to keep order and tempers getting short....
Cold temps last night and colder tonight.......
Not fun for the people in the real bad areas......or those who lost everything....
I was extremely lucky.....no damage...never lost power...the winds here were plenty strong as there are big Maple trees down right up the street.....
The amount of money and work to rebuild the bad areas is going to be huge.......and take a long time......
Mother Nature.... Global Warming.....or Natural Cycles......I have no idea whats behind it. There are so many people living in vulnerable areas.....there is no way to defend yourself against a strom like this other than evacuate.....
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Most wont like this but......So WHY didnt they evacuate?? In english thats get the hell out of there. They had lots of time to leave. Heads up warnings on the weather channels for almost a week. If it had come thru here in Fl. I would have been gone a long time before it hit. Ive been thru a few bad ones. Take some papers and personal possions and get the hell out. You cant fight mother nature especially high flood water and why do people still build on a beach. Your just asking for trouble then wonder why the Govt. and insurance is slow helping and wont pay off in a lot of cases.