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Rook

I haven't. Anyone have him on FB?

Haven't seen him around.

reply to Jim
I haven't seen him on either. According to the site it's been 1 week and 2 days. I understand that there is probably internet connectivity issues in his area due to the storm. I hope that he is OK.....
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reply to Jim
no idea.

I hope that everything is ok.

We miss you too Dez, but aren't really worried about your safety.
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PTU

I'm concerned about Dez getting lost at sea.

Can you imagine finding a blue baby in a blue ocean? He'll be lost forever.

And hopefully Rook is doing fine.

If you're going to get lost in the ocean you need a white baby on a key chain. RIP

reply to Jim
Thanks for the concern guys. I'm ok.

The storm filled my basement with about 7 feet of water, and the electrical system was pretty much destroyed. Both breaker panels were underwater (salt water) for a couple of days. LIPA took forever to get the power turned on after I got stuff fixed up, and I elected to stay with the house, so no electricity for almost 3 weeks. No internet access here means no access to DSLR from work.
It was very boring.
I did a lot of reading though.
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Glad you're safe. Sorry you had so much water. I'll have a word with Sandy about that. Bad storm. Bad!
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Thanks. I was actually a lot luckier than a lot of people on the peninsula. I heard from a neighbor that over 100 homes caught fire because of Sandy. All I had was some water to pump out, some damage to clean up, a little rebuilding to do, and the loss of some modern comforts.

I can live (temporarily) without heat and hot water, but losing electricity was kind of annoying.

Sandy was a bad girl all right.
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Glad you're ok, Rook.

Thanks Krisn.

Just reiterate what the others have said, we're glad you're good. Also, glad to hear stuff around your place is getting fixed up.

Thanks.

Things are getting fixed up, but of course it's a slow process.
The American Red Cross and a bunch of volunteer organizations have been extremely helpful with providing food and blankets and that type of stuff to the neighborhood, and helping with cleanup.
NYC Sanitation literally drives around all day and night picking up whatever cleanup garbage they see. A group of volunteers helped me empty my basement yesterday afternoon, and this morning the bags (about 20 of them) are all gone.

But LIPA took forever to restore power, even after my panels were replaced and inspected, and my flood insurance company and FEMA are really backed up. It's going to take a while, but things aren't that bad really.
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PTU.

Let us know if there is anything we can do.

reply to Rook008
I'm thankful that you're OK and the only damage is to your property and nothing more serious.

It's really awesome that there are so many volunteers out there!
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reply to Jim
Yeah, the amount of people from all over the country that just showed up to help is amazing.
It would have taken me days to get that basement cleaned up, and the dozen or so of them did it in about an hour. I wish I had gotten more info about the group so I could send them a donation or something.
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