Although there are may tragic stories of folks who lost all their family memories - photo's, letters, etc., - which went back, in some cases, generations, one of the recurring themes you hear in TV and Newspaper interviews is that at the end of the day, it's all "Stuff". And that includes homes. Not to belittle the tragic loss of all that, especially homes where folks had lived for many generations, most of those interviewed counted themselves lucky to have gotten away without loss of life or injury...
Those old enough to remember the major hurricanes in the '30s (I'm not quite there......yet!) say this was the worst storm ever to hit the City and surrounding areas. Steve Weinstein S/V CAPTIVA 1997 Hunter 376, Hull #376 Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY All outgoing mail protected by VIPRE A/V -----Original Message----- From: Ben Okopnik Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 9:37 AM To: liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Battery Pulsers for Sale On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 11:02:23AM -0500, SteveW wrote: > We fared okay with the exception of a bimini deck fitting which pulled > out. > I can rout out, epoxy, and re-drill and re-attach myself without making > any > insurance claim. Glad to hear it, Steve! It seems that all my friends in the Northeast got away, some with a few scratches, but everyone is OK. Whew. Cold as it may sound to people who just lost property, etc., stuff can be replaced. People aren't quite so fungible. I am indeed sorry for those who have lost things, but... frankly, until I managed to contact all my friends, I felt like there was a heavy stone on my heart. I had at least exchanged email with Steve and knew that he was more or less OK - only the status of the boat was in question - but it took me at least two weeks to get in touch with some of the people that I cared about (phone taking a dive overboard while I was cruising didn't help), and I was NOT a happy camper during that time. Ben -- OKOPNIK CONSULTING Custom Computing Solutions For Your Business Expert-led Training | Dynamic, vital websites | Custom programming 443-250-7895 http://okopnik.com http://twitter.com/okopnik _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html