Sounds grim. The photo of the NJ roller coaster (formerly on dry land) that's now resting offshore in the lapping ocean is a vivid display of the power of this storm. My friend's brother in Stamford, CT has his home under water. In my lifetime I have never seen anything this devastating and widespread.
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Jaime Kopchinski <jaime...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > A short update about whats going on here... Lots of places still have no > electricity and cell phone coverage is very poor. Commuting into New York > is a real mess with most trains not running. The biggest issue I've seen, > which looks like its going to get worse, is the availability of gasoline. > Many stations have no power, and ones that do either are out of gas, or > have mile long lines. Many stations have police directing traffic and a > line of people who have arrived on foot with gas cans in hand. There are > many stories of people running out of gas sitting in line to get it. > > The barrier islands seem to have taken a major beating: the ocean has met > the bay in two places, washing everything out in its path. There are many > houses piled up on top of each other in other places, and natural gas fires > have been burning out of control. There isn't anyone there to put them out > and rows of houses are destroyed. > > Its quite sad here. > Jaime > > > -- > Jaime Kopchinski > http://www.jaimekop.com/ > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
