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Schone23666
11-08-2012, 04:28 PM
Sorry I haven't posted in a while, had some things going on.

Did a career change (trust me, not easy) and now working as a biomedical tech up at St. Joseph's Hospital in Paterson, New Jersey. Moved up and started a few months ago. Was just settling down when Sandy hit us. I finally got power back several days ago.

I held out fine. I've been through several hurricanes to know enough not to sit on my ass, I stocked up on gas, food, water etc. beforehand (the only thing I couldn't stock up on was ammunition for firearms thanks to New Jersey's ridiculous gun laws, but more on that some other time). Sadly, I can't say the same about other parts of New Jersey and New York, I'm sure you've all seen the pictures and read the stories by now. Over 100 people died on Staten Island alone. :( It'll take them years, if not longer to recover from all this. One of my coworkers up here is a part-time firefighter on Staten Island....we were finally able to reach him earlier this week, the stories he had to tell were pretty grim.

B.T.
11-08-2012, 04:47 PM
Hey Schone,
welcome back.

Glad you did not have that much trouble!

Schone23666
11-08-2012, 04:51 PM
Thanks B.T.

The pictures only tell half the story though. Entire areas of New York and New Jersey are pretty much gone. I've been through several storms, and never seen destruction this widespread.

StainlessSteelCynic
11-08-2012, 04:55 PM
Welcome back Schone :)

You know with what you've described about the storm damage, it's actually kind of scary to think that we never really need to live through WW3 to encounter large scale damage - just when we think we're safe from catastrophe, nature happily provides one!

Schone23666
11-08-2012, 05:06 PM
Welcome back Schone :)

You know with what you've described about the storm damage, it's actually kind of scary to think that we never really need to live through WW3 to encounter large scale damage - just when we think we're safe from catastrophe, nature happily provides one!

Thanks. Trust me, I'm very grateful for what I've got. You quickly remember, yet again, how many things in the everyday world we take for granted.

In fact, Jason and myself were talking a few days and we basically said "Part of this feels a little bit like T2K in the aftermath doesn't it?" That definitely gave us both pause for a moment. :eek:

StainlessSteelCynic
11-09-2012, 05:05 AM
And as a post-script to this, I heard a news broadcast on the radio today about the severe storms that are currently happening in Tasmania. Apparently the capital city Hobart was struck by several tornadoes during the day (web news article here (http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2012/11/09/3629550.htm?site=hobart))
T'is definitely the season of wild weather so I hope you have your head down Legbreaker*!


* I believe Leg lives in central Tasmania and that region didn't escape the storms, high winds and hail even though it's a healthy distance from Hobart.

Legbreaker
11-09-2012, 05:17 AM
200km north. Apparently the "tornadoes" were just mild and quickly dissipated.
Had a bit of hail in town, but where I am 10 mins west of Launceston, it was just rain.

Legbreaker
11-09-2012, 09:22 AM
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