OT- Hello I'm back

[Schone23666]

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.