Sandy - Oh man...
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pencero said:
That pretty much sums up all of us, every area has associated risks to natural disasters, though some more than others, we all take risks in the areas we choose. :?
pencero said:
Sure there's risks, but many of these areas have never seen storms of this magnitude before. I think of the people that have homes on the NC barrier islands. They seem to get hit every year, and every year they're faced with having to rebuild or move on.
In my old neighborhood, there has been a history of flooding, but again nothing this severe had ever occurred before. Many of these small homes were there since the '20's. Some of these homes were passed down from generation to generation.
Bonnewagon said:This says it all....and this was before it got BAD.
Mark,
I've never seen that picture before. That is scary as hell... :shock:
Im out here on Long Island.
Its been bad out here and what makes it worse is our electric company. nothing but excuses and lies. My parents are still without power and they are into day 12. They were not hit with anything, no damage and are in the middle of the island but still no power.
I do have many friends that lost alot, my sisters house got flooded bad and some peope I know lost their cars and homes.
Its been bad out here and what makes it worse is our electric company. nothing but excuses and lies. My parents are still without power and they are into day 12. They were not hit with anything, no damage and are in the middle of the island but still no power.
I do have many friends that lost alot, my sisters house got flooded bad and some peope I know lost their cars and homes.
There are records of awful floods and storms going back hundreds of years. Lowlands flooded, barrier islands breached, new inlets created overnight, like the blizzard of '88, etc. If you look at old maps going back even just 100 years, no one built in these areas, and for good reason. But since nothing happened LATELY, they drained and filled all the swamps and lowlands and built right up to the water's edge. The entire South Shore of Long Island is a prime example of a catastrophe waiting to happen, and it did. I'm sure the developers who got rich building there knew the risks, didn't care, and if they are still around, are themselves living on HIGH GROUND.
when I had a house in the country west of Montreal that was not built on sand and there was no ocean or lake close. We had an major ice storm back in the 90's and went without power for almost 2 weeks. I had a sump pump plus a back up pump and a generator with an over size fuel tank in the garage wired to the sump pumps but gas stations were closed so I ran out of fuel after a day. I had a wood stove and a fireplace but the wood was stored outside. So the wife left with the kids and headed to relatives while I did what I could to get the stuff out of the basement. Our basement ended up with 5 feet of freezing water so you can build where you think you're safe but mother nature can find you anywhere...
And just to add insult to injury, LIPA customers all got their electric bills in the mail today. After 2 weeks without power! AND they are looking for a rate increase. Unbelievable.
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