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**Necros**

Dunno .. but it will be a while before I need to start drinking outta the tap anyway. Got plenty of water stocked, also some gallon jugs frozen in the freezer ahead of time to keep stuff cool so that's last resort water too. If the power isn't back tonight it's gonna be peanut butter & jelly for dinner. And I have about 10 pounds of halloween candy, so I'm all set.

**Easy E**

This is pretty bad stuff going down. Hopefully, it can be cleaned up and restored faster than New Orleans was/is. My thoughts are with everyone in the storm.

Regarding Wall Street, I wonder what their Business Conitnuation Plan is?

**Frazzled**

Sustain hemselves with a mixture of chips and Grey Goose.

**Ensis Ferrae**

Frazzled wrote:
Sustain hemselves with a mixture of chips and Grey Goose.

which of course, they will send "Jarvis" after, so that they don't possibly have to get even slightly dirty or wet.

**KalashnikovMarine**

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.515517068472407.121621.109701809053937&type=1

Some actual photos from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the "Old Guard" during Sandy.

Still at "0 Feths Given" status. Freaking motivating.

**whembly**

KalashnikovMarine wrote:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.515517068472407.121621.109701809053937&type=1

Some actual photos from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the "Old Guard" during Sandy.

Still at "0 Feths Given" status. Freaking motivating.

:salutes:

Huzzah!

**Experiment 626**

Necros wrote:
I double filter my water I have one of those Pur faucet attachments, and then I go from there into my filter water pitcher I spent most of sunday filling up jugs of water so I have plenty. I still had hot water for a shower today... dunno if I will tomorrow.

Some lady at work here was just saying her husband works for the power company and most of the people are without power because they shut it off on purpose to prevent damage to transformers and stuff so hopefully they'll start turning it back on today.

Hopefully Con.ed does a better job of keeping their equipment up-to-date and in working order than Ontario does... That massive blackout in 2003 - Ontario shut down pretty much every station south of the northern shore of Lake Huron for the same reason, (ie: to stop the casscading failure from exploding everything!), and it took them 5 days to start it all back again because the equipment & nuclear stations are so antiquated!

Thankfully Hamilton/Burlington doged the big bullet. We've got a mess of smaller branches, leaves jamed into the catchbasens and crap people were too stupid to lock away/secure, but other than that, the worst we've suffered is not being able to sleep a wink last night due to 90-100km/h constant gusting turning every tree into a tilt-a-hurl! The noise of the wind was amazing!
1 woman in Toronto was killed last night though when part of sign broke lose and fell on her.

Hope everyone in NY & New Jersey is doing okay, stay safe guys!

**Lordhat**

Jihadin wrote:
Hurricane...tornado alley....earthquake.....is it safer in Canada?

It's plenty safe right here in AZ. Our only natural disaster is the yearly heat.

**Experiment 626**

Lordhat wrote:
Jihadin wrote:
Hurricane...tornado alley....earthquake.....is it safer in Canada?
It's plenty safe right here in AZ. Our only natural disaster is the yearly heat.

You guys missed the worst of 'em all though - Yellowstone, it's America's natural "reset EVERYTHING!" button.

**ChiliPowderKeg**

Contacted the family again. Trees are everywhere. The neighbor's very large pine tree toppled over into the backyard and destroyed two out of three cars, a shed, and an unknown number of its contents.

**kronk**

Best of luck, Chili!

**Manchu**

It has pretty much stopped raining in Richmond.

**Experiment 626**

Manchu wrote:
It has pretty much stopped raining in Richmond.

*looks out the window*
Nope, still raining a bit here... And the freaking sun is now poking through the clouds.

Gotta love Canadian weather! If you don't like the looks of it out your front door, go look out the back door - it's probably different!

**heysparky**

Hope everyone is staying safe.

**Goliath**

One thing that struck me, what with all the flooding and destruction, surely this will affect voter turnout for the presidential elections?

**Jihadin**

Article on Fox I read already mention like at least 2 million min are to be affected to not show up. Reason mainly be power, debries, home security, and clean up.

**whembly**

Goliath wrote:
One thing that struck me, what with all the flooding and destruction, surely this will affect voter turnout for the presidential elections?

Yeah... I think either Congress needs to pass an Act to extend voting...

Or... I think the states can do something to ensure everyone gets to vote.

**d-usa**

So that's why the Republicans have been denying Global Warming for so long while fighting any effort to fix it.

They wanted this storm so that people wouldn't vote for Obama!

Voter Suppression!

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whembly wrote:
Goliath wrote:
One thing that struck me, what with all the flooding and destruction, surely this will affect voter turnout for the presidential elections?

Yeah... I think either Congress needs to pass an Act to extend voting...

Or... I think the states can do something to ensure everyone gets to vote.

The Federal government really has almost absolute zero control over voting, other than the civil rights aspect of it.

Elections are almost 100% controlled by the states.

**whembly**

Yeah... I knew that.

I'm hope the NE states makes sure everyone can vote... and if there's any doubt of this storm having an impact, they should extend the deadline.

**reds8n**

http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/skeleton_found_in_upended_tree_on_green/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/30/justina-laniewski-saves-ducks-hurricane-sandy_n_2044653.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news

moron.

Hope people are safe and sound, and the damage is swiftly repaired.

**Frazzled**

whembly wrote:
Goliath wrote:
One thing that struck me, what with all the flooding and destruction, surely this will affect voter turnout for the presidential elections?

Yeah... I think either Congress needs to pass an Act to extend voting...

Or... I think the states can do something to ensure everyone gets to vote.

NO.
We went through financial crises, bad weather, two, three, four thousand wars and still had elections.
I guarantee if a CAT 5 went through the South elections wouldn't be postponed.
I feel for them and pray the power returns quickly, but suck it up a little. It was a CAT 1 and the election is next week, not this week.

**reds8n**

U.S met office issues a stark warning that Hurricane Sandy has been upgraded to a "British Summer" status.

**Frazzled**

reds8n wrote:
U.S met office issues a stark warning that Hurricane Sandy has been upgraded to a "British Summer" status.

Translation?

**reds8n**

Just a joke about the brilliance of our weather, especially this summer.

Remember you guys generally have a climate whilst we have weather.

**Frazzled**

reds8n wrote:
Just a joke about the brilliance of our weather, especially this summer.

Remember you guys generally have a climate whilst we have weather.

In Scotland, damp is a color.
-some Scottish comedian.

**reds8n**

"I hate all those weathermen, too, who tell you that rain is bad weather. There's no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothing, so get yourself a sexy raincoat and live a little."

“There are two seasons in Scotland: June and winter.”

You have to remember that the Uk this summer had a drought -- so no hosepipes for the garden, etc etc -- flooding, record high temperatures and record rainfall all at the same time! . Possibly even on the same day.

One would think this was impossible but ...

we found a way !

**Easy E**

Brownie of Katrina fame was criticizing the President's response to Sandy.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/264845-bushs-brownie-criticizes-obama-on-sandy

Michael Brown, former President George W. Bush's former FEMA director who was criticized for his slow reaction to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, said on Monday that President Obama may have acted too quickly on Hurricane Sandy this week.

Brown said Obama's Sunday press conference with Federal Emergency Management Agency officials was "premature" because the effect of the storm was not felt until a day later.

"It's premature [when] the brunt of the storm won't happen until later this afternoon," Brown said Monday, according to Denver Westward.

Brown said he was concerned about Obama's early remarks because people in the Northeast were "already beginning to blow it off." He added that Obama's comments on Sunday were leading New Yorkers to start "shrugging their shoulders" and ask "what's this all about?"

Brown, now a talk radio host in Colorado, said Obama was likely trying to get ahead of the storm politically.

"[He] doesn't want anybody to accuse him of not being on top of it or not paying attention or playing politics in the middle of it," Brown said. "He probably figured Sunday was a good day to do a press conference."

Brown added that the message Obama should have sent is one that says the administration will help FEMA with whatever it needs to handle the effect of the hurricane. Obama largely said that on Sunday, when he said the government needs to "respond big" to the storm and that he would not let the process of responding get "bogged down in a lot of rules."

Brown, famously dubbed "Brownie" by Bush, was harshly criticized by both Democrats and Republicans for the way FEMA handled Hurricane Katrina in 2005. That storm left New Orleans residents in a chaotic struggle to find food, clean water and shelter, and FEMA was widely seen as reacting too slowly to that event.

The Bush administration was also criticized for appointing Brown to lead FEMA when he had no disaster relief experience. Brown was relieved of his control over the Katrina response after just a few weeks.

Brown later criticized state-level officials and former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin for failing to evacuate New Orleans quickly enough. Brown said cities in Mississippi and Alabama were evacuated on time, and added that his "biggest mistake" was not realizing that Louisiana was "dysfunctional."

That's a pretty ballsy statement for Brownie to make.

**Jihadin**

Brownie no factor. He failed...beyond epic.

**whembly**

Frazzled wrote:
whembly wrote:
Goliath wrote:
One thing that struck me, what with all the flooding and destruction, surely this will affect voter turnout for the presidential elections?

Yeah... I think either Congress needs to pass an Act to extend voting...

Or... I think the states can do something to ensure everyone gets to vote.

NO.
We went through financial crises, bad weather, two, three, four thousand wars and still had elections.
I guarantee if a CAT 5 went through the South elections wouldn't be postponed.
I feel for them and pray the power returns quickly, but suck it up a little. It was a CAT 1 and the election is next week, not this week.

Eh... Fair enough. Looks like things would be better by Nov 6th in the NE.

**Frazzled**

whembly wrote:
Frazzled wrote:
whembly wrote:
Goliath wrote:
One thing that struck me, what with all the flooding and destruction, surely this will affect voter turnout for the presidential elections?

Yeah... I think either Congress needs to pass an Act to extend voting...

Or... I think the states can do something to ensure everyone gets to vote.

NO.
We went through financial crises, bad weather, two, three, four thousand wars and still had elections.
I guarantee if a CAT 5 went through the South elections wouldn't be postponed.
I feel for them and pray the power returns quickly, but suck it up a little. It was a CAT 1 and the election is next week, not this week.

Eh... Fair enough. Looks like things would be better by Nov 6th in the NE.

Power appears to be coming back on in PA.