Storm Sandy
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stainlesscycle
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we finally got power back late last night. when one of these guys showed up, i knew the magic would happen soon. hope everyone else gets back to normalcy soon.
twowheels
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we finally got power back late last night. when one of these guys showed up, i knew the magic would happen soon. hope everyone else gets back to normalcy soon.
What's all that white stuff?
stainlesscycle
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What's all that white stuff?
it's a 4am surprise. went from rain to 16" snow in 4 hours. leaves were on the trees, so all trees became 1/2 height, and twice as wide
GMP
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Gas is getting better, especially since the gov started the odd/even rule. More power, more stations, more gas. Almost no lines in AM. I still have 25-30 gal of regular in my garage for the generator I can now fill our trucks with! I told my wife don't stop for gas I wan't to free up cans for premium and premix!
Heard you had a good time Ed, also heard your buddy was fast. Bummed I couldn't come and mix it up. I'm going to try and ride Thanksgiving weekend in PA if Steve throws something together. One more race is series next week.
Heard you had a good time Ed, also heard your buddy was fast. Bummed I couldn't come and mix it up. I'm going to try and ride Thanksgiving weekend in PA if Steve throws something together. One more race is series next week.
eff
Silver Level Site Supporter
Yeah we did, and we missed you. I'm still planning to bring my bike to PA even though my radiator is a little tweaked so I'll look forward to riding with you then.
It's amazing how fast my buddy is now. When we first started riding together I was dragging him through the woods on his KX250. The he bought a 250EXC and once he got the 250XC-FW Six Days we got fast as hell and moved up to B. It didn't hurt that his job let him ride during the week
Ed Ventura
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I have been working the storm for the past 2 weeks, 16 hr days with no end in site, Building substations that got flooded, Burnt up, blown up switchgear everyware, Though the utillity is close to 100% restored many customers can not safelly except power, One utillity customer might feed 500 people in a lower Manahatten High rise.
Though I am a Electrician by trade I work for a high voltage testing company. My biggest cutomers are the Big Investment banks, Money is no object for reliable electric power for there data centers and traders, And they are spending the moeny now,
Lots of displaced workers, Lots of lost homes,
The worst part of the storm for me in my selfish mind is I missed the last NETRA Enduro
Ed
Though I am a Electrician by trade I work for a high voltage testing company. My biggest cutomers are the Big Investment banks, Money is no object for reliable electric power for there data centers and traders, And they are spending the moeny now,
Lots of displaced workers, Lots of lost homes,
The worst part of the storm for me in my selfish mind is I missed the last NETRA Enduro
Ed
GMP
Active member
I'm just happy a tree didn't crush my house, like happened to one of my neighbors and many others in town. I checked out some of the trails from the roads here and there is a section of pine woods that looks like a tornado or wind shear went through, no intact trees left, either uprooted or stripped and snapped halfway up. Just a big pile of sticks many deep. Everything else is pretty normal now except Verizon hasn't cleaned up their mess of a trashed land line system yet. A 4" dia cable with the steel strength member is still on the ground along my street and draped over a neighbors car.
GMP
Active member
Yes, got power last Thursday night. There are pockets of people here still down. Mostly on streets backing to woods where the lines run through the woods. The original access was not maintained in many cases so now this has to be done before any repairs are made. A crew from Virginia got me going. I heard that the local JCPL guys were giving some of the out of state non-union workers crap and not wanting them to work.
If true this is really f'd up behavior in this situation. Those guys did a great job considering the mess.
If true this is really f'd up behavior in this situation. Those guys did a great job considering the mess.
mcnut
New member
In 2005, I hooked up a roll-off container to my truck and went down to Biloxi to help with the Katrina mess. After three days of trying to help, and being run off by paid contractors everywhere I went, I said screw it and went home. Nobody wanted me doing for free what FEMA was paying them to do. Of course, diesel fuel was artificially inflated due to the storm. I paid in excess of $1000 of my own money to get down there and back.
I've asked my wife to remind me of this any time I think of volunteering for something again.
I've asked my wife to remind me of this any time I think of volunteering for something again.
GMP
Active member
Good man. This is a prime example of whats wrong with things here, and even more so in Europe, and why it costs so much to do and make things, driving jobs to China. I wonder if some of the big union supporters would turn away a non-union crew and wait for JCPL if it was their house that was dead for over a week and it was the second consecutive 20 deg morning?
I wonder if some of the big union supporters would turn away a non-union crew and wait for JCPL if it was their house that was dead for over a week and it was the second consecutive 20 deg morning?
