Happy to report that we have power and Internet again!!!!!! Lori, DH gave the envie to our letter carrier today, the PO has no power yet for customers to come in, but we have been getting mail, almost every day. The destruction is crazy to other parts of our area, so we feel blessed to have only an uprooted tree that blew out the transformer, and sparked for just a few minutes. When help was called by a neighbor who could see it happening, the incident was over, and no fire! I normally work at home, but was able to go to the Bronx office today, which had no outage. I packed PJs and a change of clothes, because I was going to sleep at my DS , who only lost power for an hour Tuesday. I wasn't going to sleep in the cold again, if I could help it.
Our close friend lost his house in Breezy Point, which his family had for 5 generations. Again, Praise to God that there was no loss of life in over 100 homes destroyed.
I need to apologize to RDRJJ5- we were hit pretty badly by Sandy in my part of Jersey and I haven't made it to the post office yet. Our home is in one piece, but we just got power back and when our power is out we don't have running water or heat so it's been pretty rough here. I promise I will mail you a mega envelope this Monday and again, I'm really sorry for the inconvenience.
SoScary'09- I received your envelope last week just fine, but there was a pretty big tear in the edge of the envelope. I don't think anything fell out but you may want to tape your edges so all your hard coupon clipping work doesn't go to wasteLooking forward to your envie this week and getting back into the swing of normal life.
NYCDiane - I've been thinking of you! I know your area of LI got hit hard. Hope all is ok with you!!!
Tink471 - I did get an envelope out to you on Wednesday. I just got internet and cable back to post. I was so lucky in this storm. We just had a bit of siding damage and was one of the few on Long Island that got back power after 24 hours so now we are hosting all our family and friends who need hot meals, showers, heat and charging of electronics. Kids go back to school on Monday.Just counting our blessings!!
Hope everyone affected by Sandy is safe and recovering!
V4Dice
Thank you for thinking of me! We lost power Monday night and got it back Thursday night/Friday morning. Just got internet back this morning. I'm clipping now (got my SS inserts early) and will get the paper tomorrow if they have the RP insert. I also got the BJs magazine w/tons of coupons that I'll include. Envie will probably go out Monday if I can get gas.