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The Best Show on WFMU => Dear Tom => Topic started by: chetfarnsworth on October 30, 2012, 08:24:49 PM

Title: Hope you're doing well, Tom
Post by: chetfarnsworth on October 30, 2012, 08:24:49 PM: Hey Tom - watching the news coming in from NJ. Really scary stuff.

Hope you're holding up alright and the homestead is sound.
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Post by: kirk on October 30, 2012, 08:40:08 PM: Dido ! Same here .
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Post by: cavorting with nudists on October 30, 2012, 09:23:57 PM: Yes! Hoping you and the loved ones are safe/you and your loved objects are dry.
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Post by: fonpr on October 30, 2012, 09:27:30 PM: I'm packing up the sump pump.

Is UPS delivering to the area?
Title: Re: Hope you're doing well, Tom
Post by: nec13 on October 31, 2012, 09:34:42 AM: Quote from: cavorting with nudists on October 30, 2012, 09:23:57 PM
Yes! Hoping you and the loved ones are safe/you and your loved objects are dry.

+1

Stay safe, Tom.
Title: Re: Hope you're doing well, Tom
Post by: The Brighamist on October 31, 2012, 02:52:07 PM: Saw this from Terre T on Tuesday:

Terre T@TerreCherry
Havin probs w/ Net& phone.To all our friends: @scharpling & I are ok n safe.Just no pwr,watr etc. Thx all who r askn. Hope ths gets thru
30 Oct 12

https://twitter.com/TerreCherry/status/263325982914662400
Title: Re: Hope you're doing well, Tom
Post by: fonpr on October 31, 2012, 07:13:54 PM: Quote from: The Brighamist on October 31, 2012, 02:52:07 PM
Saw this from Terre T on Tuesday:

Terre T@TerreCherry
Havin probs w/ Net& phone.To all our friends: @scharpling & I are ok n safe.Just no pwr,watr etc. Thx all who r askn. Hope ths gets thru
30 Oct 12

https://twitter.com/TerreCherry/status/263325982914662400
Update much appreciated.

Not having water can be rough.

Can you use flood water to flush toilets?
Title: Re: Hope you're doing well, Tom
Post by: chetfarnsworth on November 01, 2012, 12:26:26 PM: NJ/NY/CT were rocked hard. Good to see this tweet from Tom from a few hours ago:

"Thanks to all those concerned and everyone who checked in. We can talk more about this when I'm back in the real world."

We're doing alright here in Southwestern CT. Terrible seeing the news roll in from NY/NJ. Hope other Friends of Tom in the greater tri-state area are doing alright.
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Post by: roman on November 01, 2012, 06:18:00 PM: Has anyone gone to Massa's to find out if AP Mike made it?
Title: Re: Hope you're doing well, Tom
Post by: B_Buster on November 05, 2012, 08:58:13 AM: I'm fine. Power was restored to my block on Thurs. although parts of Bayonne are still without power. I went down to my father's house in central NJ on Wed. hoping they might have power. They didn't (it was finally restored yesterday). I came back to Bayonne (with a full tank of gas--getting gas in Bayonne is completely nuts at this point) on Sat. and was immediately summoned to Massa's where I worked without power (we're using chunks of ice from the high school hockey rink to keep the beer cold!). Joe Puppy's trailer got flooded by Newark Bay. Instead of taking my advice (or anyone else's, for that matter) to go to the shelter across from Massa's or to a friend's place, he spent the night standing in the dark in water, as he put it: "up to my balls," while his furniture and belongings floated around him. He's already contacted FEMA and is waiting to see if he'll have electricity when it's finally restored (I don't think this is likely). Meanwhile, good neighbors are helping him out.
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Post by: JonFromMaplewood on November 05, 2012, 10:12:35 AM: Christ, Mike. I am so sorry for Joe. I hope FEMA is able to help him out.

Hockey rink ice...brilliant!
Title: Re: Hope you're doing well, Tom
Post by: roman on November 05, 2012, 12:18:12 PM: Quote from: B_Buster on November 05, 2012, 08:58:13 AM
I'm fine. Power was restored to my block on Thurs. although parts of Bayonne are still without power. I went down to my father's house in central NJ on Wed. hoping they might have power. They didn't (it was finally restored yesterday). I came back to Bayonne (with a full tank of gas--getting gas in Bayonne is completely nuts at this point) on Sat. and was immediately summoned to Massa's where I worked without power (we're using chunks of ice from the high school hockey rink to keep the beer cold!). Joe Puppy's trailer got flooded by Newark Bay. Instead of taking my advice (or anyone else's, for that matter) to go to the shelter across from Massa's or to a friend's place, he spent the night standing in the dark in water, as he put it: "up to my balls," while his furniture and belongings floated around him. He's already contacted FEMA and is waiting to see if he'll have electricity when it's finally restored (I don't think this is likely). Meanwhile, good neighbors are helping him out.

Glad to hear you're ok. I was listening to NPR yesterday and they were doing a story from Bayonne. They said there was one gas station open in the entire town, and that the line went back for hours, and that the ration was $40. Pretty crazy stuff.

Hopefully FEMA comes through for Joe. And hopefully the power comes back to Massa's before all the ice runs out!
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Post by: Crusherkc on November 06, 2012, 09:03:39 AM: I hope this insanity ends for my friends in the NY/NJ region soon, it's been a week already.
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Post by: chetfarnsworth on November 06, 2012, 11:24:31 AM: Good to hear from you Mike, glad you're hanging in there.