“Hurricane Sandy” vs. “A Long Island Jew” --
Hurricane --- One :thumb:
Jew --- Zero
Lessons learned - relearned or remembered -
You never have enough -- You think you do -- but you don’t -- the item in stock is as fragile as the item it replaces - Murphy -- is that you.
If you are stupid enough to buy a home in a flood zone - don’t come pizzing & moaning to me -- I’m a moron to !
Don’t leave half your canned food stock in the basement - bring them “All” up.
Don’t leave all your toilet paper in the basement - when it gets wet - it doesn’t work as well - but makes one hell of a spit ball.
2 liter water bottles filled to the brim -- will float.
“Tools” - don’t float - except for wooden concrete floats - ironic.
And neither does a oil fired furnace ( I closed off the outside vent tube to the tank and the valve to the burner ) / clothes dryer / washing machine - but they did move a bit.
After sealing up all the little cracks I found over the years --- I found new ones - even a water feature I didn’t know I had
Jalousie basement windows are useless - and should be replaced with portholes.
All your neighbors suck -- All your neighbors suck --- “ALL YOUR NEIGHBORS SUCK”
One block over, a “rocket scientist” had his generator running in his garage with some stored gas -- more on that later
You never have enough stored gas !
A neighbors 30’ Crisscraft in his driveway up on cinder blocks --- “will” be your new lawn or door ornament
Outside fuel oil tanks --- float.
The “EmerGen” manual transfer switch you installed next to your fuse box - will not work under 6’ of water ( Note to self - move transfer box to main floor )
80 year old women can’t tread water very well - but 87 year old men bob nicely
“Neighbors Suck”
So about 10M - I moved Wifey and her Jeep to higher ground --- I’m wading back through waist deep water ( I’m 6’ ) and my ass is wet ! So I figure what the hell -- this is a great time to “Wiz” -- Then coming toward me is a 30-ish year old guy - with a life-vest on - trying to hold up his mother ( no life vest ) - with not one word spoken I grabbed her and spun her around and grabbed one arm -- sonny grabbed the other and we floated her to Montauk Hwy. I said -- I’ll see you tomorrow and headed back.
Now the water is a little higher and there’s 50 MPH smoke and ash blowing in my eyes - I’m being pelted with walnut sized glowing cinders in the face ( where did I put my shooting glasses ? ) I get to my house - the main floor is 10” from taking on water - I already have the indoor pool I always wanted - but its filled with appliances and “tools” -- I gotta do something about that
All the homes across the street ( canal side ) have water halfway up their front doors. I take both cats and jam them into one cat box ( I bet they loved that ) and headed back to higher ground. I looked up at my next door neighbor’s house to see their silhouettes at their second floor window. Do I hear -- “Gary -- you OK” -- “Gary - do you need help” ? --- Nope !
I wanted to hear -- “Gary - will you come back for us - if the water gets higher” -- “NOPE” !!!!!
( And this guy is a EMT for New York City Columbia Presbyterian Hospital --- and he chose to stay in his house with his wife and two kids )
“Dumb Neighbors Suck”
75 yards up the street is Wifey’s cousins house -- 50 feet-ish from the main road. One of the Deer Park Fire Dept. stump jumper trucks is parked on their lawn with a 12’ zodiac - backed up to the front door. Kenny ( 57 yrs. ) , Terri ( Wifey’s cousin ) are in already and they’re trying to put 87 yrs. old Ed into the boat -- lets see --- let the cats drown or help the 5 firemen ? ---- A Joke !
I said to Terri -- “I’ll tell Squeaky - you’re ok” -- she just stared at me - all bug-eyed
Ever try to sleep in a Jeep Grand Cherokee - the wind hollowing - smoke - sirens - a snoring wife and two screaming cats -- so I thought I’d be a nice guy and let them out of the box -- they both crapped in the back --- more on that later -- maybe not
The next morning at daylight -- docks in the street / fuel oil tanks in the street / boats jammed up against houses / on the next street over - one house burned to the water line --- setting fire to the house next door - the town came with two pay-loaders and pushed the houses into one big smoldering pile. I heard in Queens County - ( Breezy Point ? ) --- 100 houses in a row - burned
Some people returned with their pick-up trucks with their fridge - washer - dryers and microwaves ---- very smart
And the two best --- there’s a house with two lawn screws used to hold the family dog with a yellow rope over the roof of the south facing porch ( brilliant ) ---- and another guy goes to his house - pulls out the garden hose with the back and fourth sprinkler and waters his lawn --- Priorities -- Priorities ?
Me - I went out for more gas before the lines started --- and took a nap
Day Two -
As the neighbors trickle back in -- they start to clean their front yards - “Priorities and Appearances”
Except for large chunks of decks and stuff I can’t leaf-blow away -- I’ll still wait for the last leaf on the trees to fall before I clean the yard --- inside is a little more important now
Gas lines are way longer than the 70’s - I odometer-ed one at 3 miles long
Looting -
Started the next morning - in North Amityville and Copiague. Then into Lindenhurst - in broad daylight “They” would just walk into any totally destroyed house. Wifeys cousin Terri’s ex-husband is a Suffolk cop --- He said their writing down address’s during the day - and going shopping at night. ( And Uncle Ed is fine ) :thumb:
I moved the Jeeps to the picture window side of the house - they both have locking gas caps which should slow them down just enough for me to get Mossy pointed out the window for one warning blank shot ----- just “ONE”
After it cooled - I moved the genny into the kitchen -- zipped bagged the 5 gal. gas cans and moved them inside as well. I’ll have a better way - next time.
The gas company came by and turned off and locked all the house meter’s - till the street lines are blown out and pressured tested - then all home owners have to show a plumbers certificate of safety before they’ll take the fancy lock off the meter’s. I can see it now -- “Yep - you had the forethought to shut off the dryer and disconnected it - as well as the hot water heater - “You were Prepared“ ------- $200 DOLLARS Please”
There’s a guy I drive past every so often in town - we wave “Hello” - today he and his young son were holding the lawn mower up side down draining the gas into a big salad bowl -- He said he got up at 5:AM to look for gas - the lines were a mile long --- “IF” they had any
I said -- “No stored gas - canned food” ? -- “I’ll drive to my mothers in Brooklyn for dinner tonight - my father might have some gas” ? ---- “What if your parents don’t live forever ---- when will you ever be prepared to take care of your own family” ?
Then for some reason he asked ----- “Are you one of those Prepper’s” ? As I drove away I just said --- “Do you see me all bug-eyed and stressed out” :thumb:
We went to the closest school - there’s a FEMA trailer set up --- “it’s a Mad House” We registered the day before and got our claim #
Around 2:AM I spoke with two “kids” ( I was young once -- I don’t remember ) in a brand spanking new HUMVE - from The Westhampton Rescue group ??? --- they said a few blocks over the looters are popping holes in gas tanks and breaking into abandon houses .
About 30 minutes later I spoke with cop on Montauk Hwy. --- they drive down the street in a pick-up or van - radio blasting - two guys get out with flash lights looking for metal on the curb ( look at us ) ---- then one or two more dressed in black go to the rear - break in - then the second floor T/V’s - then the stuff go’s out to the curb ---- “Salvage”
Day 3 --
Volunteer kids from the high school / church groups / fire depts. are coming down the streets with blankets - water - food stuffs --- working they way to the bay --- I spoke to a few of the priests and captains and asked -- “Why aren’t you-all starting at the end of the streets -- those people “HAVE NOTHING” !! - then come up here ? -- ( no answers )
Remember the Neighbors that were watching Wifey and I walk in the waist high water ----------- they run out taking any “FREE” stuff they can get 20 minutes later out of my back window I see their barbeque going and hear one kid say ---- “This sandwich we just got from the fire dept. truck -- is stale” ----”Just throw it in the garbage --- here your hamburger is ready”
“Neighbors Suck”
I'll post up photos and vids later --
--but in closing ---
“Neighbors Suck”
Hurricane --- One :thumb:
Jew --- Zero
Lessons learned - relearned or remembered -
You never have enough -- You think you do -- but you don’t -- the item in stock is as fragile as the item it replaces - Murphy -- is that you.
If you are stupid enough to buy a home in a flood zone - don’t come pizzing & moaning to me -- I’m a moron to !
Don’t leave half your canned food stock in the basement - bring them “All” up.
Don’t leave all your toilet paper in the basement - when it gets wet - it doesn’t work as well - but makes one hell of a spit ball.
2 liter water bottles filled to the brim -- will float.
“Tools” - don’t float - except for wooden concrete floats - ironic.
And neither does a oil fired furnace ( I closed off the outside vent tube to the tank and the valve to the burner ) / clothes dryer / washing machine - but they did move a bit.
After sealing up all the little cracks I found over the years --- I found new ones - even a water feature I didn’t know I had
Jalousie basement windows are useless - and should be replaced with portholes.
All your neighbors suck -- All your neighbors suck --- “ALL YOUR NEIGHBORS SUCK”
One block over, a “rocket scientist” had his generator running in his garage with some stored gas -- more on that later
You never have enough stored gas !
A neighbors 30’ Crisscraft in his driveway up on cinder blocks --- “will” be your new lawn or door ornament
Outside fuel oil tanks --- float.
The “EmerGen” manual transfer switch you installed next to your fuse box - will not work under 6’ of water ( Note to self - move transfer box to main floor )
80 year old women can’t tread water very well - but 87 year old men bob nicely
“Neighbors Suck”
So about 10
M - I moved Wifey and her Jeep to higher ground --- I’m wading back through waist deep water ( I’m 6’ ) and my ass is wet ! So I figure what the hell -- this is a great time to “Wiz” -- Then coming toward me is a 30-ish year old guy - with a life-vest on - trying to hold up his mother ( no life vest ) - with not one word spoken I grabbed her and spun her around and grabbed one arm -- sonny grabbed the other and we floated her to Montauk Hwy. I said -- I’ll see you tomorrow and headed back.Now the water is a little higher and there’s 50 MPH smoke and ash blowing in my eyes - I’m being pelted with walnut sized glowing cinders in the face ( where did I put my shooting glasses ? ) I get to my house - the main floor is 10” from taking on water - I already have the indoor pool I always wanted - but its filled with appliances and “tools” -- I gotta do something about that
All the homes across the street ( canal side ) have water halfway up their front doors. I take both cats and jam them into one cat box ( I bet they loved that ) and headed back to higher ground. I looked up at my next door neighbor’s house to see their silhouettes at their second floor window. Do I hear -- “Gary -- you OK” -- “Gary - do you need help” ? --- Nope !
I wanted to hear -- “Gary - will you come back for us - if the water gets higher” -- “NOPE” !!!!!
( And this guy is a EMT for New York City Columbia Presbyterian Hospital --- and he chose to stay in his house with his wife and two kids )
“Dumb Neighbors Suck”
75 yards up the street is Wifey’s cousins house -- 50 feet-ish from the main road. One of the Deer Park Fire Dept. stump jumper trucks is parked on their lawn with a 12’ zodiac - backed up to the front door. Kenny ( 57 yrs. ) , Terri ( Wifey’s cousin ) are in already and they’re trying to put 87 yrs. old Ed into the boat -- lets see --- let the cats drown or help the 5 firemen ? ---- A Joke !
I said to Terri -- “I’ll tell Squeaky - you’re ok” -- she just stared at me - all bug-eyed
Ever try to sleep in a Jeep Grand Cherokee - the wind hollowing - smoke - sirens - a snoring wife and two screaming cats -- so I thought I’d be a nice guy and let them out of the box -- they both crapped in the back --- more on that later -- maybe not
The next morning at daylight -- docks in the street / fuel oil tanks in the street / boats jammed up against houses / on the next street over - one house burned to the water line --- setting fire to the house next door - the town came with two pay-loaders and pushed the houses into one big smoldering pile. I heard in Queens County - ( Breezy Point ? ) --- 100 houses in a row - burned
Some people returned with their pick-up trucks with their fridge - washer - dryers and microwaves ---- very smart
And the two best --- there’s a house with two lawn screws used to hold the family dog with a yellow rope over the roof of the south facing porch ( brilliant ) ---- and another guy goes to his house - pulls out the garden hose with the back and fourth sprinkler and waters his lawn --- Priorities -- Priorities ?
Me - I went out for more gas before the lines started --- and took a nap
Day Two -
As the neighbors trickle back in -- they start to clean their front yards - “Priorities and Appearances”
Except for large chunks of decks and stuff I can’t leaf-blow away -- I’ll still wait for the last leaf on the trees to fall before I clean the yard --- inside is a little more important now
Gas lines are way longer than the 70’s - I odometer-ed one at 3 miles long
Looting -
Started the next morning - in North Amityville and Copiague. Then into Lindenhurst - in broad daylight “They” would just walk into any totally destroyed house. Wifeys cousin Terri’s ex-husband is a Suffolk cop --- He said their writing down address’s during the day - and going shopping at night. ( And Uncle Ed is fine ) :thumb:
I moved the Jeeps to the picture window side of the house - they both have locking gas caps which should slow them down just enough for me to get Mossy pointed out the window for one warning blank shot ----- just “ONE”
After it cooled - I moved the genny into the kitchen -- zipped bagged the 5 gal. gas cans and moved them inside as well. I’ll have a better way - next time.
The gas company came by and turned off and locked all the house meter’s - till the street lines are blown out and pressured tested - then all home owners have to show a plumbers certificate of safety before they’ll take the fancy lock off the meter’s. I can see it now -- “Yep - you had the forethought to shut off the dryer and disconnected it - as well as the hot water heater - “You were Prepared“ ------- $200 DOLLARS Please”
There’s a guy I drive past every so often in town - we wave “Hello” - today he and his young son were holding the lawn mower up side down draining the gas into a big salad bowl -- He said he got up at 5:AM to look for gas - the lines were a mile long --- “IF” they had any
I said -- “No stored gas - canned food” ? -- “I’ll drive to my mothers in Brooklyn for dinner tonight - my father might have some gas” ? ---- “What if your parents don’t live forever ---- when will you ever be prepared to take care of your own family” ?
Then for some reason he asked ----- “Are you one of those Prepper’s” ? As I drove away I just said --- “Do you see me all bug-eyed and stressed out” :thumb:
We went to the closest school - there’s a FEMA trailer set up --- “it’s a Mad House” We registered the day before and got our claim #
Around 2:AM I spoke with two “kids” ( I was young once -- I don’t remember ) in a brand spanking new HUMVE - from The Westhampton Rescue group ??? --- they said a few blocks over the looters are popping holes in gas tanks and breaking into abandon houses .
About 30 minutes later I spoke with cop on Montauk Hwy. --- they drive down the street in a pick-up or van - radio blasting - two guys get out with flash lights looking for metal on the curb ( look at us ) ---- then one or two more dressed in black go to the rear - break in - then the second floor T/V’s - then the stuff go’s out to the curb ---- “Salvage”
Day 3 --
Volunteer kids from the high school / church groups / fire depts. are coming down the streets with blankets - water - food stuffs --- working they way to the bay --- I spoke to a few of the priests and captains and asked -- “Why aren’t you-all starting at the end of the streets -- those people “HAVE NOTHING” !! - then come up here ? -- ( no answers )
Remember the Neighbors that were watching Wifey and I walk in the waist high water ----------- they run out taking any “FREE” stuff they can get 20 minutes later out of my back window I see their barbeque going and hear one kid say ---- “This sandwich we just got from the fire dept. truck -- is stale” ----”Just throw it in the garbage --- here your hamburger is ready”
“Neighbors Suck”
I'll post up photos and vids later --
--but in closing ---
“Neighbors Suck”
