[NJARC] How is everyone???? No one was hurt

[E. Suhaka]

Hi to All,

Things are getting a bit back to normal.  Could have been a lot worse. 
Two trees, mine and the neighbor's, were blown down onto the roof of the 
house.  The roof now has a hole in it from a branch that pierced 
through.  My deck is badly damaged.  The trees bashed it in before they 
hit the house.  Maybe that mitigated worse damage to the house.  The 
base of the back neighbor's second tree wrecked my wood storage shed and 
the top of that same tree is on the roof of my side neighbor's shed.  No 
electricity for nearly four days.  My four band trap vertical antenna is 
no more.  Thankfully there was no flooding in town (I live in Manville) 
unbelievable wind but not much rain.

Insurance says one must take measures to prevent further damage, but we 
could not get any results from our efforts phoning tree service 
companies.  Late Friday afternoon my wife found one that listed a 
business address just on the other side of town.  She wrote a note 
pleading our plight and I walked it over and put it in their mail box. 
Saturday, at about 8:00 AM the door bell rang and there was a man asking 
if we wanted him to do the work.  Before 9:00 his crew was hard at work. 
  By lunch-time all over-hanging branches were removed and the immediate 
job was done.  The tree trunks and a huge mess remains but the most 
pressing problem has been dealt with.  My son-in-law has a friend who is 
a roofer, he is to come over this afternoon to fix the roof.  I have 
some pictures if anyone wants to see them.

When we see how some other people are suffering our own problems are 
insignificant.

Ed (and Barbara) Suhaka




On 11/2/2012 1:48 PM, Gerald Simkin wrote:
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> How is everyone in the aftermath of Sandy?
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> We are OK and did not have any damage here in Barnegat, We were without power from about 8 PM Monday night to 3:30AM
> Wednesday morning, We consider ourselves very lucky as in the bayfront area of our town there was widespread devastation
> and power has not been completely restored. Some food stores are open as well as some gas stations with lines.
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> I just spoke to Ray Chase. Edith and Ray lost power Monday night and are still without it. Their hone service is also messed up.
> I've been getting that "all circuits are busy,try again later" message for 3 days now. He is charging his cell phone in his car. Stores are
> open but gas is an huge problem.
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> To all members who are able: Check in and let your friends and fellow club members know how you are faring.
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> Stay safe!!
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