[TheForge] OT - Snow in NJ

Wed Dec 29 15:35:45 EST 2010

Nice, but any thoughts on what you would have had the governor and or lt. governor DO if available? 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Freeman" <freemab222 at gmail.com> 
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Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 9:55:18 AM 
Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT - Snow in NJ 

I just sent this to Gov. Christie & the Asbury Park Press: 
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Dear, Governor Christie: 
Well, I hope you and your Lieutenant Governor enjoyed your respective 
vacations.  I had been under the impression that we created the 
Lieutenant Governor job so she could substitute for you when you were 
out of state.  But, of course, we wouldn’t have wanted to mess up  her 
travel plans, would we?  Anyway, we have lots of legislators who can 
substitute as Acting Governor, just like in the old days. 
You may have heard rumors that it snowed here while you were gone.  We 
got a lovely three feet of snow here in Neptune.  It blanketed the 
roads and the cars -- even the cars on the roads.  It looked very 
pretty.  It's a shame they had to clear it and reveal the streets, and 
all the potholes and stuck vehicles. 
But my next-door neighbors, on either side, are both in their 90's and 
at least one of them was stuck in his home since Christmas (and may be 
still), so it's better that the township DPW was able to clear my 
street at 10 PM last night.  (Those city workers!  Always trying to 
earn that overtime pay!  Why, I think they were working straight 
through from Sunday evening -- and charging it all to my taxes!  Ain't 
it awful!) 
Of course, the Township says that neither the State nor the National 
Guard responded to their requests for help.  And that they had to 
clear state highway 33 so shipments of critical medical supplies could 
get through to the hospital.  And that there were dozens of cars 
snowbound on Rte. 18, including two ambulances.  And that the three 
snowplows they did have had to escort the EMT's on calls because 
otherwise the ambulances would get stuck.  You know -- all that usual 
Democrats whining!  Why, if they'd had brains like you, they'd have 
been on vacation too! 
Anyway, just thought you might want to hear a word from home.  Wish 
you were here! 

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 5:10 AM, Larry Brown <lp.brown at verizon.net> wrote: 
> I'm in Staten Island and officially got 29" in Great Kills where I am. I 
> got 24" in front and 36" to who cares how deep in the back yard. My wifes 
> car was under a 7' drift in the driveway and my GMC pickup work truck 
> looked like some kind of monster (Should have taken a pict, maybe the wife 
> did..) and the snow is packed underneath as it is jacked up with the y-pipe 
> off the exhaust off. A whole lot of shoveling going on including my dads 
> house and her parents. No snow plows, the city screwed this one up bad. I 
> now have 6" of packed snow in front from when the trucks finally showed 
> yesterday afternoon driving with the plows UP about a foot off the ground 
> and getting stuck everywhere. 
> Larry Brown 
> 
> 
> 
> At 05:00 PM 12/27/2010 +0000, you wrote: 
>>1.5hrs of cardio/lifting of snow. Just got done. I have a huge driveway 
>>and the snow blower needs a new carb!! As far as a total, I would have to 
>>say in Burlington NJ we got between 12-16". 
>> 
>>________________________________________ 
>>From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] 
>>on behalf of Bruce Freeman [freemab222 at gmail.com] 
>>Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 10:51 PM 
>>To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA 
>>Subject: [TheForge] OT - Snow in NJ 
>> 
>>Well we didn't have a white Christmas, but the day after Christmas is 
>>white enough!  It started snowing at maybe 10 AM, and hasn't stopped. 
>>I think we've got about 18" now, though it's hard to tell because the 
>>wind is making it drift. 
>> 
>>How's by the rest of youse guys? 
>> 
>>-- 
>>Bruce 
>>NJ 
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NJ 
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