[TheForge] OT - Snow in NJ

Wed Dec 29 15:45:13 EST 2010

Well, stop the darn storm, obviously.

On 12/29/2010 12:35 PM, craig.schaefer at frontier.com wrote:
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> Nice, but any thoughts on what you would have had the governor and or lt. governor DO if available?
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruce Freeman"<freemab222 at gmail.com>
> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA"<theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 9:55:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT - Snow in NJ
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> 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!
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> 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
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>> 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".
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>>> ________________________________________
>>> 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
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>>> 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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