November 4, 2012

 

We had one trick or treater, bumblebee Peter Martin with mom Jill.

Congrats on your tenth anniversary: Magda and Chris with Maura.

 

Thanks to so many who asked how we were after Sandy. 

She did break a fence post as shown, but otherwise no loss of power.

 
Hi,
 
 This is from a fellow in Union Beach NJ and it shows what a lot of folks are going through down there and because it's off the beaten path you never hear about it. Very sad situation.
 
               Regards,
 
                   Ed

 
Dear friends....My wife Carla and I have gotten a ton of emails asking how we are...and so....
 
Sandy hit Union Beach as hard as Katrina hit the Gulf.  Our mile and a half square town lost 100 homes for now....more will be torn down.  It's a war zone here.  My wife Carla and I live in the ground zero area in a small townhouse community.  One crumbled, and the rest all have blown out front and garage doors.  We stayed for the storm.  A 5-foot tsunami destroyed our ground floors....and the heating systems are shot too. 
 
You need to get through a National Guard checkpoint and then a police checkpoint to get to our home and there is a 7 PM curfew.  It's Marshall law in UB, but that will keep the looters at bay. We thank them at every opportunity....they have done and are doing a great job.
 
Power won't come on for a few more days.  We just lucked out and got a room at the local Holiday Inn now that the shopping road has power.  HEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A SHOWER!!!!!   YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  INTERNET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
I learned something....AT&T ... during an emergency and we use it....Version works much better.
 
Our turbine fight is on the back burner for a while.  The First Battle of the Planning Board will hopefully be delayed for months....but ya never know.
 
Our town lost a lot of rateables...that's going to hurt in our fight.  Also, some of our best fighters may leave. 
 
But at least we survived and can rebuild.  The Gulf has come a long way back, and we will too.  And my wife Carla and Dog Lulu are basically fine. 
 
And most importantly, we hope you are all doing as OK as possible now that Sandy is gone!!!!!
 
Thanks!!!
Bill

 
More about Union Beach.
    ED

A video drive by of decimated homes in Union Beach after Hurricane Sandy - Video | NJ.com

 

 

Scroll down to the bottom to see amazing comparison pictures…..
 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/03/before-after-hurricane-sandy-photos_n_2068996.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl2%7Csec3_lnk1%26pLid%3D229696
 

 

Our town is collecting food and blankets to drive there today.


 

I did teach geothermal this week, and filled the blackboard pretty good.

 

I don't mind driving back and forth to NY when I can listen to the top hits.

This week they said Ellie Goulding's old song was # 1, but voters really meant they love her new song here:
Anything Could Happen (click on video), including a car accident at any time if you are not careful.

 
https://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&gs_nf=3&tok=7k0yjeDByZ364KjrSWnMXA&cp=5&gs_id=g&xhr=t&q=ellie+goulding&pf=p&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&oq=ellie&gs_l=&pbx=1&fp=1&bpcl=37189454&biw=1462&bih=774&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&cad=b

I also liked the Katie Perry parody: I gotta stomach ache to I'm wide awake, and Adele's Bond theme.

 

We are all looking forward to performing A Christmas Carol radio play from 1939.

Here are the first pages from 1843.

 

Pete

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