Sandy, aka here we go again...

[PamNY]

We're surviving in Manhattan. No damage to my building. We don't have power, water or heat and probably won't for a while. I'm not evacuating because I have a very old bulldog and don't know if he could handle the stairs (I live on the 26th floor). Inconvenient, but we are better off than a lot of people.

Best wishes to everyone who is coping with this mess.

Pam

[emily_in_nc]

Pam, that sounds rough...how are you handling your dog not being able to go "out"?

So sorry for you and everyone going through hardships right now. We were out of power for three days in both Hurricane Fran and in a freak ice storm a few years after that, but in both cases we could at least get our dogs outside. And in Fran we did have water, and it was warm. In the ice storm we were on a well so couldn't use water b/c of the well pump, but we were able to melt ice/snow from outside by our woodstove to occasionally flush the toilet.

[WindingRoad]

Fortunately I have power at my apartment but my school is still closed because of no power. At first I thought it was kinda cool but now after realizing how much more my next month is gonna suck... I'm no longer stoked. Went to Whole Foods this evening after spin class for dinner and the computers kept going down so I was standing in a huge line of people just buying food to eat bc so many are still without power. Anyone in line with platters or ready made food they let leave without paying for the food. That was very cool of them and made my crappy schedule seem a little less crappy. Take care of each other out there everyone.

[Trek420]

Glad to see people checking in.

Good article here as NYC helps cyclists use our bikes to get around:

http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/10/3...rrows-commute/

[WindingRoad]

Nice article and shows people new ways of looking at all of this. I don't know about everyone else but all of the destruction, misery and loss incurred in the last few days has really made me depressed. I keep hearing of everyone struggling to get back to some kind of normal and it is so easy to get sucked in to the negative side of it all. Articles like the one Trek put up make me feel better to see people turning a bad situation into a much more palatable one :-)

[rocknrollgirl]

Greetings from the Jersey Shore, or what is left of it. I am in Manahawkin, the mainland to Long Beach Island. About a mile from the beach as the crow flies. Needless to say we got pounded. The Island is still closed. Many of my friends and my students do not know if they have a home to return to. We had huge trees down all over the place, but my house is still standing. No school for the rest of the week and we had off for fall break next week anyway, so that will be a blessing.

I do not scare easily and I was scared. I would never ride out any storm stronger than that. Yikes.

We did not have power for a few days and it was shocking to finally get the news and see the aftermath. It is breaking my heart.

[OakLeaf]

Thanks for checking in, all. Keeping the good thoughts flowing to the region....