HURRICANE SANDY
The Jersey Shore was bracing for Hurricane Sandy to arrive.
Atlantic City was where the eye of the storm was headed. Which meant all of the Jersey Shore as well as NYC would be hard hit.
We are now 15 days after Huricane Sandy has arrived dealing with the AFTERMATH.
For me personally it was 12 days and counting with no power. Even though my place was spared the street was very hard hit with every house being flooded. My block was one of the hardest hit because we have the ocean in front of us and the lake to the side of us.
FINALLY DAY 13 POWER WAS RESTORED. THANK YOU.
It was inconvient yes. I was over it yes. But I am thankful my place was spared.
I really can not complain because others have lost so much. Some lost everything, including LIFE.
I am finally seeing two plus weeks after the hurricane the aftermath left by the storm.
DEVASTATING.
What has been really crazy about this tragedy is being the subject of the news and what is going on in the world and being IN THE DARK & DISCONNECTED.......SO STRANGE.
Last week the towns people of Ocean Grove rallied and had a few hundred people out on the boardwalk cleaning up the beach and removing the debris from the the town.
Ocean Grove and Asbury Park were hit and suffered a lot of damage but in comparison to some town along the Shore we did really well......Some towns were competely destroyed.
I still have seen so little coverage from the storm.
People were calling,emailing and texting saying how horrible it was down here and really concerned.
I just was able to get back online and thank people for their concern. It was much appreciated.
I was totally in the dark with no phone for a number of those days as well as no power.
REALLY IN THE DARK.
I had a mandatory evacuation and went to stay with friends in Asbury Park.
We played board games,had drinks and dinner parties by candle light.
IT ACTUALLY WAS QUITE NICE TO BE DISCONNECTED AND GET BACK TO THE BASICS.
Since returning to my place I have been doing a lot of reading and playing solitare by flashlight.
The nights have been very long since the time change. It is pitch black for 14 hours. Makes for very long nights.
Thank God the days have not been to bad, where I can spend eight hours outside before bundlin myself up for the long cold nights ahead.
Throughout this experience I realized that as a society we are so spoiled and do not know ho to deal with being incovienced.
For me the whole experience was a great way to clense,purge and get back to the basics of what life used to be.
A local newspaper asked people what they learned from this experience....Many folks said who their friends were.
SO DID I. Those of you who took the time to think of me during this most difficult time.
Your calls and messages meant a great deal. THANK YOU.
My heart goes out to all of those who have suffered, who are suffering and those that were lost in this storm.
WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT MOTHER NATURE DOES WHAT SHE NEEDS TO DO IN ORDER TO KEEP THE WORLD IN CHECK.
It is never wise to tempt Mother Nature.
As tragic as this experience has been there has been much beauty as well.
LOOK FOR BEAUTY IT IS EVERYWHERE.
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