Sandy Has Left Millions With No Power – How Do You Pass Time Without Electricity?
ABC News U.S.
2012/10/30 18:57:51
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Top Opinion
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lowcountry70 2012/10/31 12:12:37
exercise is a great idea.
I'm assumig children under 25 have major hissy fits these days because they CANNOT live without cellphones, TV, Internet, some form of tech gadgets and the likes and don't want to read or play board games (unless forced to)!!
Hey kids [under 25] we didn't have power over 100+ [barely] years ago, so what did people do back then; complain, I don't think so!!!
this POLL is VERY INSENSITIVE (and CALLOUS) to those who rode out the storm ..
(not only this one .. but so many others too)
Let me make this perfectly clear here ..
I DO live in a HURRICANE ZONE ..
yes, have experience with multiple MAJOR Hurricanes and Other Hurricanes, Tropical Storms, water spouts, and windstorms of other types too ..
(As well as rains that don't get to the Tropical Storm level)
I've experienced times for weeks withOUT power ..
With Generator and fuel .. down to essential functions to keep the home running ..
FIRST to go up with me (even disabled) up ladders to get the BLUE tarp on what was left of the roof)
I went to do what I do daily to keep food on the table, the house paid for ..
and around this ..
arranged for the goods, materiels, labor to repair my home ..
came back and changed and started with the cleanup of the property ..
chain saw work, dragging pieces bit by bit forwards streetside ..
with a pile over 8 feet high ..
and a couple dozen feet deep ..
all my neighbors and I had these piles streetside ..
with only our driveways being clear of the branches, trunks, leaves, pieces of other people's storage barns and other structures not anchored to the ground ..
it took a couple weeks for power to be restored ..
but I needed ...
this POLL is VERY INSENSITIVE (and CALLOUS) to those who rode out the storm ..
(not only this one .. but so many others too)
Let me make this perfectly clear here ..
I DO live in a HURRICANE ZONE ..
yes, have experience with multiple MAJOR Hurricanes and Other Hurricanes, Tropical Storms, water spouts, and windstorms of other types too ..
(As well as rains that don't get to the Tropical Storm level)
I've experienced times for weeks withOUT power ..
With Generator and fuel .. down to essential functions to keep the home running ..
FIRST to go up with me (even disabled) up ladders to get the BLUE tarp on what was left of the roof)
I went to do what I do daily to keep food on the table, the house paid for ..
and around this ..
arranged for the goods, materiels, labor to repair my home ..
came back and changed and started with the cleanup of the property ..
chain saw work, dragging pieces bit by bit forwards streetside ..
with a pile over 8 feet high ..
and a couple dozen feet deep ..
all my neighbors and I had these piles streetside ..
with only our driveways being clear of the branches, trunks, leaves, pieces of other people's storage barns and other structures not anchored to the ground ..
it took a couple weeks for power to be restored ..
but I needed to keep cooking, cleaning, making sure there was also a home for my children too (and their school was back in session before even I got power restored) ..
TIME to GROW UP ALREADY ..
and start showing some SENSITIVITY .. HUMANITY ..
and NOT TRIVIALIZE what is truly a situation where there are folks still withOUT power and in need ..
And oh, by the way ..
I can say this was done on our own ..
we didn't see any HELP at all ..
it is neighbor helping neighbor ..
(not one bit of help from FEMA ..)
and how did I pay for the Damages to my home?
THAT Came out of what I was so careful to save for YEARS and YEARS ..
see .. I, like the rest of my neighbors ..
we live within OUR incomes ..
we care for each other ..
and we pay our own bills too ..
(at least we heed our HURRICANE Season needs/warnings .. and don't go withOUT preparing overall)
I see it as VERY INSENSITIVE and Callous ..
doesn't matter which city ..
I've lived through and dealt with the coming and fall of several major hurricanes in my time ..
It is the CALLOUS .. the very indifferent .. almost like it is a 'joking' matter ..
that this poll is touching upon this subject ..
(it is not easy to live without power .. but at least I and my neighbors are always prepared)
Quite frankly ..
those cities should have taken heed of OUR experiences ..
for we've survived so many ..
I live in Minnesota. No hurricanes here but we do have some nasty thunder storms in the summer and of course extreme cold with snow and ice storms in the winter, much like NY from what I see. We have a basement for bad weather in the summer. In that same basement is a wood stove with a stock pile of fire wood out side. Fire is one thing that works without electricity. I do agree that many people don't seem to learn important lessons when it comes to the weather. Self sufficiant communities don't seem to get near as much attention as the ones who demand that others help them because they can't help themselves. I hope you recover well and you are all in my prayers.
it definitely is IGNORANT of a poll ..
and shows a lack of understanding ..
People need to be prepared ..
and we need to be HUMAN enough to approach things with dignity ..
I believe the poll is born of IGNORANCE ..
and that ignorance shows a callousness that is inhumane ..
I'm not as much offended ..
as taking to task those who treat the subject as a 'joking matter' ..
for it is NOT ..
(especially since it was much longer of a bit of time that MY area was without power .. after many of the storms that have hit my home directly .. )
For there's too many who FORGET ..
INCLUDING basically all of the msm ..
that there's so many more affected by the storms than just the City-Dwellers ..
and this topic .. the loss of power .. is something that folks ..
in different natural events/weather events ..
have gone withOUT power for WEEKS at a time ..
Needless to say ..
My statements still stand ..
Time that they take this subject SERIOUSLY ..
and show some Humanity by not putting out polls .. that seem to be callous ..
we used candles, but I laughed when i would turn on a switch for the light or go to use the toaster, I would laugh, but at the same time realizing how it feel so different not having these items.
It is stunning when I go other areas to visit family/friends ...
and they make jokes of the storms .. Hurricanes (Majors too), Tropical Storms, Tropical Depressions ..
they don't realize ..
what we do to survive ..
how the msm and the rest of the nation seems to FORGET
that there's those OUTSIDE of cities ..
who survive these storms .. and live with the aftermath ..
never getting any help (other than neighbor helping neighbor .. )
and just going on with our lives ..
(paying our bills, doing our own chain saw work, pulling that mess up streetside .. and yes, paying to haul away the remains of other things (including streetlights from miles away that landed in our yards) ..
THAT is why I'm taking to task this particular poll ..
for it is definitely showing that there's a particular form of INHUMANITY in the one who would write it this way ..
Last month there was a power outrage that lasted about 40 freaking hours. Thursday after 8 am and Friday till midnight, And I read. A lot.