Hurricane;

[Pedro]

Stay safe everyone. Know what your going through we get cyclones where i live. Scary.

 

[JerseyWendy]

PLEASE exercise caution and use common sense!!
(We only lived 1 block from the water)

link to some Ike pics of our house (5th post down)

http://www.parrotforums.com/off-topic/22371-isaac.html

FAINT! Oh my world, Wharf....I can't even begin to imagine ever having to go through this.... I'm speechless.

I promise to be safe, and promise to keep ALL my pets safe as well. And I promise to be in touch...come hell or high waters...

 

[Mayden]

I feel really helpless and useless and stuff, so I'm just gonna keep repeating myself. hugs and thoughts to you all.

Please please please keep you and your fids safe. I hope this ends up being a case of high winds, bad rain, a few trees blown about and that's it....

Thinking of you all!

 

[henpecked]

It's always worse in the dark, shame about the timing,, so remember in the morning that things will be getting better all the time. keeping you folks and fids in our thoughts and prayers. you have friends just a few hours down I-95.'Holler" if there's anything we can do.

 

[JerseyWendy]

We are safe, dry AND have power. Don't know how that's even possible, but I'm not complaining. Over 2.2 million homes in New Jersey alone are without power.

We lost our around 9:30-10PM last night, hooked up the generator, and about 30 minutes later the power came back on. :11: Strange, but like I said, I'm quite grateful.

Don't know of any damage around the house yet as it's still dark. My neighbor across the street lost a good amount of shingles on his roof and siding, and has water damage.

I'm VERY tired, however, as it was a long night.

Here are some pictures I've been receiving from friends in and around my area:

Lower Manhatten

Jersey

Within 1 mile of our house

1/4 mile of our house

And then this one:

 

[henpecked]

Glad you and the fids are safe.

 

[antoinette]

We are safe, dry AND have power. Don't know how that's even possible, but I'm not complaining. Over 2.2 million homes in New Jersey alone are without power.

We lost our around 9:30-10PM last night, hooked up the generator, and about 30 minutes later the power came back on. :11: Strange, but like I said, I'm quite grateful.

Don't know of any damage around the house yet as it's still dark. My neighbor across the street lost a good amount of shingles on his roof and siding, and has water damage.

I'm VERY tired, however, as it was a long night.

Here are some pictures I've been receiving from friends in and around my area:

Lower Manhatten


Jersey




Within 1 mile of our house


1/4 mile of our house


And then this one:

Glad you are safe Wendy...
Please keep us updated

X X

 

[JerseyWendy]

Glad you are safe Wendy...
Please keep us updated

X X

We'll do. We're expecting another high tide in about 2 hours. Not nearly as high as last night, but nonetheless, it can do even more damage to our shores.

And THANK YOU Richard & Ant!!

 

[kc_y0]

I saw that photo of the shark on facebook! How scary!!! :O :O :O

 

[WharfRat]

Glad to hear you're ok this AM Wendy (the sarcasm and smarta** remarks will now resume it's regularly scheduled broadcast)

 

[plax]

I'm very happy to hear you're okay, too, Wendy Not a pleasant thing to endure, by any measure!

 

[JerseyWendy]

Glad to hear you're ok this AM Wendy (the sarcasm and smarta** remarks will now resume it's regularly scheduled broadcast)

Wouldn't want it any other way

I'd like to say something here:
To all who have faired well during this storm, please PLEASE, if you SAFELY can, have a look around your neighborhood and see if anybody needs help who wasn't so fortunate.

I took a quick ride around my neighborhood this morning, camera in tow, and as time permits I will upload and share some of these images.

Not all my neighbors were as lucky as me, and I invited 2 of them into my home. They are downstairs enjoying a warm cup of tea and some breakfast.

Furthermore, we will help wherever needed and it's possible for us to do so safely, WITHOUT getting in the way of emergency personnell, fire trucks, and law enforcement.

Additionally, we were already contacted by the Sheriff to see if we could possibly house an elderly couple whose house was demolished last night. We absolutely will since we have the space. I'm not familiar with all counties rules on housing people in need. We have a background check done yearly, finger printed, etc, as a precautionary measure. In my opinion it is well worth it.

Give blood if you are in good health, unless you've already done so.

Every little bit helps, believe me. And afterall, we are all human, and we should act as such with compassion for the less fortunate in times like these.

 

[JerseyWendy]

Here comes the pictures. Remember, these are STRICTLY from my neighborhood...

 

[JerseyWendy]

And some more....

 

[wenz2712]

OMG... That looks quite bad

I am glad you and your Family are ok though and that, your House is still in one piece

 

[plax]

I'd like to say something here:
To all who have faired well during this storm, please PLEASE, if you SAFELY can, have a look around your neighborhood and see if anybody needs help who wasn't so fortunate.

I took a quick ride around my neighborhood this morning, camera in tow, and as time permits I will upload and share some of these images.

Not all my neighbors were as lucky as me, and I invited 2 of them into my home. They are downstairs enjoying a warm cup of tea and some breakfast.

Furthermore, we will help wherever needed and it's possible for us to do so safely, WITHOUT getting in the way of emergency personnell, fire trucks, and law enforcement.

Additionally, we were already contacted by the Sheriff to see if we could possibly house an elderly couple whose house was demolished last night. We absolutely will since we have the space. I'm not familiar with all counties rules on housing people in need. We have a background check done yearly, finger printed, etc, as a precautionary measure. In my opinion it is well worth it.

Give blood if you are in good health, unless you've already done so.

Every little bit helps, believe me. And afterall, we are all human, and we should act as such with compassion for the less fortunate in times like these.

Good on you, Wendy! And great advice! Your photos are amazing. I'd say that YOU more or less dodged a bullet.

 

[Customcasket]

Oh wow! Wendy, I'm so sorry about that damage! We got zero damage here where I live. I'm in Gloucester County. The worst damage in my yard is a few small branches and a lot of leaves.

 

[Blue]

Glad you and your fids are ok JerseyWendy

That shark picture changes every time I see it... first time it was just the shadow under the water, this one has the wake/ splash

 

[PetoftheDay]

Yes, we were also fortunate, many homes in our area lost power, but we did not. It was fascinating watching the wild birds during the storm. In the afternoon, whenever the gusts would die down just a little, the birds would be under the little tree snatching up the seed I had put out for them. The wind gusts would return with little warning, and I saw Nathaniel the squirrel get moved a couple inches to the side by one gust.

We have mourning doves, a pair of cardinals, blue jays, sparrows and juncos, and while some days they will squabble, yesterday, everyone just ate as much as they could before fleeing once again to the safety of the large, dense hedge. Usually they go hedge-tree-ground-tree-hedge, yesterday the tree was moving too much so it was hedge to ground, no intermediate stop!

Our little tree survived, many in the neighborhood did not. And all my wild bird friends appear to have survived just fine!

 

[Mayden]

Glad to hear about the wild birds. A lot of people don't consider wild animals when disasters happen. When it's cold out I put a large dish of warm water for the birds to warm their feet and go and spread food out and about for them too.

Don't have any wildlife visitors where I am at the moment, will have to take a trip to the park this year to help out instead.