Is everyone O.K. in new england?

[neko1]

We're in West Milford (northern NJ) and got 19 inches- there are trees everywhere, it looks like a war zone.

Luckily we have power. My mother ran the town emergency shelter last night- they had 3 families stay over and about 70 people pass through to eat a warm meal, take a shower etc.

[Freedom]

We only got a dusting here in East Providence. Parts of the state (northwest, more mountainous) got up to a foot. State had about 10,000 without power at the height; 200 still out will be on by morning. We did not lose power at my house.

Today's newspaper said that one difference between this and Irene in late August: then, trees came down across the streets. Once the tree was moved and the lines restored, you had power back at lots of homes. This time, the trees which came down were in yards, pulling the lines right out from the house. So you move the tree, restore the lines and . . . you have ONE house back on. So a slower process.