Hurricane Central

**Annie89121** · 10-30-2012, 05:19 AM

I was born in NE Pennsylvania, and I am worried about a few friends that still live there.
My thoughts & prayers are with everyone who has been affected by this storm.
Stay safe everyone.

**Kirsten** · 10-30-2012, 05:24 AM

Still watching the news over here, there's so much destruction left in Sandy's path, it's horrible! They say at least 16 people have lost their lives, and I wonder how many animals died in the floods last night.

Hope all Pet Talkers in these areas are safe, and so are their pets!

**pomtzu** · 10-30-2012, 06:27 AM

Just checking in to let you know that we are okay and dodged the worst of the bullet. Amazingly, we never even lost power. It got pretty wild around 5 yesterday afternoon and for several hours after that. It was just plain scary for a while. The rain was so heavy and blowing that it looked like a winter blizzard. The sun's not up enough yet to see if there's any wind damage, but we get a lot of protection from the woods on 3 sides of us. Go a half mile down the road, it could be an entirely different story. Most of everything is still closed down in the whole state again today to allow for cleanup. It's just breezy out now, and very little rain.

Maggie and Eileen - hoping you're okay and will check in soon.

To all of you to the north and west of us, please take care and be safe. Sandy's not done dishing it out yet.

Thank you all for your prayers and concern for us.

And this is so horrible, and doesn't seem real in light of all the flooding and rain, but 50 homes in Queens, NY were destroyed by fire early this a.m. and they were in a flood zone. All of those people really need all the prayers and support that they can get. That is so sad.........

**Kirsten** · 10-30-2012, 06:38 AM

Originally Posted by pomtzu

Just checking in to let you know that we are okay and dodged the worst of the bullet. Amazingly, we never even lost power. It got pretty wild around 5 yesterday afternoon and for several hours after that. It was just plain scary for a while. The rain was so heavy and blowing that it looked like a winter blizzard. The sun's not up enough yet to see if there's any wind damage, but we get a lot of protection from the woods on 3 sides of us. Go a half mile down the road, it could be an entirely different story. Most of everything is still closed down in the whole state again today to allow for cleanup. It's just breezy out now, and very little rain.

Maggie and Eileen - hoping you're okay and will check in soon.

To all of you to the north and west of us, please take care and be safe. Sandy's not done dishing it out yet.

Thank you all for your prayers and concern for us.

And this is so horrible, and doesn't seem real in light of all the flooding and rain, but 50 homes in Queens, NY were destroyed by fire early this a.m. and they were in a flood zone. All of those people really need all the prayers and support that they can get. That is so sad.........

Glad to hear from you! Sounds to me you've been lucky that you didn't lost power; apparently, many homes did...

I've seen the fire in Queens on tv, it's just terrible!