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  • _Richard_
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    • Oct 2006
    • 30991

    #16
    Originally posted by Relentless

    The real problem is gasoline... Can't get it anywhere and nothing I can do about it for people. It's being sold on Craigslist now for $20+ per gallon...
    now there is a great biz plan!

    CBC was saying just this week that there is no such thing as 'price gouging', it's all just supply and demand

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    • pornguy
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      • Mar 2003
      • 62912

      #17
      Originally posted by Relentless
      As well they should. I owned a NYC electrical shop for a long while. The New York City electrical code is a much thicker book than you might imagine. Fire suppression systems and power for skyscrapers are not run on Romex and low voltage splice work. Having the job done wrong would be exceptionally more dangerous and harder to fix than waiting an extra day of two to have the job done right.

      I'm all for out of towners removing trees and helping with recovery, but I wouldn't let anyone touch a major electrical nexus in Manhattan who wasn't already very familiar with the work and stringently credentialed. It's a very different world from what most competent electricians are used to...

      Lots can be done and is being done by additional manpower but doing it right has to come before doing it fast with some parts of the recovery in my honest opinion.


      Yep. we all only ONLY New Yorkers have any idea how to run a complicated system. Because no place else has them.

      Sorry to say but they were even turning them away from tree cutting and that means they are doing it just for the money.

      The people that turned them away should face federal charges for that.
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      • Relentless
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        • Aug 2006
        • 5697

        #18
        Originally posted by pornguy
        Yep. we all only ONLY New Yorkers have any idea how to run a complicated system. Because no place else has them.
        Actually the exact opposite is true. I would not send the best NYC electrician to go fix power outrages in San Francisco after an earthquake. They would be terribly underqualified. They have no experience with the building codes there, earthquake protocols or the way that locality does things.

        It's not that New York is harder or better, it's that it is unique and needs people familiar with it to handle delicate dangerous work... Much like any other major city would.


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        • GAMEFINEST
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          • Nov 2006
          • 14477

          #19
          Hope things get better first,

          confused how the recovery looks very slow.
          Compound interest.

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          • Relentless
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            • Aug 2006
            • 5697

            #20
            There are a slew of 'foreign' workers handling tree cutting, waste removal, water removal etc... Along with the army corp of engineers and every able bodied resident. I've helped clear roads, remove carpets from flooded houses etc etc

            My strong suspicion is that whoever is reporting workers were turned away is doing it for political gain because you can barely find a street around here that doesn't have bucket trucks on it around the clock.

            I don't think people appreciate the size and scope of the affected area. All of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, parts of Virginia, Delaware, a friend of mine said they had trees down in Massachusetts from the remnants of the storm. It went by very quickly but the size of the area it damaged is awe inspiring...


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            • Relentless
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              • Aug 2006
              • 5697

              #21
              Originally posted by GAMEFINEST
              Hope things get better first,
              confused how the recovery looks very slow.
              Governor Cuomo said it best...
              If your power is on, the recovery was very well done. If your power is off, everyone is incompetent and much too slow.


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              • Lykos
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                • Apr 2003
                • 31032

                #22
                I grew up like that..

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                • DWB
                  Registered User
                  • Jul 2003
                  • 31779

                  #23
                  good luck. nasty spot to be in.

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                  • oscer
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                    • Jan 2001
                    • 2834

                    #24
                    Wow that sucks ... No power ... We are lucky to not have lost power during the storm !
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                    • DBS.US
                      Geo Cities
                      • Aug 2003
                      • 11843

                      #25
                      Got got this for my RV and it worked so well I installed one on my home. Just add a couple 12 DC volt batters and a power inverter if you want 120 volts AC.
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                      • fitzmulti
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                        • Jan 2003
                        • 14861

                        #26
                        I can't imagine how difficult that is for SO many people affected.
                        This one, Sandy, and of course Katrina were so very devastating...and the only hurricane (having grown up and lived in South Florida) that I can even come close to relating to was Andrew....but that didn't get to my part of Miami as bad as many other parts. So, to say "I can relate", wouldn't be truly fair for me to say.

                        I hope all your family, friends, and the thousands and thousands of people affected get it all sorted out as soon as humanly possible...
                        That's got to be a tough thing...
                        ;-(


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                        • Spunky
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                          • Jun 2002
                          • 133986

                          #27
                          Stay strong,hope it gets worked out quickly.I seen on the news a bunch of lineman from Canada made the trip to try to help.they were even sleeping in their trucks

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                          • Relentless
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                            • Aug 2006
                            • 5697

                            #28
                            Originally posted by Spunky
                            Stay strong,hope it gets worked out quickly.I seen on the news a bunch of lineman from Canada made the trip to try to help.they were even sleeping in their trucks
                            The turnout has been great. Thanks.


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                            • Nikki_Licks
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                              • May 2005
                              • 6323

                              #29
                              I guess a generator is on the to buy list for next time ;)

                              I am so glad we left the east coast when we did. We were going to stay another week on Hatteras during our trip.......we started out from Maryland, shot over to Cape Hatteras for about 5 days, then myrtle beach for 3 days and left about a week and half before this storm hit land. We ran the entire east coast to Florida and picked up I10 to run the gulf coast back to AZ.....no storms along the way.

                              Be safe Stuart, I heard you guys are going to get hit with a nor'easter this week.
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                              • Relentless
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                                • Aug 2006
                                • 5697

                                #30
                                Gas generators are worthless in a seven day outage with a major gas shortage. Gas lines have been literally hundreds of cars long, in part because people are bringing gas cans to fill their generators. Having a generator with no fuel is worthless and storing more than a few gallons of gas is very illegal for good reason. I'll be perfectly fine, for me it's been an inconvenience... But there are plenty of people really suffering, losing loved ones and their entire home. It definitely reminds people what is really important... And what really is not.


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