Originally Posted by mahtofire14 (Post 1741109)

Tomb Guards this morning at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. These guys are amazing. My dad was a bugler that played Taps there for 25 years and I got to know these guys pretty well when I was young. Really cool picture. They guard the tomb through anything!
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...43440183_n.jpg

Originally Posted by Chainsaw13 (Post 1741134)

Just reading the local paper that the thumb area of Michigan could experience up to 35' waves off Lake Huron. Unreal.
The only saving grace is the low water levels in the lake over the last few years.

Originally Posted by mahtofire14 (Post 1741226)

Oh weak.....The caption said it was from this morning!!!! Sorry guys!:sl

Originally Posted by pnoon (Post 1740800)

Sorry to hear that, Cliff. But I'm glad you and your wife are safe.

Originally Posted by OLS (Post 1740948)

I am worrying for my friend Chingas.....He is RIGHT there in the Raritan Estuary near the Jersey Shore and
that puts him in line for a hell of a disaster in the coming storm surge. I know there are many of us in the
path of doom, but he is my main man up that way. It hurts to know that he is gonna get it.

Originally Posted by NeuRon (Post 1741465)

Welp. Im alive... Alot of my jersey shore town is thrashed and in utter ruins. Luckily my home is seemingly untouched. I think my brand new boat is underwater and out to sea.. My Nuclear Plant is in a little trouble due to high tide but are tending to that around the clock. I havent been home since sunday afternoon. Will keep you guys posted

Originally Posted by sevans105 (Post 1741452)

Traded emails with Chingas just a couple of hours ago. He's doing fine...bit of water but nothing a shopvac couldn't handle. He appreciates the concern though. I told him to stop by and say hello.

Originally Posted by NeuRon (Post 1741465)

Welp. Im alive... Alot of my jersey shore town is thrashed and in utter ruins. Luckily my home is seemingly untouched. I think my brand new boat is underwater and out to sea.. My Nuclear Plant is in a little trouble due to high tide but are tending to that around the clock. I havent been home since sunday afternoon. Will keep you guys posted

Originally Posted by NeuRon (Post 1741465)

Welp. Im alive... Alot of my jersey shore town is thrashed and in utter ruins. Luckily my home is seemingly untouched. I think my brand new boat is underwater and out to sea.. My Nuclear Plant is in a little trouble due to high tide but are tending to that around the clock. I havent been home since sunday afternoon. Will keep you guys posted

Originally Posted by cobra03 (Post 1741450)

I was listening to the MNF game earlier on the car radio and they kept mentioning how they were playing with the roof open under the stars and it was in the mid 70's out in Phoenix. Sounded realy nice as i watched the rain blowing by sideways. Stay safe out there if you have to be out in this mess.

Originally Posted by sevans105 (Post 1741452)

Traded emails with Chingas just a couple of hours ago. He's doing fine...bit of water but nothing a shopvac couldn't handle. He appreciates the concern though. I told him to stop by and say hello.

Originally Posted by NeuRon (Post 1741465)

Welp. Im alive... Alot of my jersey shore town is thrashed and in utter ruins. Luckily my home is seemingly untouched. I think my brand new boat is underwater and out to sea.. My Nuclear Plant is in a little trouble due to high tide but are tending to that around the clock. I havent been home since sunday afternoon. Will keep you guys posted

Originally Posted by kelmac07 (Post 1741623)

All safe here...we dodged a major bullet (again). Only got a ton of rain and some branches down. Lost power for about 12 second. Thanks for all the well wishes. Continued prayers for my peeps in NY/NJ. Compared to what we got, they got hammered.

Originally Posted by BC-Axeman (Post 1741636)

"Sandy" is an appropriate name for this storm for those on the coast. "Soggy" would have been good too.
Still no contact with my relatives there but the pictures I've seen are not good for Long Beach Island. Everyone was off the island before it got too bad.

Originally Posted by NeuRon (Post 1741465)

Welp. Im alive... Alot of my jersey shore town is thrashed and in utter ruins. Luckily my home is seemingly untouched. I think my brand new boat is underwater and out to sea.. My Nuclear Plant is in a little trouble due to high tide but are tending to that around the clock. I havent been home since sunday afternoon. Will keep you guys posted

Originally Posted by OLS (Post 1741793)

Could be the water you see from your ceiling was forced under the shingles and through a seam in the tar paper
and your roof is fine. Wait til it does it again in a rain event to start worrying. hurricanes blow water in through
places you could never imagine. Glad to hear that no one yet is devastated. i like the name of that ride in the
photo...typhoon, lol.

Originally Posted by kelmac07 (Post 1741907)

Dom (Jonumberone) just texted me back so let me know he is fine...just without power. Still waiting on word from Keith (BigAsh).

Originally Posted by yachties23 (Post 1741918)

After what was a very eerie night an a rough morning, made it home ok. All things considering my family got off very lucky. No major damage, and although most of us are without power, for what could be days, nobody was hurt, all our houses are ok, and compared to the utter carnage I saw on my way home, southern Connecticut and Westchester it didn't feel like a tree or power line was left standing.

I'll try and get some pictures up when I get to work tomorrow.

Originally Posted by ColdCuts (Post 1742122)

I got hit pretty hard in Brooklyn. My basement is an aquarium. Still about five feet of water down there. High-water mark in my living room indicates I had about a foot of water in there. But I was smart enough, or lucky enough, to move a good deal of my most-valued belongings up to the second floor on Monday morning before landfall. Otherwise, I suppose I'd have lost most everything. But, end of the day, it's all just "stuff." I'm grateful I have someplace else to be, and I am safe.

Originally Posted by ColdCuts (Post 1742122)

I got hit pretty hard in Brooklyn. My basement is an aquarium. Still about five feet of water down there. High-water mark in my living room indicates I had about a foot of water in there. But I was smart enough, or lucky enough, to move a good deal of my most-valued belongings up to the second floor on Monday morning before landfall. Otherwise, I suppose I'd have lost most everything. But, end of the day, it's all just "stuff." I'm grateful I have someplace else to be, and I am safe.

Originally Posted by kelmac07 (Post 1742163)

Keith (BigAsh) texted me last night...he's fine!! He claims to be "trapped" in Cancun but his son has informed him that they are without power at home in Philly.

Originally Posted by 14holestogie (Post 1741796)

Brad is wise. .

Originally Posted by SvilleKid (Post 1740792)

Sandy is a *****. Mean assed gal, for sure. She popped up right as my wife and I were leaving on a cruise including a stop in Nassau. Sandy stopped those plans. They had to cancel the Nassau stop. Then, we spent 3 days at sea, riding out waves that rolled a huge-ass ship like a toy. Got into port in Jacksonville, Fla on Saturday morning, made it to Va. Beach that evening, being chased by Sandys rain and wind for 9 hours. Spent today getting to the Washington DC area (wife in a nursing contract here). Chased by rain and wind. I guess we will ride out the next several days in the hotel (hospital for her). Maybe, the weather will clear and I can catch a plane back to Bama sometime this weekend????

Nothing good out of this witch for me to celebrate, for sure!

Originally Posted by kelmac07 (Post 1742163)

Keith (BigAsh) texted me last night...he's fine!! He claims to be "trapped" in Cancun but his son has informed him that they are without power at home in Philly.

Originally Posted by BC-Axeman (Post 1742960)

Just heard from my uncle. Had five feet of water on the first floor. Siding is warping. Boat gone, dock smashed by some other boat there. Yard scoured and left with debris. Both cars gone. Sewers backed up. Nearby houses burned down. 114 looters arrested, so far. No power. 6 to 6 curfew. His last description, "total devastation".
All the family is fine, besides.