Opal's Frankenstorm Update & Request on Friend's Survial! Please Respond!

The news is on right now and it's showing some of the damage and floods in NYC. Based on these pictures, you are very lucky! We were all pretty scared too because we kept hearing it would be the worst storm we'd ever seen. They kicked me out of work early on Monday because I'm the only one that doesn't live within 5 minutes of work. The schools let the kids go home at noon. So we spent all afternoon watching TV and getting updates on how bad things were at the coasts.. especially in NJ and NY. I kept waiting for it to hit us. It never really did. We had some winds. A few trees fell down here and there. But it was nothing like they expected. We lost power for literally 2 minutes. Some people lost it for longer than that.. but right here where I am, the storm pretty much completely passed us by.

Opal! I'm so glad to see that you survived this, too! We didn't do too badly here. Parts of Winchester did flood, lots of trees and power lines down. Our electricity went out a few times but came right back on, fortunately. Our lake flooded but it's better now. We had 3 trees come down and another is still up but leaning against another tree. We'll have to have that one brought down so it won't fall on top of anyone. Lots of tree branches hit the house but that was all. I've been very sick with the worst cold of my life through this so I haven't gone outside yet and can only see as far as the windows allow but I don't think there is any damage to our house. Believe it or not, we didn't get one snowflake! They initially said we could expect 1 to 2 feet of snow but that ended up happening on the western side of the mountains and we're on the eastern side. It has been steadily raining since the start of this thing and it is occasionally snowing all around us but, so far, no snow. WHEW! My friend on the eastern shore of Maryland (near Ocean City) said he did all right throughout this mess. He never lost his electricity! He has a brother, though, who lives in New Jersey, just about 1 1/2 blocks from the ocean. His brother told him that they had mandatory evacuations right across the street from him but not on his side of the street but I think that was a lie. His side is closer to the ocean and, from what I've read, he was given a mandatory evacuation but chose to stay because he's a hoarder and has 8 cats and refused to leave. He is without electricity now, though. I'm SO glad to hear that you didn't get worse than you did! I've been very worried since hearing all the reports of loss of life and all the fires that have destroyed so many houses! My heart goes out to the families of anyone who has lost a loved one and/or property in this devastating storm.

Sweetie I am so glad that you are ok I am watching out on FB for Friends but I know many have not got any power as I am keeping up to date with the News Please take good care there and keep in touch much love always

I'm so glad u are o.k., Opal. The pictures on tv are horrible. I hope all your friends are o.k. to. Take care.

Glad to hear all is okay with you. I PM'd you just out of concern but learn here you are fine so that is cool. I am sure you are concerned for your friends and hope you hear something soon. I am in Northwestern US so am lucky. I guess the storm has moved inward last I heard and those folks are getting alot of snow.

Keep calm and don't too worry, I know your feeling because I have experienced a thing like that. Everything will be ok my friend.

We are in Ohio and all is well here. Some heavy wind and rain and about 2 inches of snow is what we ended up with. Glad you are ok. I am so glad I was not there. I hope that everyone can get on their feet soon and work towards cleaning and rebuilding soon. My thoughts and prayers are with all of them.

SO glad you are safe and continue to be so. not heard much from anyone so far

I'm glad you are okay. It's unbelievable how many people have lost power. Millions, and I wonder how long it will take to fix it all. I feel so badly for people who work for hourly wages. They are going to have a heck of a time trying to make ends meet. Of course disaster aid should be available. But it certainly won't make up for all the trauma.

I'm in New England and survived it without problem. It was pretty intense for a while and as you said, part of what made it particularly nerve wracking was in the not-knowing. Some parts of town did get flooded and my daughter lost power and came and stayed with me for a while. I'm glad you are alright and I hope everyone else is as well!

iam so happy you are safe dear. sons gf lives in the NY area. but far enough in suburbs i guess to miss most of the bad stuff. she said strong winds and a short 3 hrs power outage was all they got. its the first time ive been glad i live here in AZ. ive been a bit worried over all my friends and family but so far the news is not bad.

As you know I'm in Vegas and we still have eighty degree weather. I'm glad that you're OK and hope all your friends and family is too

It's great to hear you are ok. I was really worried about everyone in that area. Hurricanes can be especially dangerous if it is an area where they don't normally come. I am glad you were as prepared as you could be. The mountains here got some of the snow. People are ok..they were worried about hikers but I haven't heard that any haven't made it out. A couple of roads closed is the worst here so we are lucky.

I'm glad to hear a lot of myLotters came out of this okay. The storm kind of danced around this part of New Brunswick. We ended up with a very ordinary rain storm. The rain wasn't even anything special. Hit my parents area in southern Ontario pretty hard and scared my wife's family in Quebec. We were expecting a huge amount of rain with potential for flooding but the storm is tracking north of us. Didn't even stop me from cycling to work. I am a little worried about cynthiann a mylotter in Jamaica. The storm hit her area and she hasn't commented since last week. I hope everyone is alright.

Yes, it has been horrible and hard to believe how many areas are still suffering with issues from this. I do not know anyone in the hardest hit areas, but I have talked with people affected by it, or people in other states who were then hit by the snow because of it. Just glad it was not any worse for most people than what it was.

I think it is great that we can check on each other here. Opal thanks for letting us know you are okay. I keep checking in when I am not at work, etc. I hope that there is as much support for survivors of Sandy as there have been for other hurricanes.

Thanks for letting us know you survived Sandy. The storm effect wasn't as bad as predicted here in Hamilton, at least not that I've heard. My power did not go out. I left the gas fireplace going Monday night in case it did (it has an electric starter) and it was so hot in the house when I woke up Tuesday I had the inside front door open most of the day. A lot of small branches down from the maple out front, but nothing bigger than three-quarter-inch diameter.

I have been watching the devastation on tv....What a mess for all of you to have to put up with. I am so glad you are okay and pray that others will be just fine too.

Hi Opal, I have been following this story and am happy to hear that you are okay.Many people are still without power and stranded. We were fortunate in that this storm did not hit us at all. We had been warned but than it changed direction and missed us completely. Blessings.

Thanks for letting us all know you are safe. It must have been one scary time. I live up in the North as well and got no where nears what happened to alot of others who road out the storm. The power outages, fires, and other devastation is tremendous in many areas. I'm wondering about a few of my friends still too. Some of them did respond already on FB but I worry about some others, yet. I pray your friends are all safe and that the unluckier ones can get their loves back together again eventually. It is just unreal how the freak of nature can just wipe things away from you in such a short time.