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Hurricane Sandy: Part 2: Family Without Power Christina: Family Without Power
Read our Second article on how Hurricane Sandy affected three Families on Long Island, three months, and one blizzard later!
Hurricane Sandy: Part 2: Family Without Power Christina: Family Without Power
Hi everyone, this is Christina, editor and contributor of The Mommy's Guide, and this is the story of my experience with Hurricane Sandy, or as I still like to say: Frankenstorm. I don't know why the media stopped calling it that- I guess it doesn't seem appropriate to make a joke of the name after it caused so much devastation, but really which sounds worse: Superstorm of Frankenstorm? I'd say "super" sounds good whereas "franken"-anything sounds pretty scary to me!
Let me start by saying that we were extremely fortunate and had no damage to our home and were safe the whole time. However, we were pretty jealous of Jenny and her "bubble-world" of electricity and heat! We had prepared with all the supplies we thought we may need, but we never expected the severity of the effects of this storm. We were ready for a few days without power but we did not plan for anything more...
So there we were sitting in the living room watching the news as we questioned why Al Roker was standing on the beach during a hurricane, when ZAP! there went Al and everything else. I really hadn't expected the power to go out so soon; it was about 4:30pm and I was still running the laundry "before the power goes out". Fortunately I brought the wet laundry to the laundromat near Jenny's house (in the strange area in Lynbrook where Sandy didn't seem to exist) the next day and finished it before everyone else bombarded the laundromat. That night we kept the refrigerator closed and used our flashlights and lanterns, played our board games, and even though we were nervous, we kind of enjoyed ourselves anyway. Then the next day at the laundromat I saw on the TV all that had happened elsewhere and realized the extent of the damage the storm had brought. On the road I saw the lights out and the trees down, but was glad to see no flooding. Then I invaded Jenny's house (as I would almost daily for the next week and a half!) and checked the computer and used her land line to make phone calls. I was happy to find out that everyone I knew was safe., but so many had been displaced and lost so much
