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Hi all! Thanks for thinking of me Bert, I hope you and your family are well.

I too hope "the Mike's" are well!

I'm fine thanks, and I feel very lucky as other than high winds, and losing power, my family and friends came out of Sandy ok. Much of Long Island is without power as high winds took down trees which in turn took out power lines. I've had my house rigged to a 7,000 Watt genny with changeover switch for about 6 years, so as long as I feed it about 7 gallons of gas a day, I have pretty much full use of my house.

People of the Jersey shore, Rockaway NY, Long Beach NY and the Fire Island seashore were hit the hardest as far as I can tell, but as the pictures below show, even my town (Seaford, about 35 miles East of Manhattan) got hit pretty hard. I pulled my boat out of it's slip last Friday and put it on it's trailer parked in my side yard, so my vessel is undamaged. These pics. are of my marina (Blue Water Yacht Club, in Merrick NY. about 4 miles South West of my home), and while not complete devastation, as I've seen in News reports of other beachfront areas, it certainly is shocking to me to walk around and see boats tossed about like toys (some 40' plus). The photo of the dock on the sidewalk is 3 city blocks North of where the bay usually ends. The storm surge was incredible.

Oh, I just heard from the Mrs., that our power company (LIPA) said we SHOULD be back on grid by 11/07/12...... Good thing I stocked up on gas BEFORE the hurricane, I won't wait on line for 4 hours to fill a vehicle or gas can.

I wish you all a safe weekend, and a good upcoming hunting season. I would normally be in the Catskills bow hunting this time of year, but my wife (understandably) wants me around. I hope to get in the stand next weekend
for a few days of bow hunting before rifle season starts later in the month.

PICS (Merrick NY, taken on 11/01/12:







Lastly, the Marina entrance. We had to park 4 blocks away, walked to this point and didn't feel it was safe to walk further, as there were boats and dock parts scattered about:



I DIDN'T take pictures of all the residents returning to flooded homes, and hauling bay/saltwater soaked beds, and other furniture to the street for obvious reasons. It was a very sad walk. I still can't believe how LARGE the path of that storm was. I haven't read much about the Fire Island barrier Island, but since I DID hear: "the Ocean met the Bay".....never good on a barrier Island, I'm assuming it's BAD. I feel VERY LUCKY! -TomT