I too live in suffolk county. About a block north of southern state parkway. Thankfully no flooding, but we lost electricity at 10:30am on Monday. Have been without power since. Power lines down in 2 places on my block alone. I’m writing this with my cell phone. My internet connection through my cell phone is very weak. During the storm it was ok. Within minutes of the storm passing, it went from very weak to non existent. It remains that way now. I’m lucky to have access now. No doubt it will go back to being weak. (So people, pardon me if I don’t reply to anybody in a timely manner. I simply cannot. Internet connection too weak most of the time. It’s frustrating to wear my cell battery down while trying to get on a website or thread)
Spending the days reading books, at night reading by candlelight. Waiting for them to restore the electricity. I’m told that will take 7-10 days for my area!
Nothing destroyed. My house withstood the 90mph winds. A few heavy branches fell harmlessly onto the ground in my backyard, far away from the house. Have plenty of food and water for myself.
Worst part for me is the boredom waiting for them to restore power so that I can have back my tv, cable, dvd player, and internet through my desktop computer. Reading books is ok. I love to read, but not all day long, every day.
For what it's worth, that one post from a weak cell will be bringing good thoughts/karma your way !
Idea re boredom: Unless it's an area-wide outage, or walking around isn't safe yet, maybe there's a library close by with net access that you could loiter around in for a few hours ?
Regardless, hang in there and know you and Jeanie are in the thoughts/prayers of lots of good folks.