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Sandy: Tempers heated among New Yorkers still in the cold
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Posted on 11/10/2012 7:26:54 AM PST by Perdogg

rally was scheduled on Long Island Saturday for fed-up utility customers to voice their frustration about still being without power nearly two weeks after superstorm Sandy struck, CBS Station WCBS reports.

Many residents will spend their 13th day in the dark and cold Saturday, and there seemed to be no light at the end of the tunnel

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


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To: Perdogg

Why are they cold?

Have they no coal or oil for their furnaces ?


161 posted on 11/12/2012 5:00:13 AM PST by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Present failure and impending death yield irrational action))
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To: NoGrayZone
Yeah Captain....go buy a generator. And good luck getting gas to go buy that generator and the gas needed to fill it.

Just how far from the coast are gas stations out? Nobody has a buddy with a pickup truck, who lives where gas is available, and who could be paid to show up with a couple dozen 5-gallon containers of gas?

162 posted on 11/12/2012 5:19:35 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (political correctness is communist thought control, disguised as good manners)
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To: P.O.E.
One can also get a tri-fuel generator that runs on gasoline, propane, or natural gas. My wife's friend has a big natural gas emergency generator on her home. Natural gas, coming from underground pipes, is less likely to be knocked out by falling trees.
163 posted on 11/12/2012 6:00:50 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (political correctness is communist thought control, disguised as good manners)
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To: bert
Why are they cold?

Have they no coal or oil for their furnaces ?

This might explain why: Flames destroy more than 100 homes in Breezy Point

Or this 60 Minutes report, which aired last night: Devastation and determination in Belle Harbor

164 posted on 11/12/2012 8:35:00 AM PST by Alice in Wonderland
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To: PapaBear3625

Thanks for the tip. I have an old house that never hooked up to street gas when it became available (I hate my electric stove - can’t tip the omelette pan just so :(

I’ve been tempted to have a line run in, but am waiting for my old oil burning furnace to conk out and make one big investment for the heat plant, stove, fireplace, etc.


165 posted on 11/12/2012 8:37:20 AM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: P.O.E.

I had a gas heating system, and gas water heater when I bought the house. When my electric range needed to be replaced, I got a gas stove. When I lose power (which happens two or three times a year, usually in winter), the house heater stops working because it also needs electricity, but the gas range can keep the house tolerably warm (yes I do open the windows a crack for ventilation).


166 posted on 11/12/2012 8:41:52 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (political correctness is communist thought control, disguised as good manners)
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To: Alice in Wonderland
What I stated is a matter of opinion when read in the context of the original post. OTOH you were factually wrong when you claimed repeatably that the Towm of Hempstead is the same as Hempstead town, despite abundant empirical evidence.

BTW the language you chose is to express yourself with is usually employed by truck drivers hanging out their windows, screaming at the traffic and Occupy Wallstreet demonstrators.

167 posted on 11/12/2012 11:38:38 AM PST by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: PapaBear3625

The folks have a gas stove, but a “safety feature” prevents the oven being lit while the power is out. Luckily they also had a generator & portable heaters.

Typical of the idiot proofing of our society, replete with unintended consequences.


168 posted on 11/12/2012 3:46:10 PM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: CaptainK
I am so sorry very your genteel eyes were offended by my salty language.

The older I get, the less I suffer fools and their cr@p . . .

and you're up to your eyeballs in it.

169 posted on 11/12/2012 4:32:43 PM PST by Alice in Wonderland
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To: Alice in Wonderland

A crude old person. Something to be proud of.


170 posted on 11/12/2012 5:51:05 PM PST by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: CaptainK

You ain’t seen nothing yet ...

Don’t mess with granny.


171 posted on 11/13/2012 3:58:55 AM PST by Alice in Wonderland
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