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On scene report (Long Island):

We lost power at about 4 yesterday PM. Got it back on finally at about 4 AM. It came on 2 or 3 times before that but didnt stay on.

I'm down here visiting my parents - all my cousins were here for a barbecue. They just got here when the power went out. We had no water or phone for the first hour, then those came on.

We had all the neighbors in for dinner - the 80 year old woman next door was in bad shape, as she didn't know what to do. She really shouldn't be living alone anymore.

The biggest problem was gas - when the cuzs went to leave they realized that some of them didn't have enough gas to get home, and no one was pumping. A neigboring town (Rockville Center) had power as they have their own station but the line at the only open gas station was miles long.
So they took my dad's car and will return and get theirs today.

For a place that was affected by 911 I was astounded at how unprepared everyone was. My parents didn't even have a working battery operated radio. We had to steal batteries out of my nephews toy to get any news.

LQ

I always think what a great idea a generator would be if we have a long power outage....and promptly forget it when the lights are on!I always keep fresh batteries for the radio and flashlight ,tho.

I just hope this is solved soon.We Texans know about really hot weather with no A/C!I never think about water and the ability to pump gas being a problem!I'm spoiled and glad of it!