This newsletter is a compilation of recent disaster ~things~ that I think are cool, important, or otherwise of interest to people who are intrigued with disaster (broadly defined).
It was 21 years ago yesterday that Superstorm Sandy hit us in Somerset County, New Jersey. There were trees down everywhere and we were to be without electricity for one to two weeks, depending on where you lived. The temps were in the fifties, so eventually everyone's house got cold. If you had a generator and could drive to Pennsylvania every day, you had electricity for part of the day. I was amazed that nobody came. Ohio Electric, who had bought the NJ utility, finally showed up on our street after a week. The police were told of a woman who was trying to drive and had electrical lines stuck on her car, and she just got out of the car and pulled them all off herself. The police advised us not to do that, which is pretty funny now that I look back on it (they could have left her skeleton in the car and it could be the Superstorm Sandy memorial.) So, just because you have a disaster in the USA, it does not mean anyone is coming. Maybe subscribe to some prepper magazines as you will probably have to save yourself.
It was 21 years ago yesterday that Superstorm Sandy hit us in Somerset County, New Jersey. There were trees down everywhere and we were to be without electricity for one to two weeks, depending on where you lived. The temps were in the fifties, so eventually everyone's house got cold. If you had a generator and could drive to Pennsylvania every day, you had electricity for part of the day. I was amazed that nobody came. Ohio Electric, who had bought the NJ utility, finally showed up on our street after a week. The police were told of a woman who was trying to drive and had electrical lines stuck on her car, and she just got out of the car and pulled them all off herself. The police advised us not to do that, which is pretty funny now that I look back on it (they could have left her skeleton in the car and it could be the Superstorm Sandy memorial.) So, just because you have a disaster in the USA, it does not mean anyone is coming. Maybe subscribe to some prepper magazines as you will probably have to save yourself.