On 9/8/2011 3:48 PM, Evelyn wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 03:41:54 +0000 (UTC), "W. Baker"
> > wrote:
>
>> Evelyn,
>>
>> I am in NYC , but have heard that margaretville and qquite a few other
>> mountain towns have been flooded badly. I spoke to the State Police and
>> they gave me no information except that the river was still risins. I
>> don't know if it is a abad as 95. As I wrote in asd, I am 5 miles out
>> of town oat the top of a 1900' hill so might get a few inches in the
>> cellar, but no flood(that is what we got in '95. Phones are out in
>> Margaretville, but I know that my phone is working as I called my number
>> and got my answering machine message.
>>
>> Did you get localflooding and are you OK? I thought of you immediately
>> when I heard the news. Did Woodstock, Bearsville and all come out OK?
>>
>> Wendy
>
>
>
> Hi Wendy,
>
> The hurricane was devastating in this area. I am sure you have all
> heard about it. Trees were crashing down all over the place, and it
> was a real mess. We just got our internet service back. We had no
> electricity, no phones and no cable for 13 days. Telephone poles
> were snapped like matchsticks, and flooding everywhere.
>
> We had a swimming pool in our basement, because the electricity that
> runs the sump pump was out. We got a generator from a friend in
> Connecticut, and it saved the day in that it kept my freezer frozen
> and ran the pump to get the water out.
>
> Later in the week we got a bigger generator and sold the other one to
> our neighbor, who really needed it. He had two cut up frozen deer in
> his freezer, because that is what they eat! That generator saved all
> their deer meat!
>
> Anyway, I hope your place out in Margaretville is OK, I heard that the
> river was running in the streets there. We are fine, other than
> having to live for more than a week like they did a hundred years ago!
>
> We had creek water to flush the toilets, some rain water to do some
> cleanup with, and bottled drinking water for the rest. I had a cell
> phone that worked, and a car charger to keep it going. We had
> camping lanterns for light, and I read my kindle every day. My
> Amazon bill is going to be phenomenal!
>
> We took a shower by running a pot of water from the drinking water
> bottles, heating it on the gas stove (lit with a match) and then
> taking it into the shower stall and pouring it over ourselves. It
> worked! That is how our grandparents took a shower, I am sure.
>
> Hubby and I went out to the diner to eat every night. They had a full
> course meal, so I just ate his soup and maybe a mouthful of his
> entree. He got the salad, the entree and the dessert that came with
> the meals. It was a good deal.
>
> I am losing weight steadily, since I can't eat much. I feel better
> already.
>
>
> Love to all,
> Evelyn

Sounds worse than what this area had earlier this year - 4.5 days
without power when a tornado interrupted ALL the power lines for
this county, at places close to the power plant. All high voltage
towers, and therefore somewhat slow to restore.

That day's tornadoes all missed this part of the county, though.

Robert Miles