What I learn every time there is a disaster of some magnitude, there are still those who only think of themselves and their slight misfortune. This will take many many years to rectify. God Bless NJ, the shore, and the thousands of people who are now homeless. I wish I could have you all for dinner.

If it wasn't for you and the Patch and being able to access FB on my phone I would not have been able to get any information as my cable and phones were out. Our generator worked great but I know now to stock up on gas before hand. There are so many good Samaritan stories that came out of this - 2 of them the donation drive by NM FD Co1 and the school supply drive by NM Junior Football.

I would comment, but I am quite sure I would absolutely insult everyone.

I've learned that once you get your power restored you shouldn't use it until Jimmy Drake's power is also restored.

I know having a generator or not have one doesn’t make it any easer to cope with the hardships that comes with a natural disaster. A gasoline generator is only as good as the supply of gasoline and the availability of the gasoline. Most of us who have gasoline generators cannot run all the appliances that are found in a home such heat, refrigeration and an eclectic stove, off of a small gasoline generator. I know many people have connected their generators to their house receptacles, which is not a safe thing to do, and should never be done. What needs to be done is to have an alternate source of power that is safe and that the non technical person could be reassured that by using these alternate power source they would be safe. It is time for the utilities come up with a plan that would make these alternate sources of power available and affordable to there customers, same as they do for Air Conditioning Unites and Hot Water Heaters.

One thing I did discover is that Verizon FIOS beats cable, hands down. With no power, and a small generator, i was able to hook up the FIOS box in my basement, the FIOS cable box (for TV) and the router, and viola, had phone, cable and internet. Don't know how they do it (had power lines down across the street, and no formal power for 9 days) but it works

Without power, I was reminded of something I had already learned in the past - that for most of us, electricity is a luxury - albeit a very convenient one - it is not a necessity. You can survive not having electricity. We drew closer, snuggled under blankets, read books together by a combination of flashlight and candlelight. But I sure was grateful for that first nice cup of hot coffee I was able to find once the power started coming back on!

Interesting:

I never dealt with a generator before, so everything is new to me. There are certain things like determining what size Generator you need for your house (if you want the whole house to have electric), however there are some things you can do to avoid a full blown $3.000.00 plus gas Trip switch . Determine what you really need. Some things might be lights, fridge, heater, tv, cable. re-chargers for cell phones, laptop's etc. remember EVERY light doesn't have to be on at the same time. I'm kinda looking at 2 - - 3250 generators at shop rite for $249,.00 a piece. Of course you can buy at hone depot now a (5500 WATTS - $800.00), 7500 WATTS I think $1,200.00) But ask an electrician. He/she can tell you better. BUT what I also realized is that you don't have to leave gasoline in the red gas can - buy a suction tube and whatever you don't use for the generator, put back into your car gas tank. Not too much worry about gas exploding in a car gas tank. and refill when you have time and IF you need at immediatley again. (In New Milford, we lose power when it gets party cloudy).

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