Today we drove to Long Island and drove through part of Queens on the
way to my mother-in-laws. The first gas station that we saw had a sign
saying "NO GAS". The next few also had no gas. Next were a few open
ones with long lines of cars waiting for their turn to fill up. Most
stations had no gas. The few that were open had long gas lines.
Utility company trucks were seen driving around. Especially in one
area where the power was still out and the traffic lights were not
working.
Upon arriving at my mother-in-laws we surveyed the damage
downstairs. Her house is on a pond at sea level just off the Long
Island Sound. A surge of water about five feet or so high came out of
the pond all at once and went about one-hundred feet uphill from the
pond and flooded her downstairs basement/living area. The insurance
company has already had the remediation folks out and the floor has been
gutted and the ruined material is out on the front and rear lawns.
Dehumidifiers are now running full tilt downstairs. The next battle
for her will be with the insurance company to payout for what is covered
under her policy.
I filled her car with five gallons of gas
which we brought from New Jersey. She didn't want to wait in the long
gas lines because there is only one working gas station nearby. In New
Jersey I haven't had much of a problem finding open gas stations with
small lines. But yesterday my wife couldn't find gas in town and had to
go ten miles to the next town to find it. She was in a gas line in
that town and the car in front of her got the last gas at that station.
The attendant told her where to find more and she went to that station
which had nearly no line.
Heading out to Long Island the mail had been delivered and my new Maxpedition E.D.C Pocket Organizer
had arrived. I found a need for some organization in my pockets as
cargo pants have been in use since the superstorm. I'm trying it out in
my cargo pants. So far I've got a notebook, three pens and a set of
earphones stored in it. I will add more to it as I find the need. With
one days use I like it so far. It's a little big for my cargo pocket
on my old USMC issued cammies from the eighties but it works.
Been tired all day. Had to fight falling asleep during the drive into Long Island.
Was able to wake up on the way home thanks to a hot cup of hell yeah from Starbucks and a Soldier Fuel bar
.
Tomorrow I plan to work on that oil leak in the
generator and prep it for long term storage. I might do a camouflage
netting test with it before I store it. If so, you can expect pictures
along with the posting.
NOTE TO SELF:
When gas rationing hits your
state or in this case multiple states, you are limited to a travel
range, on certain days, by the amount of gas you have available. Today,
since our car was not allowed gasoline in both New Jersey and New York,
we had to make sure we did not exceed our cruising range lest we be
stuck away from home. Got fuel cans?
Prepper out.
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