Superstorm Sandy

On October 29,2012 My family and I prepared for what was considered the worse storm in the tri-state area. Hurricane Sandy lived up to her reputation she destroyed hundreds of homes, boats, cars, and claimed multiple lives. Luckily my home was not damaged nor was any trees knocked down on our property. Hurricane sandy was indeed stronger than everyone thought she would be, but people were prepared. Or so they thought they were.

Once sandy's winds began to pick up power lines began to fall and power was lost. Not knowing how long we would be without power we connected out generator to as much as we could. We connected two lamps, the fridge, and the projector screen tv. Feeling like The power would come back soon and like we could manage a few days we were pretty calm.

The next few days we got a slap of reality 3-4 hour gas lines, no way to use our phones with no service or Internet, and boredom. We found open gas stations, service, and dunkin donuts in Cranford and Garwood. At night things were a little bit calmer but it was a lot colder. Managing to be in the dark was easy managing to be in the dark and cold with more than 5 people was torture!

We went days without hearing the news and it began to feel like the dark ages and like power was never coming back. When we heard that the movies was open we just had to go and get out of the house. Other days we went to the mall and relatives houses that had power. We began to run out of food and we needed to find a shoprite soon! Luckily the shoprite in Garwood was open and fully functional so we got food there. Repeating the same routines over and over everyday for 12 days we finally got power Saturday.