I Hate Sandy!!!

Alcove Audio

Alcove Audio

For those of you who haven't been paying attention, Sandy is a Cat 2 hurricane that just clobbered Cuba, is moving in on Jamaica and, at least according to current projections, is scheduled to impact the northeast US in the NYC metro area where it will meet up with a strong Nor'Easter - what the media is calling "Frankenstorm" or something like that - on Monday/Tuesday. Happy F***ing Halloween!!!

As I live in a designated major flooding area (I had five feet of water in my studio in 2007 with about $100k in damages) I will be moving all of my gear out of the studio starting tomorrow (Fri 10/25/12). I’m spending Sunday stacking sandbags around the basement door & windows, moving the grill, tables, etc. into the garage and praying that we don’t get clobbered while my wife stocks up on water, food, batteries and candles. My oldest daughter and her significant other will also be moving upstairs from their basement apartment, so we’ll be very crowded for a while.

This will be the third time I've had to disassemble and move the studio since 2007. So far, so good, but this one looks like it could be REALLY bad. The town is already doing it's e-mail and phone warning blitz (sooner than they ever have), and, according to my neighbor who works there, DPW is prepping up big time. The police and fire departments are putting on lots of extra folks for Monday and Tuesday, and CL&P is also scheduling extra shifts and loading up on supplies. All that is making me extremely nervous.

So besides the inconvenience of moving everything I'll also be losing income for 10 to 14 days. SH1T!!! And that's only if things go well.

Anyway, enough of this maundering self pity; time to start unplugging and wrapping cables....
 
flip on some cameras and shoot an impromptu hurricane Cloverfield-type movie! Turn that shit into profit!
 
hire some neighborhood kids. they can probably run pretty fast, get that shaky, vomit-inducing blair with project feel
 
Stay dry :cool:

Have you thought about maybe moving the studio's location, if you keep having to move it up high so frequently anyway?
 
Alcove,
Hope all goes well for you up there. I'm sorry that's all the assistance I can give at this time. We'll be thinking of you and your family.
 
Stage One is complete; I've undone all of the cabling and got it in boxes and crates. All of the racks, computer, drives interfaces, etc. are stacked and ready for Stage Two, moving it all into the upstairs and the attic.


Zensteve said:
Have you thought about maybe moving the studio's location, if you keep having to move it up high so frequently anyway?
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This will be the third time in the last four years.

Since the studio is in my home I pay no rent. Rents around here are astronomical. Figuring a minimum of 160 hours per month I would have to add a minimum of $50 per hour to my hourly rate. I would have to pay to isolate and treat the new location (about $50k to $75k), my insurance would skyrocket, and there are a whole bunch of other items that would add up quickly. Not to mention that I'm still very much in debt from rebuilding after the 2007 flood, so the banks won't touch me anyway.

Besides, I love the commute... :D
 
richy said:
Any chance you could move out of the flood zone in the long term?
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Not really a possibility in the current economy. We've been here for over 20 years and we've put down some very deep roots. Plus love the schools and all of the other things that come along with living here.
 
I feel deeply for you there, Alcove. I know all too well what you're going through. It might just be me though...I am flying into New York on Monday and staying the week. That is if Sandy changes course. If not, I have trip insurance. I'm wishing all of the best for you man.
 
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Yep, Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Andrew, Isaac, etc. My profession prohibits me from evacuating for any catastrophe. Not only was I here, I was out in it. When Katrina made landfall, I was changing a flat tire on the side of the highway with the crappy scissor jack that came with the car.
 
Hang in there Alcove. I'm up above Albany NY but have to travel to Newburg for the weekend... Last time (around this time, 2011) we had a freak snow storm and had the joy of traveling 6 hours back home, for normally a 2 hour trip. Small potatoes compared to your struggle but I feel your pain. The extra effort and advance warning is worth the potential loss of your equipment and down-time. Hope all goes well...
 
Thanks again all.

Stage Two - moving everything out of the basement - is completed. Tomorrow is Stage Three, moving the outdoors stuff - BBQ, picnic table, etc. - into the garage and then I begin sandbagging.

For the foreseeable future this is my favorite website.

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ct/nwis/u...&format=gif_default&period=1&site_no=01212500

This is the USGS measurements of the Byram River, which is about 50 yards from my back yard. The metering box is about 1/2 mile up-river. When it gets over five+ feet it has come level with the banks, at seven+ we have to think about evacuating.
 
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To the liquor store!
 
Dreadylocks said:
To the liquor store!
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Lucky You!!!!!

Home Depot and Costco were mobbed.

I just finished sandbagging the basement entrance and windows. Everything else is either in the garage or tightly lashed down.

We're filling up water containers, we've got the lock-box with important documents handy, the cars are full of gas, get-out bags are being packed, first-aid is ready, got cash from the bank, cat-carriers are handy, cell phones are charging. Hmmm.... I'm sure that I forgot a few things, but I have tonight and tomorrow to remember or for the Mrs. to remind me.

Meanwhile... My arthritis is really acting up and my back is killing me...

Ahhh, now for a nice hot shower and some Tylenol.....
 
Well, we just had the fire department stop by and received a reverse 911 notification. We have been told to evacuate today by 6pm.

A bit premature - it hasn't even started to rain yet - but the storm surge predictions are rather ominous. I'll be keeping a very close eye on things and try to update you when I can.

Peace,

Bob
 
Imagine living 200 years ago, or even caveman times, trying to find shelter from a force of nature like this. :eek:

It would not only destroy your hut/tent/lean-to/tree, but even if you survived the actual storm (and didn't die from exposure during the worst of it) your entire food supply for the year would probably be devastated as well.

Random thoughts lol :bag:
 
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