tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post2015060805909098711..comments2023-07-23T11:53:16.145-04:00Comments on This Heart of Mine: Sandy: One Year LaterSamantha Brinn Merelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15109435460094526642noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-9823639259404423972013-10-31T18:57:09.185-04:002013-10-31T18:57:09.185-04:00I live e where we get days w/o electricity, Chris...I live e where we get days w/o electricity, Christmases eating canned goods without electricity, water pipes frozen. 60 mph sustained winds, 6 feet of snow... but in a small rural town it is somehow easier. Throw in millions of people and I cannot imagine! opinion8dhermithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15093100869650698978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-49467900081937652012013-10-31T11:26:04.219-04:002013-10-31T11:26:04.219-04:00Thank you so much. I wish the ending were a little...Thank you so much. I wish the ending were a little happier...Samantha Brinn Merelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15109435460094526642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-34856474782882389492013-10-31T11:25:37.832-04:002013-10-31T11:25:37.832-04:00Thank you so much. I will never, ever forget those...Thank you so much. I will never, ever forget those days, as much as I would really like to.Samantha Brinn Merelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15109435460094526642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-26945834353515416722013-10-31T11:24:59.596-04:002013-10-31T11:24:59.596-04:00I can sympathize with what you went through as IT ...I can sympathize with what you went through as IT director. My husband owns a VOIP company in NYC, and all of his servers are housed at data centers in lower Manhattan. When the water came in the basements of all of those buildings were completely flooded and the backup generators failed because they couldn't get diesel to the roof to power the generators. It was an awful week for him, and definitely a time we hate looking back on.Samantha Brinn Merelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15109435460094526642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-6833868499604325922013-10-31T08:04:42.385-04:002013-10-31T08:04:42.385-04:00Sam - I love how you've crafted this, creeping...Sam - I love how you've crafted this, creeping toward the inevitable horrible ending.Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00852781200911306348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-75322583509911619272013-10-31T07:37:37.601-04:002013-10-31T07:37:37.601-04:00Living in central new york, I get a blase attitude...Living in central new york, I get a blase attitude about the snow forecasts, so I can appreciate your GilmreGirls choice... but the snow? Obviously that is nowhere near the devastation of the hurricane. Such a well crafted recounting.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294308714313220666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-57055838829339020252013-10-30T20:57:58.951-04:002013-10-30T20:57:58.951-04:00I was in our cottage in Maine on the coast when it...I was in our cottage in Maine on the coast when it hit. I have never seen glass doors bend, but they did. We lost power to our office in Cambridge and I was the IT Director. I hate to hear the name Sandy anymore. Great read, Sam!William Dameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10129769129251689759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-15847578870384062652013-10-30T19:35:52.949-04:002013-10-30T19:35:52.949-04:00Damn -- that last line = perfect. Brilliantly tol...Damn -- that last line = perfect. Brilliantly told -- very gripping. Thanks for providing us with this well-written perspective. This post gave me more insight than any news I have watched on the year after. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05393708147017569061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-3726457603280128802013-10-30T19:35:51.887-04:002013-10-30T19:35:51.887-04:00Damn -- that last line = perfect. Brilliantly tol...Damn -- that last line = perfect. Brilliantly told -- very gripping. Thanks for providing us with this well-written perspective. This post gave me more insight than any news I have watched on the year after. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05393708147017569061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-43829659414045561352013-10-30T16:27:45.460-04:002013-10-30T16:27:45.460-04:00A year ago, can't believe that! Glad you were ...A year ago, can't believe that! Glad you were okay and this is some powerful writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-65180720266596616822013-10-30T15:14:53.052-04:002013-10-30T15:14:53.052-04:00I was pretty safe on the Upper West too, but my fr...I was pretty safe on the Upper West too, but my friends in Hoboken and my cousins in the East Village didn't come out nearly as unscathed.Samantha Brinn Merelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15109435460094526642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-7584579812346845562013-10-30T15:14:21.633-04:002013-10-30T15:14:21.633-04:00We sure did. I can't believe it was a year ago...We sure did. I can't believe it was a year ago.Samantha Brinn Merelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15109435460094526642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-81130979777508232702013-10-30T15:14:05.315-04:002013-10-30T15:14:05.315-04:00Sandy was really scary, and I was one of the lucky...Sandy was really scary, and I was one of the lucky ones. Up on the Upper West Side we didn't lose power and we didn't get flooded, but I have so many friends and relatives who did, and my new neighborhood, where we moved a few days after the storm, didn't have power for 2 weeks.Samantha Brinn Merelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15109435460094526642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-10142970143026123592013-10-30T15:13:07.939-04:002013-10-30T15:13:07.939-04:00It was really, really scary. It was really, really scary. Samantha Brinn Merelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15109435460094526642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-28103223224744952992013-10-30T15:12:55.657-04:002013-10-30T15:12:55.657-04:00Yep, figuring out what to do for a generator was o...Yep, figuring out what to do for a generator was our first order of business when we moved into the new house, right after the storm.Samantha Brinn Merelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15109435460094526642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-17505139529888560482013-10-30T13:59:38.218-04:002013-10-30T13:59:38.218-04:00My husband and I were in New York two weeks before...My husband and I were in New York two weeks before the hurricane hit, for my best friend's wedding. She got back from her honeymoon the day before the hurricane hit Manhattan. She and her friends/family were safe on the Upper West Side, but I was worried. Some of the places we had stood two weeks earlier were completely underwater. So glad you were okay, and what a well-written reminder.Natalie DeYounghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16906680301422288990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-12262110568600072642013-10-30T12:09:26.150-04:002013-10-30T12:09:26.150-04:00I was more inland, so didn't get hit QUITE as ...I was more inland, so didn't get hit QUITE as hard, but it was still super scary . . . alone in my home with 2 kids and a husband in another country, rain and wind blowing and hitting so hard that I had a waterfall coming down the inside of my foyer from the leaks in the big window above the door, lights blinking and flashing their threat to go off, trees crashing into neighborhood homes. We were extremely lucky we didn't get the worst of it, but that night was one of the most apprehensive and frightening that I remember in my home. You guys up north really got walloped. I can just imagine the horrors of what you went through. A whole year. Wow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-19714031069860481132013-10-30T12:02:19.149-04:002013-10-30T12:02:19.149-04:00I do miss it, although not quite as much as I did ...I do miss it, although not quite as much as I did when we first moved. I still commute to Manhattan every day for work, so that had taken some of the sting out of not living there anymore.Samantha Brinn Merelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15109435460094526642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-43438935203421786062013-10-30T11:59:48.634-04:002013-10-30T11:59:48.634-04:00I liked the nonchalant tone of this piece. I'...I liked the nonchalant tone of this piece. I've never experienced a hurricane, and I don't want to.<br /><br />Do you miss Manhattan? psychochefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863106240537001318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-29066241496664216242013-10-30T09:26:31.061-04:002013-10-30T09:26:31.061-04:00I've experienced weather related things before...I've experienced weather related things before, but have never been through anything as daunting as what you had to go through. Hopefully never will.<br /><br />What doesn't kill us......?Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17697779460254600164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-91789982177514573542013-10-30T08:39:04.861-04:002013-10-30T08:39:04.861-04:00As a native Floridian, I've paid attention to ...As a native Floridian, I've paid attention to hurricanes all my life. I can't imagine dealing with the fallout in a big city. I just can't. Watching the news coverage was surreal. Great last line.Kerry Ann @Vinobaby's Voicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04295304663766870450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-61200613267129353592013-10-29T20:29:02.750-04:002013-10-29T20:29:02.750-04:00I still can't believe it all happened and that...I still can't believe it all happened and that it's been a year. Today I sit in my dry, warm house enjoying electricity and running water and I think how I will never again take it all for granted. And I think of those who are still living through it waiting to rebuild. I pray it never happens again. But if it does, I hope next time we have a generator. ;)Linda Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285985403444531922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-87605739546314789642013-10-29T17:33:53.767-04:002013-10-29T17:33:53.767-04:00I can't believe it's been a year either. I...I can't believe it's been a year either. It's crazy because on the one hand it feels like 2 minutes ago, but on the other, my life is so much different now than it was the day that Sandy hit.Samantha Brinn Merelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15109435460094526642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-24385891811660996622013-10-29T17:33:03.983-04:002013-10-29T17:33:03.983-04:00Not a bad idea...Not a bad idea...Samantha Brinn Merelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15109435460094526642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118261797831917447.post-51148986064308060792013-10-29T17:32:51.920-04:002013-10-29T17:32:51.920-04:00It is, but this was so much worse than anyone coul...It is, but this was so much worse than anyone could ever have imagined.Samantha Brinn Merelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15109435460094526642noreply@blogger.com