[bksvol-discuss] Marilyn B. on Long Island, New York
- From: Marilyn <mmbeagle@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 03:24:05 -0500
Greetings, all.
I have to make this quick because the power and Internet are both tenuous at
best. We were without power for almost five days, then we had a day of power
with a few brief interruptions, then a weekend of interruptions in power, and
now we're having a snow storm/blizzard that is throwing everything back a few
days' worth of progress. I am seeing some terrible things on the TV news and
the radio about what an absolutely awful time some neighborhoods are having
(the Jersey shore, Staten Island, Fire Island, etc.) and I count my blessings.
We always had the generator on when we were/are/will be without power, so we
have heat, lights, and enough power for my laptop. I didn't learn until four
days in that the blue ray player was hooked up to the generator so that even
though we had no cable TV, I could watch DVDs. So, I had lots of private
concerts from my favorite rockers. And since I have the laptop, some light,
and some books, I was still able to proofread, as I will hopefully be able to
continue to do. The local library opened back up after being closed over a
week (oh, horrors!).
I lost Internet all day today because of the snowstorm, I hope this message
gets through. I just wanted everyone to know that we lucked out, we have
always been and will hopefully remain warm and dry. Some very minor damage to
the roof, but not enough to cause a leak or anything.
I do ask one favor: If anyone e-mailed me about a book or a request or
anything at all, could you please send the message again, or tell me again what
it was about? My Internet has been and remains very spotty, and I can't
imagine all that I've missed that I need to know. Thanks for that, I
appreciate it.
Really lucky on Long Island,
Marilyn
mmbeagle@xxxxxxxxx
We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great great love.
--Mother Teresa
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