[RP TownTalk] Storm Report

[Rob Oppenheim]

I am finally back online.
 
Power out thru Fri Night 
The electric power on my street (Cleveland Ave near Dupont Circle) 
did not come back on until Friday night at 8 pm. No A/C, no TV, no
refrigerator, no phone, no computer, no Internet. It was kinda nice.
 
Many thanks to Teresa and Corey for allowing me access to their
freezers. Something to remember, if you loose power, take your 
freezer stuff to a friends house. Also, S&J was giving out free 
ice to those without power. Another helpful neighbor. 
 
TV Coverage  
Channel 9 news interviewed some of us at Dupont Circle and ran a 
spot on Friday's 5 pm newscast. It featured S&J and Steve Schmidlin 
and his offer of free ice along with a brief interview with Harold Hoffman 
who still had power and was sharing it with two neighbors.
 
Ward Tour And Damage Report
I toured Ward One on Tuesday after the storm, and ran into Mayor 
Archer who was also out inspecting the damage. Even though it 
was a holiday, we found Public Works busy clearing debris from 
the streets 
 
There were many huge trees and telephone poles knocked down
all over Ward One. Two poles on Dupont circle were snapped in half, 
and several others spilt or cracked. There was a lot of such damage 
across route one on 43 St and 44th Ave and on Route One.
 
Many cars and telephone poles were destroyed but very little damage 
to houses - at least not that I have found. In that regard we were 
lucky. The trees were huge and could have destroyed houses.
 
Miracle on 43rd Street
Mauve Writes:
>Hello there Rob, I thought I'd suggest a caption for these photos
>Miracle on 43rd Street - because it is a miracle that none of
>the three large trees landed on my or my neighbors' house. Too
>bad about the old Mercedes - it still starts, the wipers work and
>so do the indicators. A spectacular end for a stalwart machine.
 
>I also want to thank you for personally visiting to check on
>everyone and for getting a crew out so quickly to clear the
>roadway. That helped us all regain a sense of normalcy, and made
>me, a newcomer to this Hyattsville-Riverdale Street, appreciate
>even more the great neighbors and dedicated public
>representatives my new neighborhood has to offer.
 
The thanks really goes to our Public Work's employees for being on top of 
this and all the other damaged areas and for working long.and hard to fix it. 
They were really on the ball.
 
Here is a photo of Mauve's classic Mercedes:


Maeve adds: This Mercedes is suppose to have wood on the dash, but this is ridicules.
 
-Rob Oppenheim
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