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• On the article Sandy 'Wreaked Havoc' on 65 Percent of NJ, Poll Says

  

  Nordrom Keni

  1:27 pm on Wednesday, November 21, 2012

  Whatever. What does the Governor not having a meteorology degree have to do with anything? He was informed BY meteorologists that several inches of rain might fall, so he made an informed decision to lower the reservoirs. I remember seeing comments before the storm complaining that he hadn't yet ordered lowering them, and people were freaking out because they thought massive flooding would result. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. There was no way for anyone to know exactly where the heaviest rains would fall. We only knew a hurricane was coming right into NJ. Hindsight is 20/20.

• On the article Sandy 'Wreaked Havoc' on 65 Percent of NJ, Poll Says

  

  Nordrom Keni

  1:18 pm on Wednesday, November 21, 2012

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  And if JCP&L did provide detailed estimates, people would have become enraged if their power wasn't restored at the exact minute estimated. Also, all because you didn't see trucks directly in front of your house that doesn't mean they weren't working to restore power.

  If you have young children, elderly or ill folks in your home and simply can't be without electricity for an extended period, then you need to take responsibility and make arrangements to stay somewhere else or get a generator. When I read these comments "I have young kids and they are cold" "I am taking care of a sick parent I need my power back," I understand it's frustrating but again, we were all warned about this many days in advance. You need to plan for how you are going to take care of yourself and your family in the event of a disaster. It's as simple as that.

• On the article Sandy 'Wreaked Havoc' on 65 Percent of NJ, Poll Says

  

  Nordrom Keni

  1:10 pm on Wednesday, November 21, 2012

  Just one of the many incorrect assumptions about the storm and the infrastructure. Burying the lines would not only be prohibitively expensive (resulting in huge increases in utility bills), but it would take much longer to repair underground lines since they have to be dug up, re-buried etc. And yes, underground lines do fail.

  I continue to be fascinated by how ignorant some people are with respect to how prepared the state was or how the utilities responded to the damage. No they weren't perfect, but people simply have no comprehension about the extent and area of damage. Tens of thousands of trees down, poles and lines down all across the state and people b**** because their power wasn't restored in 2-3 days. What part about "you will be without power for 1-2 weeks possibly longer" didn't you understand? I didn't like being in the cold and dark for 1 1/2 weeks myself, but I guess I have a clue and planned according to the warnings I was hearing a week in advance. The fact is that people didn't really believe the storm would be that bad, so they didn't prepare and then flipped when it was just as advertised. Oh and about the bad communications from JCP&L, I understand why they didn't provide detailed information about when the power would be restored on a street by street level. Because they simply couldn't judge the timing based upon the extent of the damage.

• On the article Hennessey's Washington Bar to Close by End of Year

  

  Nordrom Keni

  12:53 pm on Wednesday, November 21, 2012

  You can find that same atmosphere at Pete's (although the bar is very small). Just a matter of time before Pete's closes.

• On the article Hennessey's Washington Bar to Close by End of Year

  

  Nordrom Keni

  12:52 pm on Wednesday, November 21, 2012

  Morristown needs to reduce the number of clyde donovans by 100%, but that will never happen because of something known as human stupidity.

• On the article Hennessey's Washington Bar to Close by End of Year

  

  Nordrom Keni

  12:49 pm on Wednesday, November 21, 2012

  Right on Cynthia. I'm tired of all these overpriced trendoid bars and restaurants where everyone wears their NYC best. How about a simple place where you can wear crappy jeans and a t-shirt and have some drinks without all the pretentiousness? The only places left are Pete's, Danny's...I think that's it. Cutters was a great low key place, then it closed and George & Marthas took its place. Blech.

• On the article Power to Be Fully Restored This Weekend, Twp. Mayor Says

  

  Nordrom Keni

  11:39 am on Sunday, November 11, 2012

  A) You were told that you might be without power for 1-2 weeks. What part of that didn't you understand? I went 10 days in the dark and cold myself. But I expected it and prepared for it. And as many others have said the whole "I don't see trucks in front of my house I didn't see trucks out today" doesn't mean jack. Do you know what the electrical grid is? Know much about it and how it works? Yeah, didn't think so. At any rate, you almost certainly have power back now anyway (unless you live on Wetmore...man I feel badly for you guys).

  B) Can you explain to me the correlation between a county's wealth and a power company's ability to restore power at a certain time after a disaster?

• On the article Power to Be Fully Restored This Weekend, Twp. Mayor Says

  

  Nordrom Keni

  11:32 am on Sunday, November 11, 2012

  Lol where are the faults in my reasoning abilities? Everything I said is true. And...you spent the storm in an area that wasn't as hard hit and had power back in 1-2 days. I spent 10 days in Morris County without power/heat. Sorry, *who* is the armchair quarterback here?

  And "week long power outages in Morris Twp" (all of NJ actually) were predicted well in advance before Sandy and Irene. I went without power for days/weeks during all 3 events myself. I wasn't somewhere else with electricity and heat lecturing others who were enduring the hardship.

  Guess it boils down to hardiness. The majority are soft, and a few folks understand logic and can endure true disasters. Most others just want to crucify someone/something.

• On the article Power to Be Fully Restored This Weekend, Twp. Mayor Says

  

  Nordrom Keni

  1:08 pm on Friday, November 9, 2012

  I got it back less than 24 hours ago. I went 10 days without, and I didn't complain because that is what I was told to expect. I didn't complain last year either during Irene or the snowstorm. I understand that there are people with special needs, but for people to react with outrage when simply what was warned would happen did happen makes no sense to me. I'm tired of the dark and cold I have kids etc etc alright I can sympathize but this WAS the prediction for all of us. What did you think it would be like to live in your homes without power for 1-2 weeks?

• On the article Power to Be Fully Restored This Weekend, Twp. Mayor Says

  

  Nordrom Keni

  1:01 pm on Friday, November 9, 2012

  So you are saying that you prepared, and you have a complaint against who/what, mother nature? Because what happened is what we were warned would happen. It is cold in NNJ in November, and we got slammed by a hurricane. So you are looking for heads to roll because an awful storm hit and everyone didn't get power and heat back immediately?

  I guess that's human nature - look for scapegoats when an unfortunate act of nature occurs.