Hurricane Sandy

[Yvonne G]

You mean Turtle Rescue of Long Island?

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

You mean Turtle Rescue of Long Island?

Yes.

 

[laney]

Thinking of you all, I have been watching on the news, hugs from Scotland.

You guys amaze me, your perseverance and strength through difficult times is truly inspiring.
Wishing you all the best for the rebuilds and repairs, stay safe.
Xx

 

[Tracy Gould]

Finally got out power back. Still can't find Pi or Chewy (two of my box turtles) All others safe. I'm hoping they are dug down in the high part of the hibernation cave, but I can't reach that sections yet. We lost some friends who drowned in their basement, and some friends lost their homes. I'm taking in another friends turtles and another's Yellow foot until they find a place to live. The shelter's are over run now and there is no food left or clothes here. A girl trying to evacuate ....the water rushed in and literally pulled her two children from her arms into the water....devastation all over the place. We only lost some of our roof, and my family is all safe. There is no gas anywhere and people are waiting on lines for hours, and some people are sleeping there. No one can go to work, and some schools can't open because people are staying there....I don't think that NY has ever lived through anything like this. We were so lucky.
Where I live:

Glad your all Ok hun been worried sick, Hope Pi an Chewy are ok I sure the willl be fine these guys are survivors Torts an turtles are made of strong stuff x

 

[terryo]

You mean Turtle Rescue of Long Island?

Yes.

Sent from Julie at the Turtle Rescue of Long Island:
Just wanted to touch base with everyone to let you all know we are
okay. I have limited access to internet with this old laptap with
battery that won't hold charge and only sporadic wifi but we are
hanging in there. No power but generator is keeping fridge on and
space heater. We have a gas stove and gas fireplace so managing. Heat
packs for turtles and tortoises. Worst is not being able to get more
gas for generator or D batteries for lanterns. Sure hope that changes
soon with cold temps coming and people needing those generators and
gas just to get around. It's a disaster for sure on Long Island. We
sustained minimal damage and will start clean up today. I just hope we
get power soon as well as the rest of LI. Feel so bad for so many that
lost their homes and feel guilty asking for power when they lost so
much. Hope everyone else and their families and turtles/tortoises are
all okay. Stay well everyone. Will get to all emails when I can get to
my computer again. :-(

--

Julie Maguire, Director
Turtle Rescue of Long Island
PO Box 359
Centereach, NY 11720
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[DaisyDuke]

I'm so sorry for your loses Terryo. I hope you find Pi and Chewy safe and soon.
I have family on the Jersey Shore who had a lot of flooding but are thankfully okay.
The most damage we got were a few roofs blown off including part of the roof on the high school.
Signs and trees down and power outages. People right along the coast here got flooding and whatnot.
But thankfully power is restored to almost everybody. I'm so glad that you're okay and I hope power comes back on for you soon.

I saw Julie's post on FB and am going to check stores for batteries. A lot of the trucks haven't been able to get here until now so I've heard that next week store shelves should be packed with things.

 

[KBisMe]

I'm so sorry for the loss of your friends and everything you are going through Terryo. I can't even imagine. I hope you find Chewy and Pi safe soon!