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  1. i wish someone would tell people waiting in line for hours, that my town is about 45 minutes west of some of these stations and we are empty of lines.

     

    my friend drove out here from Brick and got gas, waited in no lines, and was back home and saw the same cars in line at stations near her house.

     

    Robin

  2. Jeannie -

     

    I am sooo close to mt laurel. seriously. the people in this area want to help.

     

    The shelter at burlington county college was so inundated with supplies they had to cut it off after 2 days. same thing at the church in burlington.

     

    please, please, please let me know via PM if there is ANYTHING we can send with your daughter when she travels back to you.

     

    there are frequent meet-ups at the mt laurel chick-fil-a in one of my moms groups. They have items to donate and want to send it with locals directly to the area.

     

    Robin in NJ

  3. I don't know where you are located but if you are in burlington county, NJ, Burlington County College is a shelter for about 150 people.

     

    I am copying/pasting directly from the FB page:

     

    With Burlington County having weathered the storm better than other areas nearby, we are currently hosting 300-400 Ocean County residents in local shelters, one of which happens to be the BCC PE Building. Some of these people have come with nothing more than the shirts on their backs and we don't know yet when they will be able to return home. OEM has requested our assistance in collecting the following supplies for the shelters: toiletries, such as shampoo, soap, toothpaste and toothbrushes, combs, sanitizing hand wipes, deodorant, lotion, feminine hygiene products, baby diapers (any personal hygiene supplies!); towels; clean clothing for any age group; toys and games for kids; blankets and pillows. If anyone was interested in donating, items can be dropped off on the Pemberton Campus, in the Parker Building, Office 413G. You can also donate items to our office on the Mount Laurel Campus in the Enterprise Center, Suite 256 and we will be happy to get the items to Pemberton for you! If you have any questions, please contact our office at 856-222-9311 ext. 2540 or via email at bquintan@bcc.edu.

     

    Robin in NJ

  4. here are more daytime photos of our fallen tree. luckily, our next door neighbor was walking his dog and noticed the tree in our driveway. he called his friend on the next block who happens to have an excavator and they helped my husband saw/move the tree.

     

    you can also see how many trees we have on the property and how close it came to the house.

     

    we were super lucky

     

     

    robin in nj

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  5. when my baby was in the nicu, it would have been nice to have food.

     

    not mcdonalds, but real food. we ended up eating a lot of subway. the hospital was an hour away and in another state for home.

     

    we have microwaves to use, so individual in reheatable containers would have been heaven. we were only there a week, but it was one of the longest week of my life.

     

    fresh fruit for snacks. i got so sick of granola bars.

     

    Robin

  6. I started to multi-quote but realized I agreed with everyone else.

     

    no. say, no, thank you. rinse and repeat.

     

    it WILL be hard. ask me how I know.

     

     

    They will say things like, she will get evicted tomorrow if you don't pay. ask me how I know.

     

    at the time I had no children but wanted them but was working to pay down the mortgage so i wouldn't have to work when children came. I explained that I would NOT work so they could stay home and live off my money.

     

    It actually led to 14 years of non-speaking to these relatives.

     

    Robin

     

    i would do it again.

  7. i posted this in another thread. we lost 2 trees. below is the photo of the one we heard fall just after dark last night. it fell across the driveway. the wind was horrific. I have auditory sensory issues so hearing the wind (without being able to see the trees is torture for me)

     

    we are in central nj. just about half way between philly and the ocean.

     

     

    i did just hear on the news that about 2 million without power

    my friend a few blocks away lost power last night. she may come over for freezer space and showers later this afternoon. especially if her kids have school and work tomorrow.

     

    Robin in NJ

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