This might be old for some by now but I just got power back at 7:45 PM tonight from Sandy

[life long demo]

I live in Montgomery Co., PA, haven't had power, no heat, no hot water, but did have nice COLD water, no cooking, Since Monday. I am happy as a lark. I stood outside at the curb as the PECO guys, 5 trucks, drove down my street. I was clapping, don't know if they even saw me it was dark, but I wanted to let those guys know how much I appreciated their work. YEA. Haven't had news about the storm except short walks to my car to listen on car radio to KWY Philadelphia, another yea!. Had some minor problems with PC but got that fixed and DU is the first website I visited. Maybe it's an anticlimax, But I'm warm and happy now. Only damage was 2 trees down but they TG fell in my yard an didn't hit anything but the ground.

[warrior1]

1. Glad your back

How do you think voting will be?

[TDale313]

2. Glad you're well...

And things are getting back to normal for you.

[Spazito]

3. Welcome back!

I am glad you didn't suffer major damage and have your power back.

[Lucinda]

4. Welcome back!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

5. Sorry you had this

we were lucky it just went out for a few minutes and then went back on. We were not so lucky with the trees though. Last year we lost power for days. Glad to see you back!

[PATXgirl]

6. Yeah!!!!!! I can totally relate to that moment when you hear everything collectively power on.

Glad you are warm and back in touch.

[nolabear]

7. Hey Kiddo! You've all been in our thoughts. Glad to see you! And Obama's kicking ass!

Just in case you hadn't heard.

[frazzled]

8. Go take a nice hot bath!

And enjoy all the lights and electrical thingy-wingies around your house.

[FirstLight]

9. +100!

It's amazing how much we take simple things like power and hot water for granted...enjoy your return to "normal" glad you are safe

[mzmolly]

10. Celebrating

for you!

[Lifelong Protester]

11. I say "hooray" for you!

I'm glad! And I just donated to the Red Cross for some relief for you guys out there, and hope the best for you all.

[onehandle]

12. I'm in MontCo too. We were lucky and did not lose power.

But everyone I work with did, and some still don't have power.

Glad your back up.

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. Welcome back and read this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021696539

Important info

And stay safe

[Change has come]

14. Glad to have you back!

[barbtries]

15. i'm so glad you have your power back.

there is a lot of news to catch up on. Sandy was a mean, mean storm.

[Honeycombe8]

16. Yay!!!!!! I know how it feels. You were totally cut off! (Now....

Now go out and get a coleman stove!)

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

17. Happy for you - Irene knocked us out for almost a week last year

It isn't fun.

[life long demo]

18. I just want to thank every one here.

It was like you're on a long trip and just can't wait to get home. Well for me, this is home because I love reading the comments, shaking my head in agreement. Sigh! Thank you. Now a warm bath if the water hot yet, then bed. I can take the layers of blankets off, laughing at that, you should see all the blankets. lol

[FailureToCommunicate]

19. Hurray! Now for some extra warm feeling tonight go to 538 briefly...

It's looking better than the bleating media, for sure

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/

[alp227]

20. Typo: KYW not KWY...yes an east coast state has K radio/tv stations!

KYW AM/TV Philly
KDKA AM/TV Pittsburgh

:wave: welcome back!!

[LoisB]

21. Glad to hear it. Good luck to you.

[Jersey Devil]

22. power still out here in dumont nj

Running on generator which woildnt be so bad if it were not for the gas lines. Waited 3.5 hrs today for 10 gal which will last a little over one day. But 6 tankers sailed into reopened Ny harbor this morning with gas and Nj refineries are dry again and back nonlinear as of today so that should improve in a day or two. As for power there are so many trees and poles down that it will be slow tho every day I hear about more areas coming hack.

[erinlough]

23. Woo Hoo so glad for you!

Whenever I would complain about my electric bill my 86 year old mother would say, "just wait until you try the switch and it doesn't come on. Then you will pay anything for it". She was old enough to remember life without electricity.

[NYFlip]

24. Power still out in my part of the East Village in Manhattan

[UnrepentantLiberal]

25. Still powerless in Jersey City.

We have a gas stove and gas water heater and my smart phone for internet. That's made it doable so far. I haven't worked all week and have not been able to contact anyone from the company I work for. But hey, others have been through much worse.

[BillyJack]

26. Yeah!!!

Don't experiences like this make you have a new appreciation for things that we so often take for granted? Like a heated home, hot water, lights, a roof over your head, etc.? I know that the challenges that I have faced these past few years have given me a new DAILY sense of deep gratitude for many things that I had, in the past, usually taken for granted.

Congrats on getting your power back on!

[Up2Late]

27. Welcome Back! I'm guessing you missed a lot of the pictures of the NY/NJ devistation...

...here's a link for you, lots of amazing pictures.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2225108/Hurricane-Sandy-2012-pictures-FIFTY-DEAD--NOT-over.html

[Patiod]

37. That's what surprised me - I missed most of the pictures

by the time we got our power back, the media was on to other stories

[allinthegame]

28. Hurrah

And now you can support your friends and neighbors


http://interoccupy.net/occupysandy/

[DonRedwood]

30. Welcome to DU!

[DonRedwood]

29. Welcome back to civilization!

[eqfan592]

31. Never old to hear another DU'er check in safe and sound!

[freshwest]

32. Glad you're okay and things are getting better. Tremendous job there.

[sueh]

33. Yay! So happy you're back and that you are okay:)

[lexw]

34. Yay!!!!

[AsahinaKimi]

35. Welcome back

[littlemissmartypants]

36. Glad to know

you and yours are safe and warm. LMSP

[gkhouston]

38. Yay! Feels great, doesn't it? n/t

[Patiod]

39. Flourtown or Lafayette Hill?

They were the last two communities I knew of in Montco without power.

You're tough! I'ts been CCCOOOLLLDD.

Our local grocery store still doesn't have it, though.