tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post1821847937916540028..comments2024-03-16T10:37:09.839-04:00Comments on Life in Mathews: Hurricane Irene : Interim Report Until Internet Service (and My Sanity) Is RestoredChesapeake Bay Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07187804072769932131noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-62762819049656202442011-09-05T15:54:53.552-04:002011-09-05T15:54:53.552-04:00Every time we're supposed to get a storm, my m...Every time we're supposed to get a storm, my mom calls and asks if we've filled our bathtub with water, and every time we explain that we are on public water, not well, so we don't have to do that. She spent all those years livin' on the farm and seems to think that everyone has to do that.<br /><br />Happy to hear you've fared well, internet slowness notwithstanding.Meg McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01226110990838922422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-77884221813273931782011-08-31T03:04:21.883-04:002011-08-31T03:04:21.883-04:00To maria--both your NJ home and Twin Coves home se...To maria--both your NJ home and Twin Coves home seem to have dodged the worst of 'Irenal' wrath...<br />Dghawk, I hope your area gets back to normal soon. You may have to pour water in a trickle for your kitty so <br />she gets the simulation of (& oxygen in the water) running faucet. Our cats always had to drink bottled spring water, like us...lol<br />cbw mom/wild on wave-deluged--I love your description of the ISP company as 'rapacious swine', lol.<br />I thought myself the only one slinging epithets at corporate thieves/pimps..I love your posts.<br />No wonder your daughter turned out as she has. LLCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-6669770727162928242011-08-30T17:41:23.888-04:002011-08-30T17:41:23.888-04:00Hey CBW, i can't believe we dodged the bullet ...Hey CBW, i can't believe we dodged the bullet here...really not bad at all. So glad that everything is good in your part...<br /><br />Went crabbing today, my sis and her husband are down, can't wait for dinner...Maria_NJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17714568198005794384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-15804007784940799232011-08-30T11:09:33.246-04:002011-08-30T11:09:33.246-04:00Glad you and yours are all safe. At least you hav...Glad you and yours are all safe. At least you have power. Rt 249 looks like a war zone. Almost as bad as after Isabel. They have started work out here today. Nothing like "camping" in your home!<br />My only problem is my cat Mollie won't drink water unless it comes out of the faucet in one of my bathroom sinks! Oh well she'll drink from the bowl(in the sink) when she gets thirsty enough....I hope.<br /><br />To Growing Wild: I agree with you wholeheartedly!<br /><br />Take care.Dghawk4noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-70660211405937728822011-08-30T11:08:40.848-04:002011-08-30T11:08:40.848-04:00Glad you and yours are all safe. At least you hav...Glad you and yours are all safe. At least you have power. Rt 249 looks like a war zone. Almost as bad as after Isabel. They have started work out here today. Nothing like "camping" in your home!<br />My only problem is my cat Mollie won't drink water unless it comes out of the faucet in one of my bathroom sinks! Oh well she'll drink from the bowl(in the sink) when she gets thirsty enough....I hope.<br /><br />To Growing Wild: I agree with you wholeheartedly!<br /><br />Take care.Dghawk4noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-18141413675011299642011-08-30T09:35:05.437-04:002011-08-30T09:35:05.437-04:00Oh we have internet alright, and a notice that we ...Oh we have internet alright, and a notice that we may incur "roving charges," no further information.<br /><br />Count on the rapacious swines to feed on the corpse of our helplessness. And then pack themselves off to church to sing and pray their sins away and tap dance into Heaven. <br /><br />wv: capoe and patooey on them.growing wild on waverly lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15222930522676348641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-18138765906309378112011-08-30T09:10:31.564-04:002011-08-30T09:10:31.564-04:00Just the worst to lose the internets .. no shower ...Just the worst to lose the internets .. no shower is bad but no internets .. OY and VEY .. and dont even joke about writing another book .. yet, not til after you come up here .. and next step into this millennium you need a 'smart' phone with internets access and a shower app. <br /><br />Darn hograt (WV) chewed through the celltowers!Darylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241795455748298624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-18647911498601976242011-08-30T08:11:32.337-04:002011-08-30T08:11:32.337-04:00So glad you have power back! Connecticut is in ba...So glad you have power back! Connecticut is in bad shape with many not scheduled to get theirs for maybe 2 weeks. I think the novelty would have worn off long before then...And I am so thankful we all are okay.Mental P Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-12747011809454138672011-08-30T06:44:32.131-04:002011-08-30T06:44:32.131-04:00We bought a generator for here this go around know...We bought a generator for here this go around knowing full well that we might need it over THERE any given day of the week. LOL!! My hubby took a ride over on Sunday to make sure the old farmhouse was still standing and was thrilled to see that all was well. Go figure, we own it a week and a hurricane blows in. You need to stop by one day when I am over that way!Bethiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13901942855461654008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-56944438687316036022011-08-30T02:13:58.500-04:002011-08-30T02:13:58.500-04:00You are a gem to post something so soon after Iren...You are a gem to post something so soon after Irene said "Goodnight!" Your many fans & friends will be happy hearing that the CBW compound & residents are fairly unscathed. I am surprised people in your office had to go back to work so soon--this shoulda been a 4 day week post-Irene. LLCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-55564591035322097552011-08-29T23:10:44.306-04:002011-08-29T23:10:44.306-04:00re the live talking to people, here are the helpfu...re the live talking to people, here are the helpful instructions:<br /><br />http://www.stonestreetadvisors.com/2011/08/27/fema-internet-outage-warning/<br /><br />my daughter sent it on, very funny!!!Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10698343129217681652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-17473097672823569972011-08-29T22:31:31.977-04:002011-08-29T22:31:31.977-04:00I've been wondering about you, so am glad to h...I've been wondering about you, so am glad to hear the whole Chesapeake Bay Family is safe and well, except for you and your internet access. Imagine having to carry on actual conversations with live people in this day and age. The mind boggles.<br />— K<br /><br />Kay, Alberta, Canada<br />An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel<br />PS — my verification word is "harma" which is obviously Italian: I'm-a glad-a you come-a to no harma, in the words of Dean Martin when he fell off his stool and landed on one of his backup singers. (Your mother will remember him.)Kay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-33006795121266788072011-08-29T21:56:26.290-04:002011-08-29T21:56:26.290-04:00so glad to hear you all survived OK there,cbw.
ho...so glad to hear you all survived OK there,cbw.<br /><br />hoping the power gets restored in record time for you!<br /><br />thanks for the interim report!Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10698343129217681652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-36748248501152253862011-08-29T20:49:55.699-04:002011-08-29T20:49:55.699-04:00I added internet to my phone because I could not s...I added internet to my phone because I could not stand the thought of not having it should we lose power. We of course didn't lose power. Hoping Deltaville has current by the weekend!Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541283009059071005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-52712305625893042432011-08-29T20:31:55.397-04:002011-08-29T20:31:55.397-04:00Glad to hear that your power is back and you no lo...Glad to hear that your power is back and you no longer have to bathe in the creek. I mean, from buckets in the tub. Hoping that your internet comes back soon. Mine was out but only for a day and a half and the darn modem reset itself and I couldn't retrieve the new security code it decided to give itself. At least, that's what the folks at Comcast told me . . .Country Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14432335393660130255noreply@blogger.com