My 41st B-Day - Hurricane Sandy

This is an excerpt from my Facebook page that I posted today (October 30, 2012) :

"I remember last year before my 40th Birthday - how emotional I was that I was turning 40!?  Then it snowed...
Now on my 41st Birthday - Hurricane Sandy!!  As I watched the broadcast last night, and saw the East River come up over the FDR; OMG   o_O
( The water went up to 100 ST & First Ave, and I live on 102 ST & Second Ave.)
When I finally got some sleep last night and woke up this morning, I realized how grateful I was to wake up with no flood, power, heat, hot water and TV!
The fact that all of YOU took the time to wish me a 'Happy Birthday' in the midst of devastation means so much to me!
Once again - I am humble, gracious and I Thank You ALL <3 "


How strange it is for me to worry last year about a small thing such as a number;  and this year to worry about life and the safety of my children?!  If you do not live in the affected areas in NY, NJ, or CT - the pictures are not enough!  Even I am horrified to see the images on my TV screen.  What's even worst that the people without power are not even fully aware of what is happening around them!  To see NJ - Atlantic City under water, was like an image of the Lost City of Atlantis.  There are areas in NY & NJ,  where the beaches have no shore line.  You can not tell the difference of a beach house from a mainland house which met together two-three blocks away.  That was when the ocean actually came up on shore and homes were floating away - some as far as the major roads and interstates.  The bridges and underground car tunnels look like something from an amusement park, where you are on a huge water ride.  The underground subway tunnels were under 6 feet of water.  A boat landed on the track of the Metro-North and somehow would have to be removed from the commuter railroad tracks before power is returned.  
It is absolutely devastating!!  Most of the State of NJ is without power!  Areas like Atlantic City and the Jersey Shore underwater and/or flooded .  About 4 million people without electricity in NJ, NY & CT.  There are parts of NY such as Brooklyn's Coney Island, Queens' Far Rockaway & Breezy Point, Staten Island, & Long Island totally flooded and homes absolutely destroyed...