Thanks so much. Like Joanna said - any amount of flooding is awful. Gary's back at it today. The cleanup company has promised to bring on the fire hose sized pumps to get those crawl spaces pumped out and to start liberating the ruined walls and insulation today.

Update from borough hall says more power poles broken or down than expected. New estimate for power is 10+ days. What did I hear from my neighbor in PA that he'd just gotten a generator about the time power was restored? Perhaps it can be relocated to the beach house wink

Editing to add: As you would expect, the most reliable information is available at Home Depot. Lines for the few open gas stations are miles long. Thankfully, my good friend is the rock star in the paint department. She's sure our contractor will be there this morning, so she'll get him in touch with us. WOO HOO

To quote the movie "Exotic Marigold Hotel" - "Everything will be all right in the end... if it's not all right then it's not yet the end."

Cheers, Anne