Monmouth County's affair with the nor'easter was largely slushy, icy snow. It was treacherous driving home just before it took off with full force. I-78 (north of Monmouth County) was closed due to icy conditions whilst it blew through. Freehold was reported to have either 8" or 14" of snow (let's split the difference and say 11"). The main effect was for some who had just gotten power back to lose it again. The main intersection for us to access the house was blocked by a downed power line. No problem .. I know the back roads to get to the house via the southern route.

We powered up today! Woo hoo. Unfortunately, the day before there was a gas leak, so the gas company stopped service until we get it repaired. that is hopefully tomorrow - then the 2 days needed for the gas company to satisfy themselves it's fixed before they let us fire up the furnace. Weather should be beautiful this weekend.

We got all the remaining furniture out of the house today. It's barren in there, but necessary to rebuild from the subfloor up. Saved a lot of the cabinetry. One insurance adjuster will show up Wednesday; still trying to track down the other one.

Get this: adjusters are getting 200 claims. A good day means they get to 5 homes. That's 40 working days just to do the initial assessment. That means it will be well into December before they reach everyone. So what does a thoughtful claims company do? Limit the voice mail box to 20 callers. I managed to get the e-mail address of the adjuster. I'm hoping the insurance agency is open come Monday and they can intervene.

Got a message from our friends two towns over. They got power this evening. I had fun calling to say It's good to know we are the SECOND to last people in Monmouth County to get electricity wink

Cheers, Anne