always people who take advantage of disasters. You are probably now overrun with so-called "contractors."
Bloomberg - he wasn't using his good sense, but came around, which is good. I'm sure he was thinking of bringing money and business to the area, but finally realized how he would be hurting area residents.
Our little HOA community has it's own generator, put in about 8 years ago, and our gasoline is delivered to us. The gas people always top us off before a storm reaches us. The generator treats our water and pumps our sewage. Homeowners can get gas from our tank to power their private generators (if they have them). So it's not too bad for us here now. Being without power for a/c in 90 degree heat is not so good, but it makes cold showers a lot more acceptable.
I grew up in NJ in the country and I remember a winter blizzard in around 1958 or 1959 (don't quite remember the year). We were without power for about 2 weeks. My father had a little stove in the garage, where he boiled down snow for drinking water and we cooked on it. Can't remember if it burned gas or coal. It was hard getting out from under the covers in the morning, it was so cold.
It sure does make a lot of sense to be prepared and if you live in any disaster prone area, it makes even more sense.
We people are tough though and we always get through our hardships (says the perpetual optimist). 
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