{"id":2999,"date":"2022-04-09T00:05:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T04:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=2999"},"modified":"2022-04-10T22:20:29","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T02:20:29","slug":"h-hurricane-gloria-1985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=2999","title":{"rendered":"H: Hurricane Gloria – 1985"},"content":{"rendered":"

H: Hurricane Gloria – 1985<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

October 6, 1985<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeff,<\/span><\/p>\n

What a week this has been! It started when Hurricane Gloria hit Long Island on the 27th. Trees were down as was power all over the Island. We didn\u2019t go back to school for a week. And showers and laundry? I ended up leaving my apartment and drove to my sister\u2019s house in New Jersey. Like I said quite a week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lucky for me I live in a garden apartment that is part of a large golf course. Even though there are trees that surround the property and some did fall down, there are not many around the apartment, so I didn\u2019t have any damage, just a loss of power. I\u2019m hoping that this house that I\u2019m looking to buy in Wading River works out and I can finally move out of this apartment and own a house for the first time ever.<\/span><\/p>\n

So I went to my sister Leslie\u2019s house after about the fourth powerless day. I could only stay overnight as I just heard when I got there that my school was going to reopen the next day. Because of the storm, not all of the schools could be opened at that time, as some still didn\u2019t have power. We had to share our classrooms and spaces with the primary school classes that were without power. It worked out okay.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I had played at a Contra Dance prior to the storm and was invited with the band by one of the dancers there, Barbara, to come to a house party that Saturday the 5th (yesterday) in Setauket. Barbara and 6 others shared this house.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I had a band practice on Saturday in Port Jefferson at Robin\u2019s house. Since it was daylight, we didn\u2019t need power to practice. The group talked about maybe attending Barbara\u2019s party. Setauket was just the next town over. You know I\u2019m not much of a party-goer by myself, but a few of the members were going to go to the party if the power returned in time, so I said I might go also.<\/span><\/p>\n

Luckily, the power returned well before 8:00 when the party was supposed to start. I decided I would go. When I arrived at the house, there were no cars in the driveway. This was enough to dissuade me from going to the party. I wasn\u2019t sure if I got the wrong house, date, or time and I wasn\u2019t about to go to the door and ask. I didn\u2019t want to look stupid. So I turned around and headed back towards Robin\u2019s house to see if she knew anything. When I got there, the lights were out in her home, so I decided to go back to the party at Barbara\u2019s house, hoping that I had just got the time wrong.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When I got there, there were lots of cars in the driveway and street and lots of music and noise coming from the house. I guess everyone had been just fashionably late.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The party was fun, and I met a girl named Christina, another housemate. In fact, we danced together most of the night and when I left she walked me to my car and we even kissed goodbye. I really wanted to call her the next day, but hesitated, worrying about what if someone else in the house answered the phone. My worry was for naught for she called me up first and we set a date for this weekend. I\u2019ll write you and let you know what happens. I\u2019m hoping this relationship works out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Your friend,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Harvey<\/span><\/p>\n

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————<\/span><\/p>\n

October 27, 1985<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeff,<\/span><\/p>\n

Glad to hear that you didn\u2019t suffer much with the power outage from Gloria as I did. I can\u2019t believe you went outside as the eye of the storm passed over you. I just stayed indoors the entire time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not able to have a camping stove in the apartment or on the golf course, and all my appliances run on electricity, which is why I ended up going to my sister\u2019s house. But with you living in your own house, having a camping stove was a great thing to have and use with no power, not to mention your coal-burning stove to keep you warm.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I would have loved to play board games like you, however, I live by myself and don\u2019t have any siblings or friends nearby to play with. It was nice to miss a few days of school and walk around the golf course after the storm. Someday I\u2019ll have a family to do things with.<\/span><\/p>\n

Good news is that I\u2019m actually seeing Christina a lot more now.\u00a0 We talk to each other on the phone a lot. I really like her.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Say hi to your wife and daughter for me. Some day we really have to get together. It\u2019s only a 3-hour drive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Your friend,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Harvey<\/span><\/p>\n

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To be continued in I – Tropical Storm Isaias – 2020<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Feel free to add your thoughts in the comment section, if you were around during Hurricane Gloria. I\u2019d love to hear them.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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