All the insulation (soggy mess) is now out of the basement. The living room ceiling is out, most of that insulation was dry, so they left it as is, only removing the wet parts. The furnace/water heater combo thingie will be installed on Saturday, the new car can be picked up on Friday (the old one is still in the yard, the insurance company has yet to retrieve it), and the contractor actually climbed up into the attic over the living room to see what kind of a/c circulator is there and needs to be replaced to match the new condensor that will be going in one of these days soon. He also observed at first hand that there is a leak in the roof, and water damage to the beams and drop area under those beams. I seriously think he is the first contractor I've ever had who actually went up there to try to see what is happening.
What nobody mentions to you going into all of this is the homeowner needs to front all the money to pay for all this, then haggle afterwards for reimbursement from the insurance companies (homeowners and flood).
Met our new neighbor this afternoon - the one with the house on the river for which he paid almost a mil and into which he moved three weeks before Sandy struck. He had five feet of water in his garage, and several inches in the house (it's raised, but not enough), just enough to ruin everything in it.
The guy on the next block who had his house listed for sale for $2.9 mil lost the entire first floor. Which he had just totally refinished after having lost it thanks to Irene, last August.
One of the neighbors, who has been drunk since I've known him (14 years), has been stone cold sober since the storm hit.
Tim McLoone and Holiday Express are throwing a Thanksgiving party tomorrow for Sea Bright people who have nowhere to go.
I'm having turkey day here at my sister's house. Apple pie is in the oven now, chocolate pecan pie is made, pumpkin pie is made, cranberry sauce is done, all's right with that little part of the world. I think we're having eleven people plus Pablo. Short of a full house, but enough to have a festive day. Maybe it will feel close to normal.
Nothing else does.
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