Tuesday morning (10/30) I was told to report to our Leesburg office for patrol duty. I then spent the next 3 days there patrolling. The damage compared to large thunderstorms but Sandy brought much more rain and flooding damage than expected. Many roads and roads were closed or washed out. There were numerous trees that were up-rooted from the wind and saturated soil (see image below). Leesburg is a more rural territory, bordering Maryland and West Virginia towards the Mountains. Many of our lines will go miles to serve one customer so working all day to put up 4 spans of primary for one customer makes the recover longer than most. One job required us to hike a mountain (950ft accent in a half mile) to ensure the line was clear, all this for a cell tower. Clearly there was not a road otherwise we would have driven.
On a brighter note, since we were in the countryside there were an abundant amount of pets and wildlife. I saw about a dozen bucks and couldn't count the number of horse farms and cattle ranches we drove by. The best house I came upon had two little golden retrievers and two little kittens. I must say that I would have loved to take them home with me, but unfortunately that would not have gone over to well.
Well now for the little bit of information I know about for my departure tomorrow morning. We will be departing at 6 am Saturday morning (11/3) from Alexandria. Our base camp is located in the town of Lakewood New Jersey, specifically at the Lakewood Blue Claws Stadium. I am told we are perusing hotels, but in all likelihood we will be staying in bunk bed style camper trailers. I will know more tomorrow and hopefully be able to provide some updates.
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talk to you all soon!
Love Andrew
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