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Yes, listen to what Likebugs and Yen said as that can and will make a difference in what happens afterwords, a error now can cost you a great deal later.
Yes, listen to what Likebugs and Yen said as that can and will make a difference in what happens afterwords, a error now can cost you a great deal later.
You ain't kidding. A guy walking his dog got electrocuted a few blocks away, The dog did not make it, and the guy is in critical condition. :(

 
900,000 in NJ without power is just "something we're not used to"? That's such a condescending thing to say. We've got transformers popping left and right, another one just went now, heard the boom, things are being torn off houses, huge trees down, people being killed, NYC is getting flooded. And damn, idiot up the street who said Lucy could stay there was wrong, they don't have generators for the house. Grumble, grumble. And it's getting cold in here. Ack! Battery power's about to go on the PC. Bye all!
I'm back. I've been out of power since monday. It was freezing in my house so we had to leave to go to my grandparents. I lost my pregnant chinese mantis to the cold :( Thankfully I managed to save my other mantids. I'm one of the lucky ones. At a neighbors, a tree split in half and we have wires down everywhere. My brothers' school was knocked off of it's foundation and just three blocks down from our house was flooded up to 5'. It was NOT pathetic, and Obama declared Long Island a disaster area. Another neighbor's house was destroyed by a giant tree crashing into the house! You want to see what LI is going through, look up news12.com

 
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My power is still out. Thank god it is so warm or I would have lost all of my mantids by now.

 
everything in my basement was ruined, the walls, and basically every object downstairs. All of the walls need to be knocked down. All the internet cables, computers, tv's got ruined. we have no decorations whatsoever for the holidays, all of my grandmothers furniture was ruined. There was 5 feet of water flooding in my basement and we found a fish swimming in it. NO JOKE. Plus we have no power. I had enough stuff taken out of my basement that was ruined covered up about half of my driveway, and we only got less than halfway done. it stinks!! plus i have no flies to feed my newly molted ghost mantis, I'm worried because she isn't eating any of the food i have given her, i have tried any bug i could find. She hasn't eaten anything, what do u guys recommend?? On the other hand, I'm glad that you are all safe and alive, also sorry to hear about ur mantis bran339

 
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In this particular topic I kind of think losing a mantis is the least of peoples problems, some houses still standing will end up having to be torn down due to water damage, cars may need $1,000's in repairs, $1,000,000's in food will need to be tossed, hospitals can't stay open, it's hard to wrap my head around how bad it is for so many right now?

I just hope for a speedy recovery and all those/you people can keep it together for the next few weeks...

 
In this particular topic I kind of think losing a mantis is the least of peoples problems, some houses still standing will end up having to be torn down due to water damage, cars may need $1,000's in repairs, $1,000,000's in food will need to be tossed, hospitals can't stay open, it's hard to wrap my head around how bad it is for so many right now?

I just hope for a speedy recovery and all those/you people can keep it together for the next few weeks...
well i agree 100% with what you said, and i only posted that because i wanted your guys' opinion on what to do about the mantis

 
well i agree 100% with what you said, and i only posted that because i wanted your guys' opinion on what to do about the mantis
Crickets are about $1 a dozen at most pet stores, thats what I'd try, small size may be best for ghosts. :)

 
In this particular topic I kind of think losing a mantis is the least of peoples problems, some houses still standing will end up having to be torn down due to water damage, cars may need $1,000's in repairs, $1,000,000's in food will need to be tossed, hospitals can't stay open, it's hard to wrap my head around how bad it is for so many right now?

I just hope for a speedy recovery and all those/you people can keep it together for the next few weeks...
We lost all the food in our house. We tossed at least $1000 worth of food and the gas shortage is so extreme there's been gun and knife fights over gas. We tried to get to a station today and they ran out of gas which they recieved this morning, which was around 10,000 gallons. I'm not going to school until thursday because we have no power and neither do they.

 

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