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Posted: 14 years ago
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Hey Veena if you need to close this you can, just wanted to tell my story of this horrifying weekend.

The tale starts on Friday. I got my schedule and I am allotted for the 28th the Sunday of Iren'e entry to the tri-state area. I immediately knew i would get stuck because most storms cause lots of damage in my area especially the past year. I told them I don't know if I will make it in on the 28th. They said you gotta try your best to get here.

I started my shift in a bit of fury since I worked the weekend before. Parkway going south towards my exit was closed. So my parents were worried so they came to guide me home through an alternate route. We got home by 2am( My shift is 3-11:30 but I had to wait until nearly 1am to leave, sometimes I have a lot of work to do so don't get home before 1am)

Saturday I was off, when foreshadowing of Irene arrived. That night we had a tornado warning and later flash flood warning in my area. It was hard to sleep.

This morning no news about north bound parkway closed. I left my house around 2pm for my shift. I was s startled to see that parkway was blocked after being on there just a few minutes. I took the ill planned detour. i had no gps since I didn't expect any changes to my travel plan. A tornado missed us. My father was able to go to work so I thought I would be fine. It was raining hard. A black truck almost crushed me in my Toyota corolla. Barely I got away from that , then I ended up in a dead end. I called my family and then called work. They gave me directions but roads were closed from all different directions. I was lost.

I parked in a shopping center. I called my family and work again.

Ordeal lasted about two hours, didn't make it to work, ended up coming home.

Hope I don't lose my job( called thema total of four times!)

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Posted: 14 years ago
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Gosh, horrifying, please take care, It must be tough to have to work through it, they are saying everyone needs to stay put and you had to go to work...
Be safe.
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Posted: 14 years ago
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OMG ! Sonali !

I hope your okay now ! Please stay safe and keep us updated about yourself !

And if your work say anything to you then they are just stupid considering the situation !
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Posted: 14 years ago
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Gosh what a weekend!

Hoping it's over soon...

Glad you posted this though... many were worried and wanted to hear from those members who live in the affected area, including you.

Re work... i'm sure they'll understand given the circumstances.

Big 🤗 for you and stay safe please.
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Posted: 14 years ago
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Sonali🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗 OMGGG... hope ur ok now.. pleaseee take of urself... and pleasee stay safe.
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Posted: 14 years ago
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Sonali thats terrible... hope u r doin ok no

please take care of yourself and stay safe

try to update us that ur doin fine.
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Posted: 14 years ago
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I am fine thanks ladies! When I told my sister that I almost got trampled, she said I should have / I deserve a beer, honestly I hate beer, I get hyper with non alcoholic drinks. I don't like drinking because I am a nurse. Some nurses do smoke and drink but I rather not.


I will offer to come in on a different day or stay later whenever they need me to, because someone else probably had to work more because I couldn't make it.
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Posted: 14 years ago
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Thank god u r safe sonali..
if people in ur work place dont understand ur situation it would be too bad..
stay safe sonali..🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
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Posted: 14 years ago
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thank god dear that u are safe and home that is a horrifying experience .i think ur office people will undestand the situation dont think much abt them but u do take care of urself dear while u are leaving and coming home back .
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Posted: 14 years ago
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thanks Jyothi, I am fine now, let's see if they need me to work an extra day or shift, I just felt bad piling more work up on someone else

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