Is Sandy going to kill us?

OldRover · 11/02/2012, 09:26 PM

Landlords suck.

Let's set up a "help Sini" fund.

PCEngineHell · 11/02/2012, 10:18 PM

I can drop him a message and see how he feels about it. He posted that he is currently needing tips for finding a decent priced rental apartment or whatever. I know for sure though if he is able to salvage any of his games and movies he is going to need another TG Cd or Duo, and Booray player. I am not sure about him and his wife's clothes, if he is going to be able to save any or not. Just going to have to ask him. Also, anyone else here on the forum get hit in a bad way by Sandy?

OldRover · 11/02/2012, 11:33 PM

I know nothing about that area but I'd be willing to throw some cash and maybe some stuff into the pot to help out.

PCEngineHell · 11/02/2012, 11:59 PM

Quote from: OldRover on 11/02/2012, 11:33 PMI know nothing about that area but I'd be willing to throw some cash and maybe some stuff into the pot to help out.

Yeah I didn't want to say anything yet until i was sure I knew what him and Sue were needing, their complete situation, etc, but I had marked up that last huge batch of movies fairly cheap in my "stuff I don't want" thread. Whatever ends up selling, the money goes to Sini if it ends up he needs it. I know hes been overwhelmed over the past week, so I didn't want to hassle him about it all, figured he'd need some time to assess the damage.

Sadler · 11/03/2012, 12:20 AM

If anyone on this site needs help, please let me know. The most I can offer our east coast brothers is $, but I don't want to see any of us struggle. Please let me know how I can help.

Bernie · 11/03/2012, 12:23 AM

Quote from: Sadler on 11/03/2012, 12:20 AMIf anyone on this site needs help, please let me know. The most I can offer our east coast brothers is $, but I don't want to see any of us struggle. Please let me know how I can help.

Me too. Keep us posted Mike.

Sparky · 11/03/2012, 09:22 AM

Ya I have been seeing Sini's posts as well, i don't even know what to say to him as him loosing so much, i dont think a sorry cuts it. I did send him a pm today and Prof that's a hell of a nice thing to do. Sini is a good guy I just shake my head when he updates us on what he is seeing and going through.

PunkCryborg · 11/03/2012, 09:26 AM

would be nice to do a pce/turbo game drive for him once he gets settled again.

TheClash603 · 11/03/2012, 04:25 PM

Quote from: PunkCryborg on 11/03/2012, 09:26 AMwould be nice to do a pce/turbo game drive for him once he gets settled again.

I am down for that. Even a few bucks each should allow him to get some of what he lost back. I know it is just games, but anything to put a smile on someones face in a bad time would be nice.

PunkCryborg · 11/03/2012, 04:45 PM

Quote from: TheClash603 on 11/03/2012, 04:25 PM
Quote from: PunkCryborg on 11/03/2012, 09:26 AMwould be nice to do a pce/turbo game drive for him once he gets settled again.
I am down for that. Even a few bucks each should allow him to get some of what he lost back. I know it is just games, but anything to put a smile on someones face in a bad time would be nice.

Yeah I was thinking games specifically cause it's nice to go to something like games and hobbies to get your mind off things when life throws you a curveball.

Arkhan Asylum · 11/03/2012, 06:07 PM

Quote from: PCEngineHell on 11/02/2012, 11:59 PM
Quote from: The Old Rover on 11/02/2012, 11:33 PMI know nothing about that area but I'd be willing to throw some cash and maybe some stuff into the pot to help out.
Yeah I didn't want to say anything yet until i was sure I knew what him and Sue were needing, their complete situation, etc, but I had marked up that last huge batch of movies fairly cheap in my "stuff I don't want" thread. Whatever ends up selling, the money goes to Sini if it ends up he needs it. I know hes been overwhelmed over the past week, so I didn't want to hassle him about it all, figured he'd need some time to assess the damage.

That was my thought, and why I didn't bother posting anything.

especially since Sinistron probably thinks I am retarded and doesn't want to hear my nonsense. If you didn't want to hassle him, I sure am glad I didn't! hah.

Anyway, that really sucks that his landlord is being unsympathetic.

I will definitely see what spare stuff I can offer to him.

Maybe we should get it all together as a secret santa thing too, and make his Christmas extra special.

Unless he's a satanist or something.

PCEngineHell · 11/03/2012, 06:36 PM

Yeah the irony is he got flooded last year due to a storm too, but last time it was just maybe a foot or something, so it didn't destroy too much. I was able to send him a replacement power supply for the TG CD and a gamepad, but obviously now that stuff was sent in vain since this new storm decided to fill the entire place with water close to the ceiling.

turboswimbz · 11/03/2012, 10:14 PM

well those pictures of the NJ shore is where I live . . . so much destruction . . . no words . . . just got power and internet back today after 5 days in the cold and dark. Helping those that I can, emotinal exhuasted. If anyone was trying to get ahold of me I'm sorry, give me some time, might be a week or two but I will get back to everyone.

Arkhan Asylum · 11/03/2012, 10:57 PM

Quote from: PCEngineHell on 11/03/2012, 06:36 PMYeah the irony is he got flooded last year due to a storm too, but last time it was just maybe a foot or something, so it didn't destroy too much. I was able to send him a replacement power supply for the TG CD and a gamepad, but obviously now that stuff was sent in vain since this new storm decided to fill the entire place with water close to the ceiling.

fuuuuuuuuuuck. That sucks.

There's a Deep Blue joke in there somewhere.

PCEngineHell · 11/03/2012, 11:11 PM

Quote from: guest on 11/03/2012, 10:57 PM
Quote from: PCEngineHell on 11/03/2012, 06:36 PMYeah the irony is he got flooded last year due to a storm too, but last time it was just maybe a foot or something, so it didn't destroy too much. I was able to send him a replacement power supply for the TG CD and a gamepad, but obviously now that stuff was sent in vain since this new storm decided to fill the entire place with water close to the ceiling.
fuuuuuuuuuuck. That sucks.

There's a Deep Blue joke in there somewhere.

Yeah. I know he loves the old TG CD combo, but this time around he will prob have to settle for a region modded duo or something when he gets settled in and ready to game again. His Mac also got soaked, and all his current music work about was on it. A tech guy who works for his moms law firm is going to remove the hard drive so he can get it sent in to a data recovery center.

BlueBMW · 11/03/2012, 11:48 PM

I shot him a message on facebook offering a US Duo. I've got a diving board adapter that can go with it. (just don't have time to fuss with doing a region mod right now) I know it will be a little while til he gets settled back into a place, but for when he does.

PCEngineHell · 11/04/2012, 12:04 AM

Quote from: BlueBMW on 11/03/2012, 11:48 PMI shot him a message on facebook offering a US Duo. I've got a diving board adapter that can go with it. (just don't have time to fuss with doing a region mod right now) I know it will be a little while til he gets settled back into a place, but for when he does.

Awesome man.

Arkhan Asylum · 11/05/2012, 10:12 AM

Saint BMW, doing his paladin-deeds, yet again!

I had spilled pepsi on a mac once, and tried soaking it in water to wash the pepsi out before it corroded/left sticky goo.

It didn't work, and so I couldn't lie and say "dang it just stopped working!", but I pulled the HDD out. It's in my PS3. Still works fine!

I'd bet his is OK too.

420GOAT · 11/05/2012, 01:28 PM

Quote from: BlueBMW on 11/03/2012, 11:48 PMI shot him a message on facebook offering a US Duo. I've got a diving board adapter that can go with it. (just don't have time to fuss with doing a region mod right now) I know it will be a little while til he gets settled back into a place, but for when he does.

thats the coolest!!

thesteve · 11/05/2012, 03:45 PM

please dont toss your water damaged games/systems
if it was off its likely saveable.

PCEngineHell · 11/05/2012, 03:49 PM

Yeah thats what I told Sini when it happened. Figured most of the stuff could be saved given I salvage electronics all the time. I think his game system though got toppled over, and a lot of the cd titles got crushed and damaged, etc from stuff falling everywhere.

thesteve · 11/05/2012, 03:52 PM

i got flooded in 97
i lost a walkman and some CD's
the CD's got holes in the plating.
all else was saved

Arkhan Asylum · 11/05/2012, 03:54 PM

Im not sure how corrosive salt and stuff is to electronics. I know basic water from the sink won't damage anything if you kill the power and wait awhile.

I've dropped my DS in the toilet and it still works, lol.

PCEngineHell · 11/05/2012, 03:59 PM

Yeah Steve I told him he could prob save some of the disc, even if he couldn't save the paperwork, but he'd have to get them cleaned off and dried pretty fast. That flood water can be pretty corrosive depending on what all is in it and if it sits long enough. Unfortunately some of the stuff was just too trashed from stuff toppling over and all from the rising water, so he couldn't save all the disc games, and still wont know for sure about the hu-card stuff until he is able to try them out.

turbokon · 11/05/2012, 04:06 PM

Quote from: BlueBMW on 11/03/2012, 11:48 PMI shot him a message on facebook offering a US Duo. I've got a diving board adapter that can go with it. (just don't have time to fuss with doing a region mod right now) I know it will be a little while til he gets settled back into a place, but for when he does.

I'll be happy to region mod that duo for him if you need me to.

Arkhan Asylum · 11/05/2012, 04:10 PM

I've got a free Insanity + Soundtrack with his name on it when he's ready for it.

Hopefully China Warrior survived.

thesteve · 11/05/2012, 04:24 PM

its a huey, it should be fine

BlueBMW · 11/05/2012, 11:20 PM

Quote from: turbokon on 11/05/2012, 04:06 PM
Quote from: BlueBMW on 11/03/2012, 11:48 PMI shot him a message on facebook offering a US Duo. I've got a diving board adapter that can go with it. (just don't have time to fuss with doing a region mod right now) I know it will be a little while til he gets settled back into a place, but for when he does.
I'll be happy to region mod that duo for him if you need me to.

I might take you up on that! I'll include the mod chip itself. Its just the time to do it that I dont have

turbokon · 11/05/2012, 11:54 PM

Anytime man, shit I still owe you for lending the LT to me.

ParanoiaDragon · 11/06/2012, 12:36 AM

I was just going to ask if anyone's seen Esteban, & here he showed up today & posted several times!

esteban · 11/06/2012, 01:23 AM

First, I hope everyone who got pulverized by Sandy is managing OK.

I know a lot of folks who were dealt a bad hand by Mother Nature this past week--I see Sinistron was yet another one. Sorry to hear that.

Quote from: ParanoiaDragon on 11/06/2012, 12:36 AMI was just going to ask if anyone's seen Esteban, & here he showed up today & posted several times!

I just got my power back today, a few hours shy of a week (7 horrible fucking days) without power/heat. It was getting really cold the past few days, too.

My 15-month-old twins were sleeping/napping in their snowsuits to stay warm. Their noses/cheeks were ice-cold, but otherwise they are tough little bastards. Saturday and Sunday night was too cold (dropping below freezing) so we stayed with a friend with a generator. Holy sh*t the heat felt nice. We still spent our days back at home (to give our hosts a break) and the novelty of "camping inside your house" wore off pretty quickly.

I'll spare you the details about saving spoiling food for meals and all the complications of no traffic lights functioning, no businesses open, no ATM's operating to dispense cash (should you find a business open, it's cash only), etc. etc.

Thankfully, though, no major damage to my home.

ParanoiaDragon · 11/06/2012, 03:36 AM

Sounds like oodles of fun. Sheesh, I'm glad you guys toughed it out! Hopefully everyone affected can ever so gradually settle back in as best as possible.

soop · 11/06/2012, 06:55 AM

Glad everyone's all safe. Sorry for anyone who's having a crappy time right now, hopefully it will end up as a great anecdote later, if nothing else.

turboswimbz · 11/06/2012, 07:08 AM

Good to see your safe esteban. The shore fared little better I'm afraid. Anyway, th.e state is still a bit of a mess, will be traveling north today, hopefully power will be back up where I need to go. Also i understand Worse part for me has been lack ot heat and power,(okay the worse part has actually been the emotional toll of friends and family. Losing their houses but I thank my luck that personally it was just lack of power that I had to deal with) I haven't been able to work in almost 2 weeks, so no paycheck.

Chuplayer · 11/09/2012, 08:33 PM

I got my power back last Sunday, but I didn't get my computer back up and running until this morning. I'm still cleaning up a lot in the basement, but it's nothing compared to what some other people in my area went though. I lost some PS2, PS3, and GCN cases, instructions, and inserts (discs got wet but are fine) and a few other odds and ends, but other people lost everything in their homes, if not their entire homes

Oh, and I lost my PCE Duo's power supply, but I can use my Genesis 2 power supply in the meantime. I'm going to check it out a little later just to make sure it all works. Then I'll get another power supply.

OldRover · 11/10/2012, 04:40 PM

Quote from: guest on 11/05/2012, 03:54 PMIm not sure how corrosive salt and stuff is to electronics.

Where I live, the salt in the *air* is enough to corrode electronics, if given enough time. Exposed metal starts to rust after only about a month, and large metal objects can turn to dust in just a few years. CDs can become useless if left out for about two months, and even when stored, they can completely degrade after about 5 or so years. The salt concentration in the air is several thousands of times less than the salt concentration in salt water, so that should give you a rough indication of how damaging it can be.

geise · 11/10/2012, 05:04 PM

I'm so sorry to hear about all the shit you guys are going through up there.

It's good to know some of you are doing alright considering all that has happened.

turboswimbz · 11/10/2012, 08:01 PM

Quote from: Chuplayer on 11/09/2012, 08:33 PMI got my power back last Sunday, but I didn't get my computer back up and running until this morning. I'm still cleaning up a lot in the basement, but it's nothing compared to what some other people in my area went though. I lost some PS2, PS3, and GCN cases, instructions, and inserts (discs got wet but are fine) and a few other odds and ends, but other people lost everything in their homes, if not their entire homes Oh, and I lost my PCE Duo's power supply, but I can use my Genesis 2 power supply in the meantime. I'm going to check it out a little later just to make sure it all works. Then I'll get another power supply.

Hmmm let me check I might have a PCE duo supply floating around here somewhere. . . if I do I might be able to get it to you, (depending how far you are from New Brunswick) although it seems like your not in too much of a bind since you've got the genesis supply.

Chuplayer · 11/11/2012, 10:27 AM

Quote from: turboswimbz on 11/10/2012, 08:01 PM
Quote from: Chuplayer on 11/09/2012, 08:33 PMI got my power back last Sunday, but I didn't get my computer back up and running until this morning. I'm still cleaning up a lot in the basement, but it's nothing compared to what some other people in my area went though. I lost some PS2, PS3, and GCN cases, instructions, and inserts (discs got wet but are fine) and a few other odds and ends, but other people lost everything in their homes, if not their entire homes Oh, and I lost my PCE Duo's power supply, but I can use my Genesis 2 power supply in the meantime. I'm going to check it out a little later just to make sure it all works. Then I'll get another power supply.
Hmmm let me check I might have a PCE duo supply floating around here somewhere. . . if I do I might be able to get it to you, (depending how far you are from New Brunswick) although it seems like your not in too much of a bind since you've got the genesis supply.

Thanks, man, but I've already got another Genesis 2 power supply on the way. My old power supply works, too. I played some Lords of Thunder last Friday.

It looks like the only power supply I lost this time was my 360 Slim's. A replacement for that is also on its way

I lost my SNES power supply last year, but that's been taken care of for over a year already.