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| Two Teaneck police officers catch up as their gasoline goes up in smoke. |
If you live in Hackensack and want to go to Teaneck or Englewood, you'll have to drive many blocks out of your way.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, traffic signals don't work and police have closed many streets as a result.
The bridge over the Hackensack River connecting Hackensack and Teaneck has been closed to all traffic -- not just buses -- since the power went out on Monday.
I called the Hackensack police and was told the bridge had been damaged by flood waters.
This afternoon, as I tried to find a short route to my home in Hackensack, I saw two Teaneck police cruisers on Cedar Lane and River Road that were parked in the middle of the closed street, where the two officers could shoot the breeze without leaving their warm, idling cruisers.
What a waste of gas.
I drove to Maywood for lunch and to Teaneck for coffee, but never saw a utility crew making repairs.
At Euclid and Prospect avenues in Hackensack, nothing has changed as neighborhood residents walk or drive by occasionally to see if fallen wires and two snapped utility poles have been repaired.
Residents believe these damaged power lines are the reason they don't have electricity.
The tree that brought the lines down was removed by a crew from Public Service Electric and Gas Co., because it was entwined in wires.
Otherwise, a private firm hired by the city could have cleared it right way.
Now, residents are waiting for a separate PSE&G crew to replace two poles and mend the wires.
New York Public Radio has dubbed the hurricane Super Storm Sandy.
Might be news to you, but cops talk to each other sometimes. Not everyone keeps to himself and grumbles their way through the day.
ReplyDeleteNow, tell me what you heard them saying and perhaps I'll find your complaining credible.
They were comparing notes on gullible taxpayers such as yourself who are so eager to dismiss their goofing off they can get away with bullishiting on the job. I don't know what you mean by "keeps to himself" all day, but you clearly have your head up your asshole.
ReplyDeleteJust talked to a utility guy who said they got here two days ago with their truck from Oklahoma. He said they're on 18 hours, off 6, on 18, off 6.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry if you feel like they're not working hard enough. I'm content with that kind of effort.