I ran an Army chow hall on Fort Drum during this storm. Soldier cooks worked the Volunteer Fire Departments to provide food and warming beverages to our community. Myself, what was a normal 11 mile drive to Fort Drum became a 35-45 mile jaunt due to downed lines and trees. The North Country truly pulled together to get over this. Now retired in Central Texas, I am reminded of this disaster when I see an Asplundh service truck on the road. Their crews were part of the Huge effort to bring back normalcy to the affected areas. Speaking for my Soldiers, we are proud to provide support to our adopted community.
@@eaststreetmediaservices3845, At that time, I worked for the beautiful, old, historic Stanley Theatre in Utica, NY. Then, National Grid rented the theatre to thank the employees and present the video footage of the events. I may have the specific details wrong, but they did rent the theatre and showed the footage, I was flabbergasted by some of the scenes of the pylons crashing down, etc. BTW, you should be proud of your great videography work, you did a great job of documenting a historic event of devastation, amazing logistics, organization, hard work and tenacity! Kudos for a great job well done by everyone. A true example of what true team work can accomplish...
My wife and I wete right in the middle of the storm. We lived Gouvernour in npff post housing, I couldnt get to work at Ft. Drum, our daughter was 2 yrs old at the time. We finally had to leave and go to a shelter on Ft. Drum, Ny. We survived it and now we are prepared in central Kansas cause we have ice storms here too. We bpught a generator as well.
I was the mess Sergeant at the 1st Infantry Brigade chow hall at the time. The ordeal was much more satisfying to me than any combat operation I was in. We got to help our own, through the VFDs. The teamwork I experienced in our community was astounding. Let's not discount the various Crews of many trades who came across the USA to support us.
We even had some thieves come to a lone farm and inform them they were going to have to tske their generator for national defense, the farmer pointed a rifle at them and told them they were in the United States and ran them off.
I ran an Army chow hall on Fort Drum during this storm. Soldier cooks worked the Volunteer Fire Departments to provide food and warming beverages to our community. Myself, what was a normal 11 mile drive to Fort Drum became a 35-45 mile jaunt due to downed lines and trees. The North Country truly pulled together to get over this. Now retired in Central Texas, I am reminded of this disaster when I see an Asplundh service truck on the road. Their crews were part of the Huge effort to bring back normalcy to the affected areas. Speaking for my Soldiers, we are proud to provide support to our adopted community.
Amazing documentary! The Power of Nature...and an amazing example of brilliant and organized minds and TEAM WORK!!!
Thanks for watcing. I was the videographer and editor for the doc. Work I am very proud of.
@@eaststreetmediaservices3845,
At that time, I worked for the beautiful, old, historic Stanley Theatre in Utica, NY. Then, National Grid rented the theatre to thank the employees and present the video footage of the events. I may have the specific details wrong, but they did rent the theatre and showed the footage, I was flabbergasted by some of the scenes of the pylons crashing down, etc.
BTW, you should be proud of your great videography work, you did a great job of documenting a historic event of devastation, amazing logistics, organization, hard work and tenacity! Kudos for a great job well done by everyone. A true example of what true team work can accomplish...
My wife and I wete right in the middle of the storm. We lived Gouvernour in npff post housing, I couldnt get to work at Ft. Drum, our daughter was 2 yrs old at the time. We finally had to leave and go to a shelter on Ft. Drum, Ny. We survived it and now we are prepared in central Kansas cause we have ice storms here too. We bpught a generator as well.
I was the mess Sergeant at the 1st Infantry Brigade chow hall at the time. The ordeal was much more satisfying to me than any combat operation I was in. We got to help our own, through the VFDs. The teamwork I experienced in our community was astounding. Let's not discount the various Crews of many trades who came across the USA to support us.
We even had some thieves come to a lone farm and inform them they were going to have to tske their generator for national defense, the farmer pointed a rifle at them and told them they were in the United States and ran them off.