In the city, but I lived fir a short time in Croton, which is right by Yorktown Heights. A very pretty area. There like in most suburbs, and even some cities in the US power and phone lines are above ground on poles so bad weather can knock them down and you're out of power until it's restored. I lived on LI for a few years in a sort of rural area, not the more typical suburban areas. When hurricane Sandy hit just about every pole was knocked down. Took close to three weeks to get power restored. I'll take the tradeoff in underground lines as when things do happen they're very localized and large blackouts rarely occur as in the last one was about 20 years ago. Even when Sandy hit the city maintained power in most locations except those right along the shoreline.
@chanelvaps I hope your daughter can overcome her problems. Dealing with a person suffering from an addiction is incredibly stressful as you want to reach out and fix them as quickly as possible, but as you already know it doesn't work that way. I understand where self blame enters, but you didn't cause it. She chose to take the pills. You didn't make her. You had no way to predict what her actions would be. Now you just have to offer as much help and support as she's willing to accept. You can't really force someone into dealing with their substance abuse. Despite interventions with the best of intentions, the person has to be ready to take the next steps. You just have to be there if they need you.
