Hey all... Michele here. Just wanted to share some news and a story from my coworkers up in Edison, New Jersey. They were back at work only two days after hurricane Sandy went through. The first day they were back in the office, only a few people made it in because of the gas lines and many people didn't have electricity and needed gas to run their generators for their families. The office building had power ran by generators, however they had no internet. I do have to say they are a pretty creative group, as they took turns streaming internet off of their smart phones that day! They worked hard to make sure the storm didn't slow down the progress on the new system. We sent them gift baskets to show them how much we appreciated their hard work and dedication!! (We tried to send them gasoline and propane, but after looking into it we found out there was strict regulations and we couldn't do that, so we settled on gift baskets).
Earlier this past week, I was working with one of their actuaries named Jim to report issues I was finding in my testing. He was not responding to my emails and I was getting rather irritated! Any changes to our next release had to be in by Friday so the programmers could get them implemented this past weekend. I rolled over to our webcam and popped up the team in NJ. I asked them where Jim was, and they all started laughing! Apparently, Jim's car had been stolen that day and he was working to get a hold of the insurance company, but with so many calls still coming in from the hurricane he was having a hard time. They all knew it wasn't a funny situation, but with everything they had been through the past few weeks all they could do was laugh or they would go crazy!!! Poor Jim... a hurricane, 9 inches of snow PLUS a stolen car! What a week!
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