For Sandy victim, washer/dryer top Black Friday list
Barbara Popelaski of Inwood purchased a new washer-dryer combo at P.C. Richards in Oceanside to replace those destroyed by superstorm Sandy. (Nov. 23, 2012) Credit: Newsday/Ted Phillips
When rescuers pulled Barbara Popelaski from her Sandy-flooded Inwood home and into a motor boat, she left behind a home full of destroyed furniture and memories. The first thing on her Black Friday shopping list was practical: a new gas powered washer and dryer combo at P.C. Richards in Oceanside. Popelaski, a law clerk in her 50s, said getting a good price was a priority.
“I don't know what the insurance company is going to give me,” she said. “I have to budget my money.”
The Hotpoint combo was marked down to $679.94 from $1,029.98.
Next on her list? A replacement furnace and new walls, both of which will take a little longer. If there was a bright spot to Sandy's devastation, it was that she'll get a fresh start and that no one in her family was hurt, she said.
“We're just thankful we're all right and OK and we have each other,” she said.
