Hurricane Sandy

[desertpunk]

Gowanus Canal Rising, Threatens To Flood NYC With Gonorrhea!


http://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.co...oding-and.html

[600West218]

wow, that will not be easy to get down. Helicopters maybe??

[Hudson11]

Originally Posted by 600West218

wow, that will not be easy to get down. Helicopters maybe??

not during the hurricane

[desertpunk]

LaGuardia a ghost town: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/s...s&utm_content= Local

[Cal_Escapee]

Originally Posted by desertpunk

Hurricane survival guide: Know where your 7-11s are, lol.

Do they have Waffle House in NYC?

FEMA Uses Waffle House Menu to Determine Storm Damage
September 3, 2011

When a hurricane makes landfall, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relies on a couple of metrics to assess its destructive power.

First, there is the well-known Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale. Then there is what he calls the “Waffle House Index.”

Green means the restaurant is serving a full menu, a signal that damage in an area is limited and the lights are on. Yellow means a limited menu, indicating power from a generator, at best, and low food supplies. Red means the restaurant is closed, a sign of severe damage in the area or unsafe conditions.

“If you get there and the Waffle House is closed?” FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate has said. “That’s really bad. That’s where you go to work.”

http://visiontoamerica.com/3801/fema...-storm-damage/

[QuantumX]

Originally Posted by 600West218

wow, that will not be easy to get down. Helicopters maybe??

When this ceases to be a non-event for you, be sure to let us know.

[desertpunk]

Originally Posted by Cal_Escapee

Do they have Waffle House in NYC?


http://visiontoamerica.com/3801/fema...-storm-damage/

There's none in NYC. Nearest one is in...wait for it....Massapequa!

[hoogbouwe]

Originally Posted by JohnFlint1985

today

Wow! Looks almost like The Day After Tomorrow! (film)

[desertpunk]

It begins:



L.I.

[QuantumX]

Originally Posted by hoogbouwe

Wow! Looks almost like The Day After Tomorrow! (film)

No, it looks like one of those giant alien ships that just blasted the Empire State Building in Independence Day.

[QuantumX]

Mayor Bloomberg just advised everyone who has not evacuated to stay where they are because the time for evacuation has passed.

[desertpunk]

The Gowanus Canal overflowing with toxic goodness:

[desertpunk]

Cuomo Orders Shutdown Of 7 Bridges, Including GW, At 7 PM

Governor Cuomo has directed the Port Authority and the MTA to close seven bridges across New York City at 7 p.m. due to Hurricane Sandy. “With weather conditions becoming more dangerous for drivers, I have directed bridges in the New York City area to be closed,” Cuomo said in a statement, citing forecasts of 85 mph gusts of wind. The governor's announcement follows news that the DOT is shutting down the FDR Drive in both directions, from the Battery to 155th Street at 6 p.m.

The bridges the governor closed are the Throgs Neck Bridge, Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, Henry Hudson Bridge, Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge, Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge, and The George Washington Bridge. According to the release, all the Staten Island crossings are scheduled to stay open "as long as possible consistent with safety," and emergency personnel will be allowed to cross the closed bridges "to the degree practical."

Governor Cuomo also just closed New York State's canal system "effective immediately," and also blasted the number of power outages in New York State from his Twitter account:

POWER OUTAGES: Central Hudson 19,178; Con Edison 65,539; LIPA 186,896; Nat. Grid 2,179; NYSEG 27,069; Orange & Rockland 10,082; RG&E 1,482


If you absolutely have to drive (and if you have to think about it, the answer is likely "no." Eat a sandwich instead.) you can call 511 or visit 511NY.org for information on current road conditions. The state also has a Sandy Helpline you can call at 1-888-769-7243 or 1-518-485-1159. Mayor Bloomberg is also scheduled to speak at a press conference at 5:30 p.m. We'll keep you posted.

[desertpunk]

Sandy making landfall

Facade peel-off at 14th St. and 8th Ave in chelsea:

[QuantumX]

ConED has begun shutting down power to lower Manhattan.

[Mr. Uncut]

Battery now at 12,33 ft....alltime record was 11,20 ft...and water is still rising fast!

Edit 12,54 ft now

[desertpunk]

Battery Park surge over 12 ft. shattering records



20th St & Ave C in Peter Cooper Village

[desertpunk]

Con Ed Shuts Down Power In Lower Manhattan, Preemptive Shut Down "Likely" For Brooklyn

During the Hurricane Sandy/FRANKENSTORM update this evening, Mayor Bloomberg and Con Edison CEO Kevin Burke said that Con Ed are considering preemptively shutting down underground power networks in many parts of Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn tonight. "We're looking at, and I think it's likely that, we'll be preemptively shutting down two underground networks in Manhattan—the Fulton network and the Bowling Green network, which essentially covers the areas between Broadway, the East River and south of the Brooklyn Bridge—and also perhaps Brighton Beach by Coney Island," Burke said. And just now, Con Ed just shut down power to the Bowling Green Electrical Network, apparently Wall Street to the tip and then east of Broadway.

"We're doing that to reduce the likelihood of damage to both our equipment, and our customers equipment. If the equipment is energized, as you can imagine, when salt water gets on it you'll have shorts," he added. Already, around 47K customers are without service right now, and Con Ed expects there is a significant chance of major flooding around the city that can bring down even more.

"In addition to that, we're looking throughout the city at other places where we provide fairly high voltages to customers, above the typical voltage we supply to residential customers or small commercial customers," he said. "And we have identified 20 large installations...and we're going to watch those, and if we think water is going to get into our facilities and the customers facilities, we're going to preemptively shut those services off." Burke didn't indicate what exactly those other 20 large installations are, but he said it could impact around 7900 customers, who have already begun to receive automated calls about the possible shutdown.

Burke said Con Ed was continuing to watch what happens with the steam system, and in a worst case scenario, they may have to reduce or cut off steam service to everyone south of 14th Street in Manhattan. He also implored people: "if you see a wire down, assume that wire is energized." You can call 1-800-75-CON-EDISON or 311 if you see one.

[desertpunk]

Man in Queens killed by falling tree...

FDNY about to go under water to rescue a family in an SUV.

[trainrover]

I'm wondering what the status of that teetering Midtown crane must now be ...