Hurricane Sandy

[germantower]

They say a dam broke in NJ.

Unreachable servers located in NJ impact the german "Axel Springer Media Group´s" websites of their newspapers and magazines.

NYC is expecting the morning tide in 90 minutes, new floodings in the Battery are likely.

[CNB30]

[musiccity]

Originally Posted by CNB30

OMG!!! Are these real?!?!?

[Matze20111984]

Originally Posted by musiccity

OMG!!! Are these real?!?!?

Of course not The water wouldn't be that clean.

[germantower]

North Penn Station is effected by floodings, several major rail lines in coastal NJ are damaged, turnpikes will be closed for an unknown amount of time, so the subway in NYC.

Ontop of that, people have twittered announcements for lootings. sickos

[trainrover]

Official reps ought to bear the prospect of looting in mind when making urgent announcements instead of unprofessional, lackadaisical ones I heard broadcast live from NYC last night ... their failing to acknowledge how unifying an affect their speeches, words can yield was all apparent to me ... I happened to listen to derision and ignorance, none of which was (out-of-state) Chris Chisties' either ...

[desertpunk]

BBC

Sandy: Storm-hit New York declared major disaster area



US President Barack Obama has declared a "major disaster" in New York state after storm Sandy smashed into the US East Coast, causing flooding and cutting power to millions.

A record 4m (13ft) tidal surge sent seawater cascading into large parts of New York City's subway system. Across the city, a power sub-station exploded, a hospital was evacuated and fire destroyed 50 homes.

At least 15 people are reported dead across several US states.

They include:

At least five people killed by the storm in New York state, including a 30-year-old man crushed by a falling tree in the New York City borough of Queens
Three killed in New Jersey, including two parents killed by a falling tree when they got out of their car; their children, 11 and 14, who remained inside, survived.

A woman in West Virginia who died in a collision in heavy snow caused by the storm.

New Jersey state Governor Chris Christie said 2.4 million households had been affected, double the number hit by Hurricane Irene in August 2011.

The devastation was "beyond anything I thought I'd ever see," Mr Christie told a news conference. The tidal surge from the storm left fields of debris 7ft (2.25m) high and carried small railway goods cars onto elevated sections of the New Jersey Turnpike, he said. It is likely to take more than eight days to restore services fully, Mr Christie estimated.

At least six million homes and businesses are without power. In all, about 50 million people could be affected by the storm, with up to a million ordered to evacuate their homes.

Sandy, now downgraded from a hurricane but described as a "super-storm", is churning north and heading for Canada. Over the past week, Sandy has killed more than 80 people as it carved a path of destruction through the Caribbean.

The storm made landfall close to Atlantic City in New Jersey on Monday at about 20:00 local time (midnight GMT), with winds of more than 80mph (129km/h).

It collided with cold weather fronts from the west and north to create what some forecasters have dubbed a "Frankenstorm".

Much of Atlantic City was under water and 30,000 residents were evacuated.

In New York City, parts of Lower Manhattan were quickly inundated as the Hudson and East rivers overflowed. Seawater poured into road tunnels and the subway system. Images showed cars being swept along streets by the torrent. "The New York City subway system is 108 years old, but it has never faced a disaster as devastating as what we experienced last night," city transport director Joseph Lhota said early on Tuesday.

City officials had earlier ordered some 375,000 residents out of Lower Manhattan and other areas under threat. "Lower Manhattan is being covered by seawater," Howard Glaser, director of operations for the New York state government, was quoted as saying. "I am not exaggerating. Seawater is rushing into the Battery Tunnel." Battery Tunnel links Manhattan with Long Island.

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[3tmk]

Originally Posted by trainrover

Poor NYers I'd be astonished were NYC not to embark upon strengthening its sea defences ... I hope it not shirk such a task like the country continues to let happen with New Orleans...and other cities there, I imagine ...

How often do you think the city will get massive surges coupled to a full moon high tide?
It's a freak event.
Unlike New Orleans that should be prepared every year (we don't have to be), that is under sea-level (we aren't), whose levees were left to crumble (we don't have any, and our sea walls held up well).
Blizzards are more of a hazard.
Rather, the city needs to upgrade its infrastructure (bury those lines damnit), and not have it blow up so easily even in minor storms, or allow the tunnels to flood.

On the other hand, I can imagine the Climate-change folks would finally be given a voice when it comes to sea-level rise and the dangers it would cause for the city.

[desertpunk]

The fire in Breezy Point, Queens, destroyed between 80 and 100 houses

[desertpunk]

MTA Chairman: Hurricane Sandy A Devastating Disaster For Mass Transit

Hurricane Sandy ripped through the city last night, flooding subway tunnels with at least four feet of water and bringing the century-old system—already shut down for safety—to its knees. So obviously, New Yorkers want it back up and running now. But it isn't going to be that easy and THERE IS CURRENTLY NO TIMETABLE. Before the MTA can start cleaning up it needs to take stock. And in the early morning light MTA Chairman Lhota says the damage to the subway is devastating. Or, in the words of Mayor Bloomberg: "There’s no chance mass transit will be back in time,"

According to Lhota all seven of the subways tunnels under the rivers were flooded (the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel was "completely flooded," Lhota told WCBS, and the Queens-Midtown Tunnel "took on water"). But still, fret not. Lhota called the city subway system "very dynamic, very robust," and assured listeners that there are plans to try and bring back the system in "part" though it might not all happen at once. First they need to have workers walk the whole system and check for damage. So to be clear, once things are calm it could still take anywhere from 14 hours to four days to clear water from the tunnels.

Meanwhile, Lhota put the following statement up on MTA.info:

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[desertpunk]

Con Ed: May Take A Week To Restore Power To 650K+ Customers

~700,000+ without power

~ 90% of LI without power

UPDATE: Tappan Zee Bridge, East River Bridges, RFK Bridge, Lincoln Tunnel All Open

~ BK Battery Tunnel still closed

~ Holland Tunnel closed

~ Rockaway bridges still closed

[desertpunk]

Tanker aground in SI

[desertpunk]

One57 crane still hanging in there:

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Hurricane Sandy Crane Collapse 2012 NYC 3733 by Brechtbug, on Flickr

[desertpunk]

City Island in the Bronx took a hit but survived:

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Oct. 29, 2012 11:30 am City Island's eastern shore by cisc1970, on Flickr

[desertpunk]

Gowanus receeding:

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/marioshima/

Looking fairly normal

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Morning after Sandy by e.ddy, on Flickr

[desertpunk]

Aftermath

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Hurricane Sandy aftermath by Alex Bucky Arbuckle, on Flickr

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Hurricane Sandy aftermath by Alex Bucky Arbuckle, on Flickr

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Hurricane Sandy aftermath by Alex Bucky Arbuckle, on Flickr

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Hurricane Sandy aftermath by Alex Bucky Arbuckle, on Flickr

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reed and van brunt at 10am by aur2899, on Flickr

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beard and van brunt by aur2899, on Flickr

[desertpunk]

Trees down in Wash. Hts.

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IMG_0071 by BumbyFoto, on Flickr

[Bond James Bond]

Entrance to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel.



Entrance to the Whitehall St. subway station.


http://www.businessinsider.com/at-le...s-2012-10?op=1

[-Corey-]

THat's really bad :S

[webeagle12]

LGA





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