hurricane sandy

"Ronnie Bass wrote:

Saw that all over FB, must suck to see that a plane of glass is the only thing between you and bigtime $$$ damage.

it must already be leaking though right? I mean if that happens to my home here in California, it's leaking, those sliding glass doors are never air tight and mine is about 3 years old.

Here's something you don't see every day, a completely empty Grand Central Terminal, Penn Station and Times Square subway. So strange, was at GCT this week and now its a ghost town for the next few days.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/stacylambe/nycs-empty-subway-system?sub=1845343_663613

Use to be my neighbors pool.

hate to make light of the storm, but this made me chuckle:

Lights out for half a million people on long island. Flooding all over long island. Trees down all over long island. My power just went out; thank goodness for cell phones. Supposedly upstate ny and further north may get 2 feet of snow.

This is crazy wind, trees and power lines down everywhere in town.

I'm surprised some of you guys have power. Supposedly 3 million without power if you believe TV reports. This is going to be Katrina 2.0.

Yeah, wondering how long it will last. About 70% of my town is without power, its on in my area...for now.

On the streets of Jersey

(edited.. my bad haha)

I still have power but it keeps flickering and every time I have to reset my damn DirecTV box... oh the horrors (I'm lucky)

"Paul 13 wrote:

I'm surprised some of you guys have power. Supposedly 3 million without power if you believe TV reports. This is going to be Katrina 2.0.

Maybe if a predominant portion of the affected area is below sea level to start with, if people who were provided ample opportunity to evacuate didn't (despite every effort to accommodate them), and if plenty of areas severely affected are paid almost no attention to by the media then yes, it'll be Katrina 2.0.

"305 wrote:

On the streets of Jersey

(edited.. my bad haha)

Not sure if fake but its possible Bull Sharks can live in Fresh Water and would follow the smell of garbage, and that is Jersey.

I havent had power since 6pm, just a smartphone and a car charger. Trees down all over, about a million people on long island without power/roughly 83%. Lots of trees down and flooding...walked the dog this morning and a few people said they had a few feet of water in the basements. Nothing too terrible in the two block radius i checked. Just might not have tv or internet for a while.

"Paul 13 wrote:

This is going to be Katrina 2.0.

Not even close

"Stitches wrote:

Maybe if a predominant portion of the affected area is below sea level to start with, if people who were provided ample opportunity to evacuate didn't (despite every effort to accommodate them), and if plenty of areas severely affected are paid almost no attention to by the media then yes, it'll be Katrina 2.0.

Those people in Queens stuck in the fire didn't evacuate for whatever reason. And they weren't the only ones. Part of the problem is that you have a strong storm named Irene that forces people to evacuate, the media blows it up as if it's going to be a cat 5.... and people end up seeing it was nothing close. Then they think this storm is also being over hyped and they stay in their homes. That doesn't apply to everyone that stayed but that is part of the problem. Why take chances, just evac to a hotel with a generator.

Three towns completely underwater in Bergen County along Hackensack River (Little ferry), lots of water rescues. Seaside park Amusement Park is mostly in water, and the barrier portions of Jersey shore underwater. Some areas won't be the same for a long time.

Fires all over the place in NJ and NY out of control.

I lucked out, besides some trees and branches down, we are okay and have power.

"Paul 13 wrote:

I'm surprised some of you guys have power. Supposedly 3 million without power if you believe TV reports. This is going to be Katrina 2.0.

I would not say Katrina because we were warned and a lot of people evacuated when told to. But this is the worse storm in NJ history, the damage is on heard of. Heck railroad cars got washed up onto the NJ Turnpike. I remember Hugo and this was much worse.

If people didn't evacuate it could have been so much more deadly. The Atlantic City mayor is in hiding after telling people to stay after Christie told them to leave.

http://www.northjersey.com/news/bergen/Moonachie_slammed_when_levee_breaks_evacuations_underway.html

I remember being a kid and being scared to death to get on this Seaside Heights Roller Coaster.

Oh wtf

Breezy Point in NY lost over 80 homes to a massive fire. A record high 32.5 foot wave hit New York harbor.

This is what is left of the neighborhood at Breezy Point this morning (Over 80 homes gone!)

"NJFINSFAN1 wrote:

I remember being a kid and being scared to death to get on this Seaside Heights Roller Coaster.

I didn't know it was a water ride.

too soon? :pity:

Actually is the roller coaster supposed to be beyond the pier?

17 confirmed dead so far. The death toll won't reach Katrina levels, but the financial cost could possibly be worse. The sheer number of people in the path is huge, they said 8 million without power. Think about all the big cities and their surrounding areas in the path: New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Toronto. Then all the smaller cities and areas. Plus the parts of West Virginia and North Carolina, Pennsylvania that not only got a hurricane, but snow as well. Estimate is 60 million people affected in some way in the USA, then more in Canada.

Lucked out here too, trees and transformers down everywhere and fire sirens going off every now and then, my neighborhood has power though. A transformer recently blew and they replaced it, maybe since its brand new it withstood it and lots of older ones went down.

This is bad. Personally, I dodged a bullet, I have power and no damage i cant fix myself. Almost everyone I know has no power. I have friends n family with homes under water waiting to be rescued. Friends who's trees crashed into their houses. Townes are in shambles. It's a catastrophe.

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At one point rain from the hurricane stretched from South Carolina up to Montreal, Quebec.

Big cost going to be in the NY Subways. Salt water and train tracks/equipment doesn't mesh, it will all have to be replaced. some of the signals that prevent trains from colliding will be destroyed.