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Sandy...

LelandLeland
edited October 2012
...is a cute name for a hurricane.

NYC is going down. Surge expected to be 5 feet over flood stage tomorrow night. That sounds like a lot.



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  • MatthewMatthew
    I like that its name is kind of androgynous.
  • LelandLeland
    edited October 2012
    Bullseye: NYC.image
  • MatthewMatthew
    Current status: Pretty windy.

    http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/10/28/nyregion/nyt-webcam.html

    http://oak.is/thinking/hurricane-sandy/
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    keep us posted Matthew, I'm fascinated
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    red hook is flooded

    http://shortformblog.com/post/34563042806/red-hook-flooded

    looks gnar
  • MatthewMatthew
    Update: Waiting for everyone to play their Letterpress turns. Listening to the Deviants. Laura is doing crafts. Still windy. Gonna eat some cake.
  • LelandLeland
    edited October 2012
    Kind of addicted to the whiny, liberal art undergrad, live-blog Tao Lin is hosting on Thoughtcatalog.com.
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    yeah, I'm loving it too!

    some of these updates I'm reading are pretty intense. Police ushering people away from the waterline; collapsing construction sites; somebody found a piece of their roof on the ground blocks away while trying to find an open liquor store
  • joeyjoey
    This whole situation feels so "West Wing". Like some fictional drama where the storm of the century hits right before the election to make the President look good/bad.
    I really hope damages will not be too severe in the end. The footage from Maryland and Virginia is intense. Also, let's not forget the Caribbean.
  • LelandLeland
    edited October 2012
    Exactly. Retribution for saying 'Clean Coal' to get votes in southeastern Ohio.
  • LelandLeland
    edited October 2012
    Power to be shut off in Manhattan south of 34th street. (!)

    [Just here to keep America informed. - DrJ]

  • MatthewMatthew
    image
  • joeyjoey
    @DrJ: Yeah, I want to hear people talk about global warming.
    This is definitely global warming. Pretty late hurricane season, pretty far North for a storm of this magnitude.

    Did people already forget about "The Day After Tomorrow"?

    But seriously, there were amazingly smart conversations after Katrina about the risks of having much more huge storms of this kind if we didn't stop depending on fossil fuel. Whenever Romney disses the President for investing in green energy I cringe because there doesn't seem to be any type of arguing back with him that green energy is absolutely essential at this point.



  • kdawgkdawg
    Thankfully we figured out yesterday where the water was leaking into our basement from, and fixed it in time. So now we're just hanging out with the cat and a warm woodstove.

    We drove along Rock Creek to get some provisions earlier this morning and it was VERY HIGH. many tributaries that are usually dry all full of water. beautiful and surreal.
  • joeyjoey
    Something I like is some people's urge to go and check it out. It's a bit stupid at times, but curiosity would get the best of me, too.
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    "The tree in front of my apartment is starting to sway so much that it is actually lifting the sidewalk up. It looks like the sidewalk is ‘breathing.’"
  • LelandLeland
    edited October 2012
    Listening to their local NPR station WNYC

    High tide tonight at midnight, a couple of hours after Sandy comes ashore.

    Full Moon!
  • MirandaJulyMirandaJuly
    People in SC would totally surf the pre-hurricane waves. We never got waves that decent otherwise. (Not meant to imply that I myself surfed those huge waves.)
  • LelandLeland
    edited October 2012
    Current storm surge map has lots more brown in it now. 50% chance surge will be 7 feet or greater.

    NYC set up shelters to accommodate 70,000, so far only 3,000 had checked in. Will be closing all bridges in two hours. Subway is closed and may flood. People will be without power for days. Floods may be followed by two feet of snow...

    Where are you Matthew? They say there could be 80 mph gusts in the city. Might be good to tape windows, buffer with blankets & cardboard.
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  • joeyjoey
    WNYC's player won't work for me. Their page has been loading for over half-an-hour.

    Maybe Matthew's internet is down?
    I just hope that him and L. are under blankets snoozing the storm away with the cats.
  • NickNick
    Matthew is too busy running around town with a horse mask on.
  • LelandLeland
    edited October 2012
    Too bad! WNYC is a nice stormy listen. Maybe just try again?

    Mayor Bloomberg is on right now announcing that the evacuation period is over. At this point it is too dangerous to move so people are ordered to stay where they are.
  • MatthewMatthew
    Internet went down. Really windy now. Building shaking.
  • MatthewMatthew
    Internet is back.
  • NickNick
    Matthew be safe and don't get your new iPad wet!
    You got AppleCare on that thing?

    Also, you have a challenger:


  • MatthewMatthew
    Probably won't run tomorrow http://awalkintheparknyc.blogspot.com/2012/10/woman-struck-by-fallen-tree-limb-in.html
  • LelandLeland
    edited October 2012
    What are your cross streets? I want to map you. :)
  • MatthewMatthew
    Near Washington Ave & Empire Blvd
  • lolololo
    My mom's name is Sandy.
  • MatthewMatthew
    http://instagr.am/p/RYtQghtKAu/
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    I can't believe how obsessed I am with Sandy. I usually don't follow stuff like this. Something about it is really hitting a nerve. These photos of full-on car-floating and waves on the lower east side! Jesus
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    Shit Matthew, that photo!

    What do they do with the animals in the zoo????

  • MatthewMatthew
    I think all the zoos are on high ground
  • the_owlsthe_owls
    Who want to look inside a NY luxury apartment?
    Ehe outside of the building fell off, so you can take a gander:
    http://www.businessinsider.com/major-building-collapse-in-manhattan-at-8th-and-14th-street-2012-10
  • MatthewMatthew
    Some subway tunnels are flooded too! Lots of blackouts in Manhattan.
  • MatthewMatthew
    https://twitter.com/WSJNY/status/263083052425699328
  • MatthewMatthew
    Also let me know when you get bored with this.
  • LelandLeland
    One vote for NOT BORED!
  • LelandLeland
    edited October 2012
    Power out at Tao Lin's apartment. Cars floating around Alphabet City. Still three hours to go to high tide. Moon attack!
  • LelandLeland
    edited October 2012
    USEmergAlerts: Manhattan

    A realtime list of 'incidents'.
  • MatthewMatthew
    Holy fuck jesus you guys! http://instagram.com/p/RYnio1s6gf/
  • the_owlsthe_owls
    ok ok ok ok ok ok this is getting TERRIFYING
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    NOT BORING
  • the_owlsthe_owls


    electrical explosion at :15 WOW that is bright
  • LelandLeland
    Current incidents on USEmergAlert:

    10-29-2012 22:20 EDT FDNYEMS station 10 in manhattan now being evacuated- (TH) Manhattan NYC 10029 EVACUATION
    10-29-2012 22:03 EDT U/D CMD RPTS EXPLOSION AT THE CON ED PLANT. MULTI-RESCUES UNDERWAY manhattan NYC 10017 EXPLOSION
    10-29-2012 21:42 EDT fd o/s rpts water rescue for con ed workers AT THE CON ED PLANT. MULTI UNITS I/S manhattan NYC 10017 WATER RESCUE
    10-29-2012 21:41 EDT 10-75 transmitted. Engine 15 reporting fire out the windows on the 14th floor of a multiple dwelling. | @NYBuffers manhattan NYC 10002 WORKING FIRE
    10-29-2012 20:52 EDT E15 HAS HVY FIRE BLOWING OUT OF THE BLDG OF A 14 STRY HI RISE MULTIPLE DWELLING- LSO- Manhattan NYC 10002
  • MatthewMatthew
    @nyscanner is messed up tonight. Lights are still flickering.
  • LelandLeland
    Look at how many of the Manhattan lights go dark to the left of the flash in @Owls video. (!)

    Good to see you @Matthew!
  • MirandaJulyMirandaJuly
    Andy said she saw a photo of someone snorkling in Brooklyn! EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
  • Dr_William_HaywardDr_William_Hayward
    It sounds like things were pretty organized on the E Coast. Arch Republican governor of NJ all to happy for federal aid and the NYT calls it http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/30/opinion/a-big-storm-requires-big-government.html.
    NY has so much underground, the power and subways, wonder how long to bring them back?
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