pk500 wrote:Water reported up to the rooftops of one-story homes on the coastline of Staten Island. Nutso. Rescue workers reportedly are plucking people off roofs, Katrina-style.
Not to make light of it but hopefully the jersey shore dudes were picked up off a roof. That would be highly amusing.
Hopefully not. That shallow gene pool needs to be drained a bit...
Wild pictures, though. Hope everyone here stays out of the worst of it...
I've got friends in Connecticut being evacuated from their homes. Flooding, wires down and they have kids. I hope they get out safe but I can't help but thinking WTF are you doing there. You live on the shoreline, get the f*** out. Especially if you have young kids.
Earthquakes, Tornados you can't get a jump start on escaping those. Hurricanes its your own fault if you get stuck in a situation like this. Now people need to risk their lives to rescue you.
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I've seen a lot of "once in a lifetime" weather events in my life. This storm is truly "once in a lifetime," given that nothing exactly like this has happened in recorded weather history. Looking at this sucker from images taken from space is mind-boggling in terms of its size. The crappy thing is that as damaging as it has already been up to this point, there is going to be much much more destruction over the next couple days due to inland flooding and winds, as well as the massive snow that will continue to take place in West Virginia. They are predicting snow totals in feet, not inches in places there. A couple or several feet of snow this time of year means there will be heavy snow on trees that have not fully lost their leaves yet. Then there will a quick melt-off causing flooding. Really bad stuff for the mountain folk. As far as the people along the coast, I cannot even imagine how they will begin to clean up the mess in the areas hardest hit. My hat is off to all of the emergency personnel who are out busting their ass in the cold rain and wind. Those guys and gals are amazing.
Jared, if you have time, check in to let us know you're ok. From the maps it looks like Delaware/Baltimore may have higher damage then NYC.
far as NYC, it could've been 100x worse then what transpired. Very little rain, and the 'eye' diminished/changed direction when it hit Jersey. The coastal areas (LI, etc) are bad enuf, tho
Pretty thankful where I am at. Lots of wind but never lost power (hope to make it thru without losing it at all). The amount of rain hasn't been as much as expected IMO. Considering how others have been hit I feel extremely lucky. Be safe.
We dodged the bullet here in northern DE. The majority of the rain was just slightly south of us - we only ended up with 4-5 inches of rain; whereas if you go 45 minutes south, those areas got 8-12 inches + lots of flooding. The storm also really got fast moving as it approached land, so we didn't have high winds for very long. No huge trees down here, and we never lost power.
Coastal areas got hit hard though - the Jersey shore is a mess. Friends in lower Manhattan are without power and may be w/o power for a week.
Yep, the storm speed was greater than anticipated, which helped a lot. I actually have power, though most in my neighborhood do not. Lots of downed trees and stripped shingles, but luckily nothing too bad personally.
Unfortunately, my kids' trampoline launched up, up and away last night, over a 6' fence and ended up half in the neighbor's pool.
Still, that is the worst of our damage, so I'll take it.
EDIT: The utility is telling those in my town still with outages that they will be out probably until 11/5, so I definitely lucked out.
My local grocery store about 4 blocks away is completely out of power. Gonna be product loss there.
I lost power at about 9 last night. Apparently everything below 34th st is without power. At least seven subway tunnels were flooded and also a massive bus garage. The MTA says it is the largest damage ever seen in the 108 year history of the system.
Thankfully I have a car so I drove over the Williamsburg bridge to my girlfriend's place in Williamsburg. I could charge my phone and there is cell service out here, but none in my neighborhood.
subway service is expected to be out for at least several more days. The brooklyn battery tunnel was flooded from end to end. The holland tunnel is closed as is the bayonne bridge.
The destruction along the coast from Coney Island to the Rockaways was devastating. In fact it seems like the Rockaways are pretty heavily burned down from fires that the fire fighters couldnt get to due to the flooding.
At least 750,000 people without power in the five boroughs plus over 900,000 without power in long island. Not to mention NJ, CT and upstate NY.
My town got lucky and didn't really have much damage, power only flickered off once and came right back on for me. Living close to a river, flooding later in the week with continued rain and snow melting from the mountain areas which got around a foot of snow is the only thing to worry about here now. Hope everyone else affected by the storm stays safe.
So the substation near me on 14th St. near the East River was designed to handle 1.5 feet of water more than the historic high level flooding of 1800-something which was 11.2' above mean sea level. This surge flooded over 13.5' over mean, overwhelming the flood gates installed at the substation and causing breakers to trip which shut down power for lower Manhattan. Somehow I missed the light show but it was apparently pretty crazy.
Long Island got hit bad. 90%, around 950,000 lost power. Over 600,000 still out, including our home. Worse, about 100,000 homes destroyed or severely damaged, including my 87 year old fathers. A live wire went down on his house and set it on fire. Thank God he's OK, living with us until we can get his house cleaned up and repaired.
I was reading that people are dumpster diving in NYC for lack of food. You have long gas lines and I read that's partly due to no electricity for the fuel pumps. And I just read that Mayor Bloomberg said the NYC marathon will go on as scheduled and they will use generators for the event instead of using them to help get those gas lines down, pathetic.
People displaced by the storm being kicked out of hotel rooms. Scarce generators, medical personnel, and already tired police being diverted from disaster aid to the marathon. Gas stations on the 26-mile marathon route being cordoned off at a time in which people are acting violently due to the gas shortage. Both Bloomberg and Giuliani have given statements about how the race should carry on because it will generate a sense of pride. What a couple of d***** bags! I doubt that the people suffering from being struck by one of the worst storms in US history give two shits about a bunch of Kenyans running past a bunch of white people on the streets of NYC.
It's been a strange one for sure. Here in York, we got some water in the basement (about 6 inches or so of rain). We have friends who live in Ocean City, NJ; they were finally allowed to go back to their house to find the heat on and electricity still fine (their garage was trashed though). The husbands business in town however was destroyed by water.
My in-laws, who live in Washington Crossing (North of Philly, just across the river from Trenton), have been without power for days. They are now crashing with us for a few days.
It was interesting to see how social media kept folks together and helped keep information flowing. I "liked" a page that is following the storm and relief efforts in New Jersey. It's very well moderated and rumors or anything off-topic get squashed quickly. Apparently officials have been monitoring it also. It's nice to see the technology work for good when people need it.
Thanks for the well wishes. Still no power here, but we are fortunate that our neighbor has power and let us run an extension cord which we are switching between the fridge and a space heater and a little TV. Worst is at night since its been a little cold. Today we are going to my sister-in-laws.
I still have got no progress with State Farm as far as getting an insurance adjuster to my Dad's house. Trying to be patient as there is so much damage everywhere.
mike95 wrote:Thanks for the well wishes. Still no power here, but we are fortunate that our neighbor has power and let us run an extension cord which we are switching between the fridge and a space heater and a little TV. Worst is at night since its been a little cold. Today we are going to my sister-in-laws.
I still have got no progress with State Farm as far as getting an insurance adjuster to my Dad's house. Trying to be patient as there is so much damage everywhere.
Mike,,it was weeks before I got an adjuster out to my house after Hurricane Charley. I would contact them,and if financially possible they may allow you to do repairs to get the residence livable. Take lots of pictures,and document everything,,reciepts,work orders,etc. Check with your local jurisdiction for any required permits also,you don't need any surprises. Good luck to all,I know all to well your pain.
