Hurricane Sandy

[logansryche]

Wow crazy.... It's a little rainy here and very windy....

Yeah same, the neighbors next to us packed up and left. I laughed.
Syracuse shut the buses down a few hours ago and there's barely anyone on the road.

As of 8pm...
3.1 million without power now
Sandy has made landfall in Southern New Jersey
2 deaths reported: one in md, one in nyc
East River flooding into East Village
ConEd shuts off power to parts of lower Manhattan to keep vital systems going


I'll keep posting until enough tell me to stop.

[casascius]

All calm and sunny here in Sandy, Utah 84092.

I wonder what people will think of in a few years when they hear the name Sandy.

[logansryche]

All calm and sunny here in Sandy, Utah 84092.

I wonder what people will think of in a few years when they hear the name Sandy.

I doubt it'll be a hurricane. It'll come and go, give it a month and people will forget about it till it comes up in conversation.

[logansryche]

As of 8:30pm...
The FDR is complely under water
Carey Tunnel flooded(Brooklyn/Battery Park tunnel)
official death toll is 5 in NYC
superstorm has officialy been reclassified as a tropical cyclone
Sandy wind damage felt as far away as Lorraine, OH


As long as nothing happens with Lake Ontario, we're good here in Syracuse.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

As of 8:30pm...
The FDR is complely under water
Carey Tunnel flooded(Brooklyn/Battery Park tunnel)
official death toll is 5 in NYC
superstorm has officialy been reclassified as a tropical cyclone
Sandy wind damage felt as far away as Lorraine, OH

As long as nothing happens with Lake Ontario, we're good here in Syracuse.

Not sure how many others are going to say it, but I'll go on record in thanking you for keeping us up to date. Keep it up, bud.

~Bruno K~

[logansryche]

Not sure how many others are going to say it, but I'll go on record in thanking you for keeping us up to date. Keep it up, bud.

~Bruno K~

Very welcome. Winds picked up here and it's started to rain again.

As of 9pm...
6' of water outside 4 NY Plaza, 3' inside(former chase building in lower Manhattan)
Virginia DOT is reporting problems with ice and snow
RI Police reporting several large chunks of sea wall in Narragansett were blown apart and tossed into the road.
Half of upper Manhattan without power after substation blows, raising power outtage to 3.8 million people.
LaGuardia Airport reporting 3" of water on the runways.
Engine house firefighters rescued from NY Sound by boat due to flood waters.
East River subway system under water.

[logansryche]

Updates in 1/2 hour increments unless my net is being stupid(un-weather related)

As of 10pm...

4.2 million people without power
President Obama calls for State of Emergency for New York and Mass.
Stock Exchange trading floor under 3' of water
Record high water level at Battery Park, NY of 13.88'
Death toll for NJ is 4 bringing overall toll to 10.

NYC Mayor Christie closes Newark and Teterboro airports until further notice.
Water rescues reported in Sayreville, NJ due to coastal flooding.
FDNY requesting everyone who has a non-emergency to dial 311 instead of 911 and to NOT tweet them in.
All of NYC in complete blackout except Empire State Building.




Images(updated as I get em)
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v151/logansrun/Hurricane%20Sandy/

Video(updated as I get em)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZAqYZ433TeQ# ConEd plant exlodes causing NYC blackout

[logansryche]

As of 10:30pm...

Official fatalitys: 1 in PA, 2 in NJ, 1 in CN, 1 in WV, 1 in NC, and 5 in NY making 11 in total
Kennedy and LaGuardia airports are closed
Twin Towers site becomes a mud hole with waterfalls
NYC Mayor says 911 is receiving 10,000+ calls every half hour
NYC still without power

Updated the photobucket page with a bunch of images

[logansryche]

Ok folks there isn't anything new to report and I'm off for the night.
I'll pick up with more reporting tomorrow morning.

Stay safe,
Matt

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Ok folks there isn't anything new to report and I'm off for the night.
I'll pick up with more reporting tomorrow morning.

Stay safe,
Matt

Great! I'll assume the nuclear power plants in Sandy's path are fine.

[majorddf]

Stay safe Logan, looks pretty hairy on the tellybox, so goodness knows what it must be like to be there.

[logansryche]

Morning everyone, as of 6am...

Flood waters reside in Ocean City, NJ but the damage has been done.
Total people without power is currently sitting at 8.9 million
Davis, WV gets 18" of snow
USCG crew member pulled from the water after abandoning ship has died
80% of Westport, CT without power
98% of NYC still without power


Updated the photobucket site with more pictures as I get ahold of em

Great! I'll assume the nuclear power plants in Sandy's path are fine.

I haven't hear anything on the plants either by TV or the feeds I'm getting from TWC and the hurricane center so I'm guessing their ok, except for that one substation I video linked that exloded, causing NYC to go completely without power. I think the ES has their own back up supply as it was the only one lit.

Stay safe Logan, looks pretty hairy on the tellybox, so goodness knows what it must be like to be there.

Oh yeah I know, I'd be down there reporting it live but no truck. There's an amount of adrenalin that comes with this kind of stuff. Just
wanting to go down to NYC in complete darkness reminds me something out of I Am Legend. I woulda loved to have grabbed some pictures myself instead of relying on routers for em.

[majorddf]

I bet!

In regards to Nuclear sites, the BBC reported this morning that there is a site on the coast (one of the oldest sites?) that had gone to alert due to rising waters.

Edit - The Oyster Creek site http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/30/us-storm-sandy-exelon-oystercreek-idUSBRE89T08F20121030

[logansryche]

I can see why they'd want to keep that out of the feeds. I was also hearing last night of yes/no reports that the nyse had water on the trading floor.

[logansryche]

As of 6:30am...

Total without power is officialy at 8.9 million across 13 states.
Parts of NYC have power while other areas do not.
Manhattan is still without power.
Latest radar puts Sandy at 40.5n, 77w(somewhere in the middle of PA)
Sandy's been downgraded to a tropical storm but still carry 65mph winds

[majorddf]

Yeah I had heard that, but its not up on the BBC and would be for certain if it were true.

[logansryche]

As of 7am...

Total death toll stands at 85 from Caribbean and US
Boston Transit gets subway system rolling again
Buy in Lake Michigan reports 20' waves
President Obama declares New York a major disaster area
Reports hitting the feeds that sharks are being found swimming about in yards and streets of NYC
3 towns in NJ are being reported to be under water from a levey break, no casualties or injuries reported


More images to the photobucket page as I continue to cover this storm in raw uncut detail!

[logansryche]

As of 7:30am...

Death toll break down: 5 in NY, 2 in MD, 2 in CT, 3 in NJ, 2 in PA, 1 in WV, 1 from the HMS Bounty, 1 in Canada, 68 in the Caribbean
NYC Mayor Christie says Coney Island, Queens and Manhattan are a mess
Lower Manhattan still without power, half of NYC without power
Atlantic City casino's remain open and with power despite hurricane destroying most of the boardwalk
Reports of transformers and substations exploding in Brooklyn
Detroit without power from 140mph winds
Correction to previous posts, Mayor Christie is NJ Governor Christie(my bad >.<)

[logansryche]

As of 8am...

Reports of fake images going around internet and media sites(one of them being the tomb of the unknown soldier, another being sharks reported in nyc/nj)
National Weather Service saying winds will impact the Great Lakes/Ohio Valley as TS Sandy makes its way across PA.
Atlantic City mayor calling out gov Christie over evacuation time span
Red Cross has set up a donation hotline. Text REDCROSS to 90999 to donate.
NYC mayor Bloomburg says all 600mi of subway will have to be inspected before reopened
Keyser, WV is reporting snow
Total of 50 houses have burnt to the ground in Queens as flood waters extinguished them
All airflights in and out of New York are still canceled, JFK and LaGuardia reporting alot of water on the runways
Gov Christie tells Obama FEMA did their jobs right for once
Gov Christie reports that storm surge was so bad, Transit found rail cars on the turnpike
First time hearing reports that nucular plants in and around the Hudson were put on alert/shut down

[World]

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