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Thanks! We're huddled here at home riding the storm out. Wind is howling, streets are flooded & the power has been on & off. So far so good, as only a bunch of tree limbs have fallen on our house. Hopefully it stays that way with both of the mammoth trees (one 90 foot pine in the front yard & one 120 foot oak in the back) staying put. Fingers crossed.
LiveForTheLaunch
CF Legend
Man that looks pretty intense! Thankfully all we got here was the tail end of it, our winds were only up to like 90 kmh for a little while then petered out to like, 50 for a few days. It was freezing outside though and all we had were a few broken trees, but no power outages.
Hope everyone out there is safe! Jerry you were the first person I thought of when they said the Hurricane was coming to the Manhattan area!
Hope everyone out there is safe! Jerry you were the first person I thought of when they said the Hurricane was coming to the Manhattan area!
Third day without power is coming to an end & we're the lucky ones...
Here's some photos of the fun we've been having.
The night the storm hit -
Photos of the blackout that stretched from 30th street to the lower tip of Manhattan::
The 911 Memorial looks like a waterfall:
34th St and 1st Ave in midtown Manhattan:
Ave C and East 8th in Greenwich Village in Manhattan:
20th St and Ave C in Greenwich Village in Manhattan:
FDR Drive on Manhattan's east side:
Building facade collapsed in Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan:
PATH train (that connects Manhattan to New Jersey) station:
Sheepshead Bay near Coney Island in Brooklyn (where my wife's family lives):
13 feet storm surges at Battery Park in Brooklyn (where I took Hixee, Gavin & Brad to take photos of Manhattan). There's a highway under those benches & piers that are completely under water. Hopefully Hixee or Gavin can post some of their photos for everyone to see just how high the surges are.
And in case you were wondering -
Coney Island completely flooded:
The Atlantic City waterfront as the storm hit:
The aftermath -
Half-lit Williamsburg Bridge Tuesday morning:
Cars are submerged at the entrance to a parking garage in New York's Financial District:
Avenue C, East Village in Manhattan:
Subway station in lower Manhattan:
Broad Channel subway station that connects to Rockaway Beach:
Submerged store fronts in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn:
Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn:
Breezy Point, Queens after their blaze:
Staten Island shore:
Only time you'll see a line for a payphone:
Here's some photos of the fun we've been having.
The night the storm hit -
Photos of the blackout that stretched from 30th street to the lower tip of Manhattan::
The 911 Memorial looks like a waterfall:
34th St and 1st Ave in midtown Manhattan:
Ave C and East 8th in Greenwich Village in Manhattan:
20th St and Ave C in Greenwich Village in Manhattan:
FDR Drive on Manhattan's east side:
Building facade collapsed in Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan:
PATH train (that connects Manhattan to New Jersey) station:
Sheepshead Bay near Coney Island in Brooklyn (where my wife's family lives):
13 feet storm surges at Battery Park in Brooklyn (where I took Hixee, Gavin & Brad to take photos of Manhattan). There's a highway under those benches & piers that are completely under water. Hopefully Hixee or Gavin can post some of their photos for everyone to see just how high the surges are.
And in case you were wondering -
Coney Island completely flooded:
The Atlantic City waterfront as the storm hit:
The aftermath -
Half-lit Williamsburg Bridge Tuesday morning:
Cars are submerged at the entrance to a parking garage in New York's Financial District:
Avenue C, East Village in Manhattan:
Subway station in lower Manhattan:
Broad Channel subway station that connects to Rockaway Beach:
Submerged store fronts in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn:
Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn:
Breezy Point, Queens after their blaze:
Staten Island shore:
Only time you'll see a line for a payphone:
Holy cow! That's an awful lot of water. Here are two of my pictures from the same spot looking over towards Manhattan. I'm taking pictures over the fence that is in that photo, so all of the docks, road etc will have been under a lot of water:ECG said:13 feet storm surges at Battery Park in Brooklyn (where I took Hixee, Gavin & Brad to take photos of Manhattan). There's a highway under those benches & piers that are completely under water. Hopefully Hixee or Gavin can post some of their photos for everyone to see just how high the surges are.
That's a hell of a lot of destruction, but I'm glad to hear you're safe Jerry (and co). It's going to take months to clean all of that up, jeez.
Incredible photos. I was shocked by Gazza's shots of Australia with their flooding, but this is almost unbelievable.
The scale of the flooding and damage, just wow!
I think that New York is better prepared for this weather than we are for half an inch of snow in the UK though :lol:
The scale of the flooding and damage, just wow!
I think that New York is better prepared for this weather than we are for half an inch of snow in the UK though :lol:
LiveForTheLaunch
CF Legend
Wow that's absolutely insane! I'd have been super scared as I'm sure everyone was. It's crazy to see pictures of such an iconic skyline gone completely black. Glad you're safe.
ciallkennett
Strata Poster
Jesus Christ! When they said on the news here the stats before it landed, I sat here thinking "That's not really going to be as bad as they are trying to make it out", but seeing all of those pics really shocked me.
I'm glad you and your family are ok, Jerry.
Makes me think, on the scale on storms/hurricanes, Sandy wasn't really 'massive' - it could have been a lot worse (Katrina, for example) - so seeing how NYC/NJ struggled to cope with something of that magnitude makes me wonder how and if it would survive a much larger, more forceful storm/hurricane...
I'm glad you and your family are ok, Jerry.
Makes me think, on the scale on storms/hurricanes, Sandy wasn't really 'massive' - it could have been a lot worse (Katrina, for example) - so seeing how NYC/NJ struggled to cope with something of that magnitude makes me wonder how and if it would survive a much larger, more forceful storm/hurricane...
^Luckily, most of the "bad" hurricanes on the scales of Katrina and Ike and what have you only get so bad because they pick up energy from the warm Gulf of Mexico. It's rare for a hurricane to get to this magnitude by sweeping across the Atlantic.
But yeah, if the scientists are to be believed, hurricanes like this are going to be a bit more common in the coming years. Luckily, the South of US is pretty used to hurricanes already. There are plenty of people with expertise and equipment and know-how when it comes to hurricane handling in the US. Some of those will have to tutor their colleagues from up north. I don't think it will be that big of a problem to prepare the East Coast for more future hurricanes.
But yeah, if the scientists are to be believed, hurricanes like this are going to be a bit more common in the coming years. Luckily, the South of US is pretty used to hurricanes already. There are plenty of people with expertise and equipment and know-how when it comes to hurricane handling in the US. Some of those will have to tutor their colleagues from up north. I don't think it will be that big of a problem to prepare the East Coast for more future hurricanes.
Thanks for all the well wishes everyone.
After five days in the dark, the power came back on yesterday. It was really starting to get cold at night without any heat, so it was nice to get a good night's sleep for a change.
The 2-3 hour wait to get gas was ridiculous & they've now put rationing in place where I'm only able to gas up on even numbered days (due to our license plate number) but the lines looked the same today as yesterday tbh. So we decided to get away from it all for awhile & are now on the road to Orlando for a week. I feel bad for all those still struggling back home. but we just need to unwind & enjoy ourselves for a few days. Hopefully things will be back to being a bit more normal when we return.
After five days in the dark, the power came back on yesterday. It was really starting to get cold at night without any heat, so it was nice to get a good night's sleep for a change.
The 2-3 hour wait to get gas was ridiculous & they've now put rationing in place where I'm only able to gas up on even numbered days (due to our license plate number) but the lines looked the same today as yesterday tbh. So we decided to get away from it all for awhile & are now on the road to Orlando for a week. I feel bad for all those still struggling back home. but we just need to unwind & enjoy ourselves for a few days. Hopefully things will be back to being a bit more normal when we return.