The major streets and tunnels just aren't safe and might not be for a few days.
Just look at the FDR drive.
Northeast Frankenstorm, hurricane Sandy.
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The major streets and tunnels just aren't safe and might not be for a few days.
Just look at the FDR drive.
I don't think there is a single road in northern nj that isn't currently blocked by down trees, telephone polls, or power wires. I can hear three counties on my portable scanner, and they are all impassable.
Police and ems units are having to park on nearest open roads and walk to medical emergency calls, once they can even get close enough to do that. It's sounding like someone trying to travers a maze listening to them try and get around.
Still getting 20+ mph wind gusts up here. Judging by the swaying of the trees I'd say a few were at least 30 or more.
Police and ems units are having to park on nearest open roads and walk to medical emergency calls, once they can even get close enough to do that. It's sounding like someone trying to travers a maze listening to them try and get around.
Still getting 20+ mph wind gusts up here. Judging by the swaying of the trees I'd say a few were at least 30 or more.
^ I worry about all the people who live underground. I know the city has outreach for the homeless in times like these, but the thought of them missing someone down there is just horrifying.
Well, the subway system was suspended on Sunday evening already and the stations closed off so I doubt there was anyone down there.
ETA: Ah, I didn't think of that, tsq.
ETA: Ah, I didn't think of that, tsq.
^There are a lot of people who live in the old and unused tunnels though. Many of whom are almost completely cut off from society above.
You're too fast for me. I already edited my post accordingly. I didn't think of that. 
Does anyone else think it's a bit silly for reporters to stand outside in the storm now when people are supposed to stay inside?
Does anyone else think it's a bit silly for reporters to stand outside in the storm now when people are supposed to stay inside?
That's just messed up. How much damage/problems would that cause to the subway system? How crippled is NYC going to be when the storm ends?
Quite, I assume. It depends on how many stations are affected. Is there a precedent for this?
The Stock Exchange being flooded like that is bad news, too. It'll probably take a while until real-life trading can be resumed.
It is rather adorable when Mayor Bloomberg speaks in Spanish.
Watching the transformers blow across the city on the video feed I am watching is liking watching Fourth of July fireworks. But, it will present a huge problem to get power and everything else up and running again. Anyway flood waters have reached Ground Zero.
Edit: Bloomberg: NYU Hospital backup power has failed.
Edit: Bloomberg: NYU Hospital backup power has failed.
Stay safe, my friends. Keep in touch when you can.
Yeah, he has a funny accent.
Regarding the subway being flooded, I remembered that there's actually a precedent from my own city but it's difficult to apply it to New York.
At the end of WWII the SS blew up the roof of the North-South tunnel of the S-Bahn here in Berlin which resulted into the water of the Landwehr channel to flood not just that tunnel but also connected underground tunnels. About a quarter of the subway system was flooded. They managed repair most of it within a few months but that was under the precarious situation of that time (and there were other damages to the system due to bomb hits). So, I suspect, it would be possible to repair the subway syste in New York quicker than I thought.
Of course, nowadays repairing flooding takes way longer than in 1945/46 for some reason. This happened a few years ago (the result of strong rain) and it took two weeks until service at that station was fully resumed:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbwKdIO6mnc[/yt]
The good news was that the service worked while this was going on (a friend of mine was on one of the subways affected and was able to get her bag up from the floor when the water entered the train). So maybe this sort of thing isn't so damaging to the actual infrastructure.
Oh man, that's scary.
Con-Ed plant explosion in NYC:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAqYZ433TeQ[/yt]
Battery Tunnel getting flooded: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKql80I6CJY
FDR Drive:
[yt]www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AnLHAiUFWA[/yt]
This is insane. I hope everyone up there stays safe!
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAqYZ433TeQ[/yt]
Battery Tunnel getting flooded: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKql80I6CJY
FDR Drive:
[yt]www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AnLHAiUFWA[/yt]
This is insane. I hope everyone up there stays safe!
CNN later said they were receiving conflicting reports about the NYSE and then clarified that it was not in fact flooded with three feet of water, so that was good news.
