Northeast Frankenstorm, hurricane Sandy.

[RJDiogenes]

I wonder how much gas some people waste waiting in line to get gas. I'm sure most people keep the engine off most of the time. Well, kinda sure.

I just spoke to Yeoman Randi a couple of bleems ago. She is fine and her place is not damaged, just got her power back. So her safety is assured. She says hi, BTW.

Good to hear.

 

[thestrangequark]

Just found out that one of my coworkers lost his home to flooding in Brooklyn. He was in Zone B, which was never ordered to evacuate, but ended up having to swim from the apartment to escape.

 

[SmoothieX]

I just heard there is a new cocktail coming out called the Sandy.

It's a watered down Manhattan.

 

[RoJoHen]

I just heard there is a new cocktail coming out called the Sandy.

It's a watered down Manhattan.

*groan*

My friend texted that to me the other day. So lame.

 

[Tora Ziyal]

Before they finally cancelled the marathon, the favorite to win was... Michael Phelps.

 

[Tom Hendricks]

Just found out that one of my coworkers lost his home to flooding in Brooklyn. He was in Zone B, which was never ordered to evacuate, but ended up having to swim from the apartment to escape.

Same thing happen with my mother-in-law. She lived in Sheepshead Bay, fortunately for us she was with us during the Hurricane. She lived in a basement apartment, the landlord told us that the water was floor to ceiling in her apartment. I'm gonna go on Thursday to finally get a look at it.

 

[doubleohfive]

Finally heard back from my two other friends in New York; both are alive and well.

One of them, my buddy Will (the same guy who did that amazing timelapse of New York last year) lives in Manhattan and posted some photos of the aftermath on his Facebook page:

UPDATE: Will took some more photos of New York in the aftermath of Sandy, and is selling them. All proceeds, he is donating to charities supporting the recovery from Sandy. A swell-er guy there never was.

 

[Kira's Mom]

Before they finally cancelled the marathon, the favorite to win was... Michael Phelps.

I shouldn't have, but I lol'd.

 

[thestrangequark]

I know the MTA is doing their best, and that the circumstances are unprecedented, and that the fact that they have the trains running even at 80% so soon after such devastating damage is amazing...but I can't help but feel a little neglected living off the L and the G lines. The latest update is that they haven't even begun pumping the water out of the L line, and they haven't offered a shuttle bus to replace it.

Maybe I'm just pooped: I usually walk home from work anyway, it's a nice walk at about 6 miles over the Williamsburg Bridge, and it takes about an hour and 45 minutes. Walking both ways, however, is really tiring -- and I've only done it two days so far!

 

[TheSeeker]

Hopefully the approaching storm won't affect the recovery efforts. I took the subway home last night for the first time since Sandy blew through. The platform was packed.

 

[thestrangequark]

^It's ridiculous. Since the L and the G are down, the only train anywhere near me is the J/M. I'll tell you, after walking 40 minutes to the J to find that the line to get onto the platform was 3 blocks long, I just thought, "Fuck it," and walked over the bridge. Same for today.

 

[TheSeeker]

I don't envy you. I'm lucky that I only live about a 35 minute walk from work. Walking over the bridge must be bone chilling.

 

[Emher]

Damn, that's quite a walk! Try to see it like exercise, I guess. Also imagine the heaven of the train working once again and how much you'll appreciate it when it does.

 

[thestrangequark]

It's not too bad. I've been doing it one way every day for about 6 years, so I am at least fit for it. I'm just amazed at how much more tiring it is going both ways. Looks like they're finally beginning to pump the L today, at least!

 

[Emher]

I would probably walk lots more if I lived in a big city. As it is I'm a coastal boy and pretty much drive everywhere out of town, like to and from work. Good to hear that they're getting to it though.

How are things otherwise over there, how have things recovered?

 

[Finn]

Sigh. I'm telling you guys. I miss DC. One thing we can't stand about Baton Rouge is how unpedestrian-friendly it is. My wife and I used to take the metro or walk all over the place. We once walked home from a Nationals game all the way to her place (not too far from the National Cathedral- rest of you DC'ers will get the gist of it).

But here, no. We can't walk anywhere, and where there's a sidewalk, it's barely two feet wide and right next to the road with the crazy-aggressive drivers

 

[SmoothieX]

ADA requires a minimum of 3 foot wide sidewalks, and 4 is typical in any state I've worked in.

 

[Finn]

There's hardly sidewalks around here. I've seen people walk through grass and highways to the bus stops which are sparse around here except downtown and the LSU area. The spots with "2 foot wide sidewalks" are where shrubbery had been encroaching on the sidewalk. Nobody uses it.

 

[Tom Hendricks]

I'm waiting in line to see if I can get some gas, lets hope they have enough.

 

[SmoothieX]

There's hardly sidewalks around here. I've seen people walk through grass and highways to the bus stops which are sparse around here except downtown and the LSU area. The spots with "2 foot wide sidewalks" are where shrubbery had been encroaching on the sidewalk. Nobody uses it.

Gotcha - it's the engineer in me chiming in. I've done a lot of site development projects over the years and accessibility is always an issue. Widths, slopes, surface types, accessible entrances, etc. It can be a real pain sometime.

I'm waiting in line to see if I can get some gas, lets hope they have enough.

I'm fortunate to be further upstate. The lines aren't that bad and you can generally find gas. I should fill up before it snows later.