Hurricaine Sandy

[trojanchick99]

The surge is now over 10 feet in Battery Park. That is not good.

Oh and I think this pic is photoshopped as well.

 

[Hewson]

Wind is at its strongest right now here. Took the dog out a little while ago and thought she might fly away. Went down to the beach around 1:30 or so, waves were spectacular, but glad my house isn't right on the beach, lots of potential for damage to those homes.

Still have power thankfully, according to the weather dudes winds should start to subside here around 9PM, so a few more hours and some improvement will start. Not a ton of rain.

Love the Statue of Liberty pics.

 

[cobl04]

The surge is now over 10 feet in Battery Park. That is not good.

Oh and I think this pic is photoshopped as well.

I just saw that. Twitter is so awesome.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

The surge is now over 10 feet in Battery Park. That is not good.

Oh and I think this pic is photoshopped as well.

Nah that one's real

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I think I just saw Jim cantore dumping a Poland spring bottle onto the battery

 

[phanan]

So far so good in southern NH. Still have power.

 

[Hewson]

Like a Hurricane by Neil Young - YouTube

 

[phanan]

"Sandy, the fireworks are hailin' over Little Eden tonight..."

 

[Pearl]

As Sandy makes landfall, she says this:

Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane (PCM Version) - YouTube

You knew this was coming

 

[Hewson]

I was hoping somebody would counter with the Scorps.

 

[PhilsFan]

"Sandy, the fireworks are hailin' over Little Eden tonight..."

He's playing here Thursday barring any crazy four day power losses. Floor seats!

 

[PhilsFan]

Lights are flickering here. Wind is at about 20 MPH but should be in the 40s within an hour, with gusts around 60 MPH.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Looks like the merging of storm and front has finally happened... its a post tropical storm now. Not a hurricane but still with 90 mile per hour winds... ad the "eye" now looks like it stretches from south jersey all the way up to NYC.

Transformers are starting to pop... hopefully the power stays on. Sirens are all over the place now. Getting spooky.

 

[namkcuR]

Don't forget this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMaYplJIEl0

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Much of Lower Manhattan now without power.

 

[namkcuR]

ABC news said a building collapsed in Manhattan but they lost the satellite link with Chris Cuomo before he could report the details.

EDIT: It was apparently just one face of a building.

 

[Jive Turkey]

Much of Lower Manhattan now without power.

Any flooding? My brother lives at liberty and broadway. I imagine that's far enough from the water

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Yea I've seen pictures on Twitter... 14th and 8th. The front of a building fell off

 

[trojanchick99]

Watching WABC right now, the Hudson has flooded Jersey City. NYC is starting to flood and high tide isn't until 9pm.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Any flooding? My brother lives at liberty and broadway. I imagine that's far enough from the water

ABC reporter said all of south street was flooded out. Showing some pretty good flooding in Jersey City right now.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Oh poor Long Beach

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Its moving north and technically hasn't hit land yet. Swell.

 

[Jive Turkey]

Just saw the hanging crane on tv. fuuuuuuck

 

[Jive Turkey]

Just heard back from my brother. Just lost power half an hour ago, but has plenty of water and beer

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I'm running out of beer

 

[IWasBored]

Wind is at its strongest right now here. Took the dog out a little while ago and thought she might fly away. Went down to the beach around 1:30 or so, waves were spectacular, but glad my house isn't right on the beach, lots of potential for damage to those homes.

Still have power thankfully, according to the weather dudes winds should start to subside here around 9PM, so a few more hours and some improvement will start. Not a ton of rain.

Love the Statue of Liberty pics.

The dogs were freaking out. My housemate's dog is pretty chill normally, and she's snoozing on the couch, but we've got a friend's dog staying over here while she's at work, and he went outside for a few minutes, barked at the sky, went back inside and shit on the floor. Poor bastard. He's generally rather anxious in places that aren't his home without storms and stuff going on. We've had some good gusts of wind that were moreso than usual, off and on rain all day, but so far nothing here even remotely interesting.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I hope Jim Cantore is 8 feet tall...

 

[Jive Turkey]

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Water level at the Battery is at 12.5 feet with still an hour to go before high tide.

Already a record... water would rise another foot on a normal, calm sunny day by the time high tide hits, and that's without, ya know, a hurricane.

Shits getting real.

 

[trojanchick99]

There was also a guy on a jet ski earlier. Some people shouldn't reproduce.