It's night in Hell's Kitchen. Sunday night but more quiet than usual. Not even a siren.
No wind just now.
A darkly clouded night sky.
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This is way cool. Listen to this video. The Hudson River Harbor live cam with excellent sounds of intense winds whistling and buffeting. It will be a good one to watch tomorrow, Monday.
Hurricane Sandy is barreling down the pike.
Delightfully entertaining: @Elbloombito
Maps and animated maps of the storm.
Via Jason Kottke @jkottke Powerful Storm Brings Down NY Times Paywall: "The Times is providing free unlimited access to storm coverage..."
The origin of the term, Frankenstorm for Sandy, via Gilad Lotan @gilgul
The term#Frankenstorm was made up in an HPC forecast published on Oct 25th. Then popularized by CBS's @katiefehlinger
Over 7,000 flights canceled as major U.S. airports eye storm
Interesting point about the drop in the jet stream meeting Sandy.
Unusual for NYC: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will shut down its buses and the subway system Sunday at 7 p.m., Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced. It will attempt to keep the Staten Island Railway running, but made no guarantees.
( Andrew Burton / Getty Images / October 28, 2012 )
( Mike Stobe / Getty Images / October 28, 2012 )
NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES) Commissioner Jerome M. Hauer today announced that the state's Hurricane Sandy Helpline is operational for New York State residents in anticipation of the storm’s landfall. Residents can call 1–888-769-7243 or 1-518-485-1159 for information about preparing for the hurricane and its impact. Information will also be available for referrals to County Emergency Management Offices and American Red Cross Shelters and road closures. Language translation services are also available by request.
Received this useful and a bit scary email from my cable company.
No wind just now.
A darkly clouded night sky.
Getty Images
This is way cool. Listen to this video. The Hudson River Harbor live cam with excellent sounds of intense winds whistling and buffeting. It will be a good one to watch tomorrow, Monday.
Hurricane Sandy is barreling down the pike.
Delightfully entertaining: @Elbloombito
From the New York Times:
Overview: What's Open and What's Not
Michael Appleton for The New York TimesA subway rider exits the 14th Street station.
Michael Appleton for The New York TimesA subway rider exits the 14th Street station.
Evacuations: Mandatory in Zone A, which covers parts of all five boroughs. See map for details and list of shelters.
Transportation:
M.T.A. subways, buses and Long Island and Metro-North Railroads: Service suspended beginning at 7 p.m. Sunday night. It is not clear when it will begin again. For status, check the M.T.A.’s Web site.
PATH: Suspended as of 12:01 a.m. Monday.
New Jersey Transit: Shutdown has begun, full shutdown expected by 2 a.m. Monday.
Amtrak: Northeast Corridor service north of New York stopping at 7 p.m. Sunday.
Airports: All major airlines expected to halt operations by Sunday night. Port Authority urges travelers to contact individual airlines. Updates can be found on the agency’s Web site.
Roads: M.T.A. may close bridges if sustained winds exceed 60 miles per hour.
Staten I. Ferry: Last boat from Staten Island at 8 p.m. Last boat from Manhattan at 8:30.
East River Ferries: Suspended.
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Schools: Closed in N.Y.C. and much of the surrounding region. For updates in N.Y.C., check the Education Department’s Twitter page.
Garbage collection: Monday trash collection is on. Weigh down your trash cans so they don’t blow away.
Street cleaning and parking meter rules: Suspended.
City offices: Open (but not courts, see below).
Courts: Closed in N.Y.C. and on Long Island, as well as in Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Orange and Dutchess counties, except for arraignments and emergency applications.
N.Y.C. Parks: Closed.
N.Y.C. Libraries: Closed. Due dates postponed till libraries reopen.
Retail banks: Chase deciding on case-by-case basis. We are checking on others.
Stock Exchanges: New York Stock Exchange trading floor to be closed, but trading will continue online. Nasdaq open online. Read more.
Other general info:
Information for New Jersey residents can be found on the Web site for the state’s Office of Emergency Management.
Long Island residents can find updates on the Web site of the Office of Emergency Management for Nassau County.
Connecticut residents can go to the site for the state’s Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
Maps and animated maps of the storm.
Zone A is being evacuated.
Whoa. City Island is being evacuated.
Zone A includes the following areas of New York City:
• Coney Island, Manhattan Beach and Red Hook and other areas along the East River in Brooklyn;
• All of the Rockaways, as well as Hamilton Beach and
Broad Channel in Queens;
• Almost all of the coastline of Staten Island;
• City Island, a small patch of Throgg’s Neck, and another patch of the South Bronx in the Bronx;
• Battery Park City and stretches of the West Side waterfront and of the Lower East Side and East Village in Manhattan.
• All of the Rockaways, as well as Hamilton Beach and
Broad Channel in Queens;
• Almost all of the coastline of Staten Island;
• City Island, a small patch of Throgg’s Neck, and another patch of the South Bronx in the Bronx;
• Battery Park City and stretches of the West Side waterfront and of the Lower East Side and East Village in Manhattan.
A total of 375,000 people live in Zone A alone.
Via Jason Kottke
The origin of the term, Frankenstorm for Sandy, via Gilad Lotan
The term
"THE LION'S
SHARE OF GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT THE CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH
HURRICANE SANDY WILL PASS CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE AMPLIFYING POLAR
TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES TO BECOME INCORPORATED INTO
A HYBRID VORTEX OVER THE MID ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST NEXT TUESDAY.
THE HIGH DEGREE OF BLOCKING FROM EASTERN NORTH AMERICA ACROSS THEENTIRE ATLANTIC BASIN IS EXPECTED TO ALLOW THIS UNUSUAL MERGER TOTAKE PLACE, AND ONCE THE COMBINED GYRE MATERIALIZES,
IT SHOULD SETTLE BACK TOWARD THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST THROUGH HALLOWEEN,
INVITING PERHAPS A GHOULISH NICKNAME FOR THE CYCLONE ALONG THE
LINES OF "FRANKENSTORM", AN ALLUSION TO MARY SHELLEY'S GOTHIC
CREATURE OF SYNTHESIZED ELEMENTS."
Over 7,000 flights canceled as major U.S. airports eye storm
Interesting point about the drop in the jet stream meeting Sandy.
Unusual for NYC: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will shut down its buses and the subway system Sunday at 7 p.m., Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced. It will attempt to keep the Staten Island Railway running, but made no guarantees.
Hurricane Sandy
In preparation for Hurricane Sandy, construction workers cover air vents that could cause the New York subway system to flood. The MTA has announced that at 7 p.m. all subway, bus and commuter rail service will be shut down in response to the storm.
Hurricane Sandy
A man surfs in Long Beach, N.Y., as Hurricane Sandy approaches. The storm has already claimed more than 50 lives in the Caribbean.
BREAKING -- President Obama Signs New York Emergency Declaration.
NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES) Commissioner Jerome M. Hauer today announced that the state's Hurricane Sandy Helpline is operational for New York State residents in anticipation of the storm’s landfall. Residents can call 1–888-769-7243 or 1-518-485-1159 for information about preparing for the hurricane and its impact. Information will also be available for referrals to County Emergency Management Offices and American Red Cross Shelters and road closures. Language translation services are also available by request.
Received this useful and a bit scary email from my cable company.
Hurricane Sandy - Preparedness Announcement to RCN Customers Not displaying correctly? Click Here to view in your browser. |
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Dear RCN Customer, Ensuring your safety and delivery of services is our first mission. RCN would like to provide you an update on Hurricane Sandy and our readiness plans. RCN is closely monitoring the approach of Hurricane Sandy, which has the potential to cause outages within our service territory. We have initiated our Incident Response Plan to prepare for the storm. In anticipation of the storm, we have mobilized all employees and are already working on RCN network preparedness. Currently, operations are operating under normal conditions; however, we will adjust our operational plans based on the severity of Hurricane Sandy. Additional operational crews are on stand-by, ready to ensure any service outages are restored quickly. Our recovery efforts are synched with the 911/first responders and utility companies to ensure the safe and efficient restoration of services should an outage occur. For more information and updates, visit www.rcn.com/stormwatch or connect with us on Facebook or Twitter. Thank you, The Entire RCN Staff My roommate, a film editor, was told not to come to work tomorrow  |
Resources
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Wow, those winds are going so fast!! I felt horrible for anyone that lost any of their belongings to this disaster, my neighbor ended up having his car crushed by a giant branch by the end of the first night, and then all of my trash flew away into the street.
ReplyDelete-Eleuterio Martinez
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