Monday, October 29, 2012

Hurricane Sandy, Hell's Kitchen, Monday night, assorted pics and vids

It looks like the worst of the flooding is over in Manhattan. The water went up to over 13 feet throughout lower Manhattan.

There's a post-Sandy Part 1 party going on in the alley in back of my building. They're happy their apartment didn't flood and Hell's Kitchen still has electricity.

Whoa, the flooding came close to Hell's Kitchen. From Minervous' Flickr photostream, just down the street at the Intrepid on the Hudson River.

Tomorrow is Sandy Part Deux.

Some of the unusual pics/tweets/videos of today.

Wind blows down the wall of a small residential building on West 15th Street and Eighth Avenue.
At 44 seconds.

(7:57 PM EDT: NYPD say no injuries following facade collapse at New York City apartment building.)


NYT Firefighters inspect a collapsed building facade in the Manhattan borough of New York, Oct. 29, 2012

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/10/29/4371402/hurricane-sandy-disrupting-travel.html#article_photos#storylink=cpy

NYU nurses in pediatric ICU manually bagging patients on ventilators, according to a staffer. City begins emergency evacuation.

WCBS: Con Ed crews have shut off all the gas and steam pipes near collapsed crane on 57th Street.
More Reports from NYU Tisch hospital + backup generator failure. Personnel manually evacuating PICU and NICU down 9 flights of stairs.


Power out at NYU Hospital... moving patients out. Backup generators have failed.  From the news just now it seems that the patients are being moved in a fleet of ambulances to Sloan Kettering and Mt. Sinai.


PHOTO: Carousel Drowning In DUMBO
superstorm sandy dumbo carousel

Con Edison station exploding: at 22 seconds

On 50th Street windows bursting out of the building.https://twitter.com/NBCRobin/status/263078594610343938


NYC with and without electricity. Photo by nicksummers

Lower Manhattan goes dark during hurricane, as seen from Brooklyn, N.Y.

Water rushing into Battery Tunnel



14th Street and Avenue A


20th St and Ave C, Manhattan: 

Battery Tunnel c/o MTA


Ground Zero construction site

Flood waters are now under the  on 24th Street, moving towards 10th Ave.  

Water rushing into a subterranean parking garage in the Financial District. via Getty
Coney Island flooded.. 

Rockaway this afternoon

The Hoboken (NJ) Path train subway station flooding. Photograph: NY Port Authority/Reuters
Uh oh. Now it's the rats. 

Hurricane Sandy Could Displace Rats, Spread Infectious Disease


Power out in Manhattan, south of 40th Street. (Allison Joyce / Getty Images)


Chrysler Building during the storm 

The Empire State Building seen from the part of Manhattan without light, which was south of 40th Street
How Times Square looks now. Photo Imgur.


New York Magazine compares Bloomberg's sign language interpreter to "guitarist during a blistering solo." 

Hurricane Sandy’s Breakout Star: Mayor Bloomberg’s Sign Language Interpreter


Hurricane Sandy With Interpreter REMIX

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Hurricane Sandy in Hell's Kitchen, Monday evening October 29th 2012

Waiting for Sandy

Here is Eighth Avenue a couple of hours ago. Quiet, little traffic.

Here is West 49th Street, rainy but not bad really.

Rain splattering the camera lens.

News just now that the power is likely to go out.
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Hurricane Sandy, Monday October 29th 2012, Hell's Kitchen, NYC

The statue of Liberty weathering the storm today. (A pic from the movie The Day After Tomorrow)


Here in Hell's Kitchen it's a mild October Day, a bit drizzly. Very low barometric pressure so I feel very sleepy.



The view out my window just now.



The real trouble is in the storm surge, the flooding that has already started to occur.

And there's a partially toppled crane at 157 West 57th Street, the gazillionaires building, between Sixth and Seventh Avenue, eight blocks away, that looks like it lost its, er, oomph.

"Damaged, dangling crane atop (for now) 1 57th Street NYC" by Jonathan Wald

HT ....landfall of  now looks to occur around 530p or 6p along the Jersey Shore.


 Damn Its TRUE!12m
East river park. 10:30 am.  




Hurricane Sandy Eyes DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia And New York (PHOTOS, LIVE UPDATES)


AP/The Huffington Post  |  Posted:  Updated: 10/29/2012 2:04 pm EDT
Waves wash over the seawall near high tide at Battery Park in New York, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, as Hurricane Sandy approaches the East Coast. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)


PHOTO: FDR Drive In NYC Flooded
Here is a photo of the flooding on the FDR Drive in New York, courtesy of HuffPost's Mike Ryan

Hurricane Sandy: View From Above 


FROM THE TIMES BUILDING: MONDAY, OCT. 29 2:06 PM ET

Here is the 5 am NOAA forecast for :. Storm has strengthened. Its center should arrive in NJ tonight.


A Closed Central Park Leaves Dogs at a Loss
John Blondel and Rollo, a white Labrador, were denied access to Central Park.Liz Robbins/The New York TimesJohn Blondel and Rollo, a white Labrador, were denied access to Central Park.
They were crestfallen, whimpering in disbelief. The city’s dogs walked right up to an east side entrance of Central Park, saw the fence and could not fathom why they – and their owners – were not allowed in. For a little wind? Light rain? They had seen worse.
“I may have to carry him away,” said John Blondel, nodding to Rollo, a spry-looking white Labrador who was 10 and a half years old. Rollo decided to engage in a sit-down strike in front of the 79th Street entrance on Fifth Avenue.
Mr. Blondel, 56, who is in the investment management division for Goldman Sachs, had driven from his apartment in the West Village to give Rollo his daily constitution. Later, he would work from home. “This is going to be it for a while,” he said to his friend.
Soon, Rollo was joined by several other dogs dragging their walkers to yet another blocked entrance. “They’re just amazed,” Mr. Blondel said.
When a gust of wind blew an opening in the temporary fencing, Rollo was wise to the opportunity. Mr. Blondel had to pull him back and head to the car.
The city’s parks had been closed since Sunday evening, and the morning scene was an abject one indeed. As joggers dashed by on the slippery, leaf-laden sidewalk adjacent to the park – some took advantage of the empty bus lanes to run in the street – they had to dodge the dogs, who were similarly displaced from their morning routine.


and

Mr. Bloomberg said that about 3,000 people had come in to city shelters, a tiny percentage of the 370,000 covered under the evacuation order, most of whom are presumably staying elsewhere. Pets are allowed at shelters, and the mayor said that about 70 had been brought in.

Red Hook, Brooklyn is flooded
Via , the view from Red Hook: .
By 

More from Red Hook, via , as the surge rises at Valentino Pier

Out at the end of Long Island in Sag Harbor
 Kathryn Menu
Long Wharf in Sag Harbor; 9:24 am, Monday

On Twitter, enjoying the  tweets

Lindsay Lohan renames  Sally, believes thinking positive will overcome the hurricane 

Somebody prayed for less Election coverage, and thus  was born.


It's official! NYSE and Nasdaq will be closed for a second day thanks to Sandy.    


, if we haven't made this clear enough, the Humans of the Eastern Seaboard would like to sacrifice Goldman Sachs to your angry gods.


Cute. 

New Crisis Response maps feature preparedness information for Hurricane Sandy

Sunday 10/28/2012 01:47:00 PM




Google has also launched a NYC-specific version of the map that features evacuation information from NYC Open Data, as well as live webcams and details on emergency shelters.



At least it's not like this yet:


Or this:

 Beautiful photo of  in New York keithcalder.com

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Sunday, October 28, 2012

Pre-Hurricane Sandy, Sunday night, October 28th 2012 in Hell's Kitchen NYC

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.

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:

5:45 pm
Overview: What's Open and What's Not
A 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.
*
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.
A total of 375,000 people live in Zone A alone.



















































































Via  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 
The term  was made up in an HPC forecast published on Oct 25th. Then popularized by CBS's 


 "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

( Andrew Burton / Getty Images / October 28, 2012 )
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

( Mike Stobe / Getty Images / October 28, 2012 )
A man surfs in Long Beach, N.Y., as Hurricane Sandy approaches. The storm has already claimed more than 50 lives in the Caribbean.



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
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Hurricane Sandy - Storm Watch

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



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