Hurricane Sandy

[Bocefish]

Just hit Jersey shore...

Seriously... Hope everyone out east is hunkered down with the hatches battened. That is one big storm!

http://www.weather.com/tv/tvshows/live-stream

 

[ElaySmith]

Good Luck to all yall in the path of Sandy! Pull out the liquor and have a hurricane party......

 

[Mirra]

It keeps messing with my head when people say "hurricane" and "out east" and I'm like "What? It looks GORGEOUS in South Carolina." So not used to them looping out and back towards the Northeast like Sandy has.

 

[Rose]

It keeps messing with my head when people say "hurricane" and "out east" and I'm like "What? It looks GORGEOUS in South Carolina." So not used to them looping out and back towards the Northeast like Sandy has.

I felt the same. Here in Tennessee we usually get some rain or bad winds, or something, when there's hurricanes or bad weather. We've got clear skies, sun and a decent forecast for the next week. Not even any drizzle. It just feels odd.

Hope all those in the path of the storm are bunkered down though.

 

[Jupiter551]

I wonder if Sandy's second name is Beaches.

 

[IsabellaSnow]

I don't know if it's the same one, but here we had some really bad wind and the temperature dropped, it was supposed to be the remains of a hurricane. Yes our hurricanes aren't much more than a bit of wind... very pathetic non interesting country.... thank god!!
I live right on the ocean and have been hearing the lovely sound of the waves hitting my building for the last week, even more annoying is the tourists who go "oooooohhh!!!!" every bloody time a wave crashes. Like living in a theme park!!! At least my living room window has had a good clean

I hope everyone will be alright!

 

[LiLredhairedgrl]

:mrgreen:



I have never been in a hurricane.

 

[ElaySmith]

:mrgreen:



I have never been in a hurricane.

I was seriously singing the "ohhhhh sandy" part of this song on SM today cause that all people could talk about.

 

[IsabellaSnow]

Fuck I'm just watching this, so sketchy!! Again, really hope everyone's ok!!

 

[Mirra]

I took this picture while at lunch today because it struck me as a bit crazy to see the live video of Sandy beating on the beach at Point Pleasant while the Greetings from Point Pleasant mural in the Jersey Mike's was right there near the television.

 

[Just Me]

To everyone that might be affected or have family members that could be affected by this storm. Be safe.

 

[Jupiter551]

 

[KayleePond]

I can't wait until it's over! I have lots of people very dear to me right in the path of Sandy and I must admit it makes me nervous. Their state is rather unprepared for this so it doesn't make me feel better, though hopefully they can all keep it together. To be honest, I'm more afraid of people being idiots (see evidence in all zombie/disaster movies).

Good thing global warming/climate change isn't real, right guys!! :lol:

I do also wonder what sort of impact this might have on the election...

 

[BCamden]

I wonder if Sandy's second name is Beaches.

Close. Sandy's last name is Beach.
Her brother's name is Sonuffa.

 

[Nordling]

Al Roker, NBC's Today weatherman brought up a concern that could be a real worry, aside from the normal things related to disasters. If the power outages last into Election Day, especially in those areas that only use electronic voting, it could directly affect the outcome of the election.

 

[lordmagellan]

Al Roker, NBC's Today weatherman brought up a concern that could be a real worry, aside from the normal things related to disasters. If the power outages last into Election Day, especially in those areas that only use electronic voting, it could directly affect the outcome of the election.

That's a pretty good point. I was hearing on the radio that (I think it was) Manhattan was dealing with several fires from transformers exploding due to the water. And someone mentioned at least one street where the water was as high as the stop-lights. I'm thinking it's at the bottom of a hill or something. Apparently they've had glass falling from skyscrapers, water filling into subway tunnels, and flooding Ground Zero, and a construction crane was apparently blown over, off of a building, I think.




There was no word on whether the transformers in question were Autobot or Decepticon.

 

[Jupiter551]

Al Roker, NBC's Today weatherman brought up a concern that could be a real worry, aside from the normal things related to disasters. If the power outages last into Election Day, especially in those areas that only use electronic voting, it could directly affect the outcome of the election.

That's a pretty good point. I was hearing on the radio that (I think it was) Manhattan was dealing with several fires from transformers exploding due to the water. And someone mentioned at least one street where the water was as high as the stop-lights. I'm thinking it's at the bottom of a hill or something. Apparently they've had glass falling from skyscrapers, water filling into subway tunnels, and flooding Ground Zero, and a construction crane was apparently blown over, off of a building, I think.




There was no word on whether the transformers in question were Autobot or Decepticon.

Yeah before I got to the end of your post I was wondering if it would be too soon to ask if the transformers would be helping to clean up lol

 

[Bocefish]

Heard over 16 states have damage and some of the higher elevations will get up to 14 FEET of snow from Sandy. I hope NYC and other high risk places can get their power back up before the redistribution looting begins.

Imagine being in your apartment having some hurricane sandy sex and poof... off blows your wall and the whole world sees the viral video.

 

[Anonymous]

Going 28 hours without electricity was bad enough. I feel sorry for the people in New York, etc. who, according to the news report I saw earlier, may have to wait up to 10 more days.

 

[Nordling]

I have to give a salute and a hat tip to Governor Christie of NJ who, though not one of my favorite people, manifested the true spirit of cooperation and avoided politicizing this disaster.

 

[16_bit]

That's a pretty good point. I was hearing on the radio that (I think it was) Manhattan was dealing with several fires from transformers exploding due to the water. And someone mentioned at least one street where the water was as high as the stop-lights. I'm thinking it's at the bottom of a hill or something. Apparently they've had glass falling from skyscrapers, water filling into subway tunnels, and flooding Ground Zero, and a construction crane was apparently blown over, off of a building, I think.

As part of my TV package, i have CNN and i watched their coverage all through the night. About the crane, the horizontal part wasn't secured properly and it blew back over itself and you can see it swaying in the youtube vid below. Luckily it seems to have hung on and as far as i know at the point of posting this, hasn't fallen.
I was amazed when i saw that fires had broken out in some houses, and then when i woke up that about 60 houses in Brooklyn, i think, had burnt down. Apparently salt water is even worse for electrics than 'normal' water, at least that's what was reported. There was a report than Wall Street was under 3 feet of water but that turned out to be false but they showed an image on water pouring into a subway station.
Overall it was just amazing to actually see live how quickly things picked up and just how much damage can be done in such a short amount of time. Being in the UK, and in a rather quiet part weather wise, i don't see or am even involved in anything near like what happened. The reports on the damage, power loss and the amount of people who died when i caught the news again today is just scary.
I would just like to add that one reporter on CNN, Ali Velshi, did some crazy reporting. He was in Atlantic City, New Jersey in the middle of a street 6 blocks from the boardwalk. He started when you could see the road and stayed for like 8 hours, even when the water was well up his thighs and the wind was blowing him about. 15 second clip here of him nearly being blown over and 2:43 clip here of him reporting if anyone wants to see.

 

[LadyLuna]

RE: salt water + electronics

regular water is only bad for electronics if electricity is currently going through them

salt water is corrosive

 

[Bocefish]

Just heard Barrier Island is under mandatory evacuation. Police are knocking on doors & giving peeps 10 minutes to pack up... and they may not be able to return for 6-8 MONTHS. :shock: The area infrastructure is so FUBAR it's unlivable and will be for months to come, affecting some 14,000 people. If you donate, be extra careful because the scammers are already out in full force.

 

[Anonymous]

There was no word on whether the transformers in question were Autobot or Decepticon.

:lol:

 

[SoTxBob]

....not to detract from our dear Autobots....
being it went ashore in such proximity to 'Jersey, has anyone heard if this will have any effect on travel or function for the Exxotica in Edison this coming weekend?

 

[Alana Cruise]

....not to detract from our dear Autobots....
being it went ashore in such proximity to 'Jersey, has anyone heard if this will have any effect on travel or function for the Exxotica in Edison this coming weekend?

Exxxotica is still on and I believe they are still giving a discount I think the code is FSANDY? lol not 100% sure on the code but it is definitely on

 

[Mirra]

Apparently a 2.0 magnitude earthquake rattled New Jersey a bit after 1 AM last night. While not a very strong quake, the timing is a bit crazy. I don't know if saying they were lucky is appropriate given the circumstances, but imagine if it had been 5.0+ this close on the heals of Sandy.

 

[LiciousLily]

This hurricane was really bad in NYC. Me and lots of friends were effected. Do you feel it's because we are in the North East that we are in such tragedy, or that this really WAS a horrible hurricane. .has there been one in the South recently (Besides Katrina) that have been this bad?

Oh. . and PLEASE watch who you donate to!! I am learning that it is best to find a family you know that WAS for real directly effected and help them individually. I don't trust FEMR or the Red Cross anymore. Sure, maybe they have been helpful to people in their time. But I also feel like a plethora of the donated money is wasted after I heard that they pay phone representatives 20/hour from a recent worker there. They also did absolutely nothing when they came to New York for lots of us. The day after the hurricane, they came to a public school. . tons of people who had destroyed homes piled in. All they did was have us write down our numbers on ripped up, scrapped pieces of notebook paper, and that they would "call". Call?!?! Pretty much nobody had working phones! :shock:

 

[Jolene]

People in New Jersey are selling gas for sex. Friggin' New Jersey