Hurricane Sandy - "Perfect Storm"

[editor]

Where's that photo from?

 

[1927]

Where's that photo from?

http://live.nydailynews.com/Event/Tracking_Hurricane_Sandy_2

 

[wiskey]

that picture of the water coming through the doors of the subway is pretty freaky!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Back to how it was looking 24 hours ago with a slightly moodier sky

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/10/28/nyregion/nyt-webcam.html?smid=tw-share

 

[editor]

It's bad already:

Transit update from Pete Donohue: Subways could be out for days All under-water tubes linking Manhattan and Brooklyn are flooded - raising the possibility that subway service could be out at least in part for days. The 4, 5, 2, 3, A , C, F and R trains use the five tunnels under the East River. There also is flooding on the No. 1 line in lower Manhattan.

http://live.nydailynews.com/Event/Tracking_Hurricane_Sandy_2

 

[Fez909]

10 dead so far according to the BBC.

 

[wiskey]

 

[wiskey]

My mates in NY from Malaysia for a hen party, they are well battened down but I'm not sure when she'll get home again.

 

[wiskey]

IT really pisses me off that they have already started talking in monetary terms about how much this storm will cost - it hasn't even passed over yet.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

My mates in NY from Malaysia for a hen party, they are well battened down but I'm not sure when she'll get home again.

Well at least she'll be used to a bit of wind and rain. Hope she's ok

 

[wiskey]

yeah she's posting on my fb telling me it's not all that bad - I'm not sure she's aware of how the rest of the East Coast is dealing with it.

 

[peterkro]

NYU hospital power went down standby plant failed,not good.

 

[Fez909]

I hope this isn't true, but Twitter is saying Coney Island area's hospital is on fire and the fire brigade are unable to get there as there's flooding surrounding it on every side.

 

[wiskey]

bloody hell I've never been to the east coast of America or NYC so it's hard for me to imagine how it all works but it seems pretty fucked at the moment.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

yeah she's posting on my fb telling me it's not all that bad - I'm not sure she's aware of how the rest of the East Coast is dealing with it.

Well glad she's alright, obviously not running scared. She'll probably go back to Malaysia thinking "they call that rain!"

 

[lizzieloo]

I hope this isn't true, but Twitter is saying Coney Island area's hospital is on fire and the fire brigade are unable to get there as there's flooding surrounding it on every side.

Nothing here

 

[editor]

BREAKING NEWS: 10:21 PM This just over the radio – report of main building of Coney Island Hospital is on fire. Units are trying to respond but are reporting that streets surrounding the hospital are flooded and un-passable.

EDIT: 10:31 PM. FDNY is reporting that Coney Island Hosptial is surrounded by “three to four feet of water.”

EDIT: 10:33 PM. Reader James W is reporting that “Ocean Parkway from Ave W south as far as I can see, is flooded. There is a huge emergency response.”

EDIT: 10:41 PM. FDNY is reporting that they are unable to access Coney Island Hospital at this time. Dispatch responded with “no boats available.”

http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2012...n-fire/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

[editor]

It's definitely flooded though:

https://mobile.twitter.com/NEnglandWx/status/263071440050466817/photos

 

[wiskey]

EDIT: 10:41 PM. FDNY is reporting that they are unable to access Coney Island Hospital at this time. Dispatch responded with “no boats available.”

I feel for those EMD's

 

[Fez909]

Nothing here

Good. Hope it stays that way!

 

[editor]

You can here the emergency radio here. It sounds well fucking scary:
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=cwp&ctid=1855

 

[wiskey]

You can here the emergency radio here. It sounds well fucking scary:
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=cwp&ctid=1855

I've worked some horrible nights, I worked the London Bombings, I worked the riots . . . when you are getting on with it you don't stop to think about it but listening in is really tough

 

[1927]

You can here the emergency radio here. It sounds well fucking scary:
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=cwp&ctid=1855

Reporting hundreds of people trapped in water!

 

[lizzieloo]

Traffic looks OK at Coney Island

http://autos.aol.com/brooklyn-ny-traffic/

 

[editor]

Fuck, It doesn't sound good for Coney Island. There's multiple reports of the third floor of the hospital on fire and the Fire Dept not being able to get to the building because of the flooding.

 

[1927]

Traffic looks OK at Coney Island

http://autos.aol.com/brooklyn-ny-traffic/

hardly.

 

[lizzieloo]

hardly.

Green means it's flowing doesn't it? Zoom in to Coney Island

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Fuck, It doesn't sound good for Coney Island. There's multiple reports of the third floor of the hospital on fire and the Fire Dept not being able to get to the building because of the flooding.

Didn't they move the patients considering the flood risk or did they just move them up a few floors?

 

[1927]

Green means it's flowing doesn't it? Zoom in to Coney Island

 

[editor]

These kind of situations see the best and worse of Twitter, with endless dramatic unconfirmed reports being endlessly repeated. The only thing confirmed about Coney island is the serious flooding.