Hurricane Sandy update

[Scott]

So how did you guys fare?  I saw there were some downed trees in Toronto, so I guess it was blustery up by Jeri as well.  I think I saw Cos was online, but Dare's been off for a day and a half now.  Hope it is just internet issues. 

[Dare]

I've been here Scotty.I'm far enough inland that all we got was
high winds and colder temperatures.

[cosworth151]

Pretty much the same here, plus a little snow. We were supposed to get much higher winds but thankfully it missed us.

[Dare]

I think Cred[one of our race chat regs]lives in Pennsylvania,I
hope he fared ok

[lkjohnson1950]

Didn't even come near me. Yesterday was 89' with a 6 mph breeze.

[Ian]

I can't believe the fact that people have died of carbon monoxide poisoning through having their generator indoors. 

[Wizzo]

These pictures really sum it up. 

http://totallycoolpix.com/2012/10/the-hurricane-sandy-aftermath/

[Ian]

I know you can't pick out any one instance, but in that terrible Breezey Point fire where all those homes were destroyed by fire, the reporter said there was a couple who had lived there for 24 years were sifting through the ashes looking for mementoes from their home, nothing at all remained, heartbreaking.

[Scott]

Wow - amazing pics Wizzo.  Thanks.

[David]

Yeah Wiz amazing pictures! 

I'm not scared of much, but damm I scared of nature.

[cosworth151]

It makes me think of the years I lived in NYC. Like the governor of New York said, they seem to be having a 100 year storm every couple of years now.

I just heard of one problem I hadn't thought of. They were taking about pumping the water out of the various tunnels and such. They have to pump it clear out into the harbor or it will just drain down into some other tunnel.

[F1fanaticBD]

My uncle(he taught me how to drive) in Long Island says they were not as badly effected like people's in Queens, he has not electricity disruption or water shortage, but my aunt in Pennsylvania was badly effected and have to move to my other aunty in Delaware. I am yet to know about other relatives, hopefully they have all manage to survive this carnage.

My uncle was discharged from the hospital just before two days before the storm struck due heart disease, talk about bad timing, could think worse than that.

I hope our GPW member's family who live in that region will be able to stay away from every bit of trouble..

And remembrance to those life who was taken away the storm, R.I.P for each of them.

[Scott]

I just heard of one problem I hadn't thought of. They were taking about pumping the water out of the various tunnels and such. They have to pump it clear out into the harbor or it will just drain down into some other tunnel.

I think there is a huge amount of underestimating repair times and costs for the subway system on the south side of Manhattan in particular.  It was flooded with salt water, which will have destroyed virtually everything electric in the system.  I expect the parts of the subway that are effected will take months to repair and bring back online.  Good luck everyone living below 20th street or so.  They had better first go and paint some bus-only lanes through that area or they may as well close down Wall St, Tribeca and Battery Park. 

Staten Island seems to be the borough with the least help, but the most damage.  The 'forgotten borough' is how some have referred to it.  Manhattan has the cash to fix itself up, but Staten Island is in a bad way.

[Ian]

But wasn't it the same with hurricane Katrina and New Orleans, the rich areas got sorted first and the poor: ie Hispanic and black areas got forgotten, ignored.

[cosworth151]

I just saw that the Staten Island Ferry is running again. It connects Staten Island to Manhattan, docks at South Ferry (Battery Park). The trouble will be that it connects to the #1 subway line, and who knows when it will be running down through there again.

Staten Island has always gotten short shrift in NYC.

They've also just postponed the New York Marathon that was scheduled for Sunday.