ATL: SANDY - Remnants - Discussion

tomboudreau · #3401 Postby **tomboudreau** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:34 pm

Picture from MTA out of NYC shows subway system is flooded.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/8136873915/

Got this off of twitter.

Just saw that this is actually the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel.

HurrMark · #3402 Postby **HurrMark** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:34 pm

WeatherGuesser wrote:Where did the pressure bottom out? I thought I saw a 938 or so.

Officially, 940. It made landfall at 946, which ties the 1938 Long Island Express hurricane.

#3403 Postby **LSU2001** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:35 pm

Fox News showing some pretty intense flooding in Lower Manhattan. Looks like Mid-Town (Times Square) is ok and they just showed video of an apartment building with the whole facade collapsed. They are discussing how the salt water will corrode the underground power equipment and subways.
Tim

#3404 Postby **Dave** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:35 pm

ozonepete wrote:Hey Hogweed and Dave. My apologies. Shouldn't have said completely wrong - not questioning VDMs, lol. I suspect the original smaller low pressure center that was Sandy's eye has started rotating around the new much large COC and thus there could be a lower pressure there. But the center is so large now and it is no longer tropical so I'm not sure they will find a true eye even if they find a small area of low pressure. they will have to sample from Maryland all the way to Long Island to get the full curvature of the windfield.

No problem Ozonepete! I logged out for a little while to take a break from it all and just saw your post. All's good here....now if I can see I'll be doing even better.

#3405 Postby **Terry** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:35 pm

From Tri-State Weather:

Breaking News: Hudson River has breached and is flooding into Manhattan up 23rd street all the way to 10th ave and into Chelsea. Ground Zero is also getting flooded.

windnrain · #3406 Postby **windnrain** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:36 pm

Confirmation on CNN...

Subways are flooding...

SunnyThoughts · #3407 Postby **SunnyThoughts** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:37 pm

MaryEllen71 wrote:
Texas Snowman wrote:CNN has tweeted that there are a confirmed 2.8 million w/out power in 11 states.

Storm chaser Johnny Kelly also tweets that there are numerous calls in NYC for water rescues.

EDIT: @twc_hurricane: "BREAKING: FDNY headquarters on Grand St. being evacuated by boat. #Sandy."

There are tweets saying that Coney Island flooded and people didn't evacuate their basement apts.

Oh I remember seeing either on twc or cnn earlier this afternoon...they interviewed an official from coney island...he said they would be fine and weren't going anywhere.

#3408 Postby **Texas Snowman** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:38 pm

Hype? Maybe not...

"@robmarcianoCNN: In all my storm experiences, I don't quite know how to describe what's happening here."

#3409 Postby **RL3AO** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:38 pm

Screenshot from TWC

Weatherguy173 · #3410 Postby **Weatherguy173** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:38 pm

here, this is the answer about NJ power outages: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/1 ... sid_1.html

#3411 Postby **KBBOCA** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:39 pm

A NYC resident and regular commenter on Wunderground wrote:

Quoting 900MB:
Update fr NYC: We are about a breath or two from Chaos. Power flickering on UES, Manhattan. Wind gust on Triboro Bridge of 100mph. West Side Highway, FDR Drive flooded. South Street Seaport flooded, power out downtown. Flooding on East 14th and B/C is pushing into zone "B". Wind is howling at hurricane gusts or better. Windows are bowing on 9th floor of highrise here. May be my last check-in as I am doubting that the power will hold up. Wish us luck!!! Battery may be the least of our problems as East River is overtopping before Hudson.

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Also Wunderground commenters are posting links to Twitter feeds saying MTA officials have confirmed that there is flooding in all subway lines.

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I'm trying to find confirmation of that. It is not yet on the MTA Twitter feed. BUT the MTA Official Twitter feed does include news of flooding of Brooklyn Battery Tunnel.

https://twitter.com/MTAInsider/with_replies

MTA ‏@MTAInsider
Traffic surveillance camera shows floodwaters in the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel (Brooklyn Battery Tunnel.)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/8136873915/

#3412 Postby **Terry** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:39 pm

I think we all need to pause and pray or hope that there are no more deaths. This is just unreal to watch it unfold.

MiamiensisWx · #3413 Postby **MiamiensisWx** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:39 pm

Terry wrote:From Tri-State Weather:

Breaking News: Hudson River has breached and is flooding into Manhattan up 23rd street all the way to 10th ave and into Chelsea. Ground Zero is also getting flooded.

That seems to be an old and spurious report from 11+ hours ago:

Link

Edit: Confirmation has just come from: http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=weather&id=8860158. “Eyewitness News reporter Kemberly Richardson reports water is pouring over the seawall in Lower Manhattan, flooding South Street, while reports of downed trees and power lines are multiplying by the minute. Sandy came ashore in South Jersey shortly after 6:00 p.m., but the surge behind it is causing massive flooding along the Jersey Shore.”

#3414 Postby **cjrciadt** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:40 pm

Terry wrote:From Tri-State Weather:

Breaking News: Hudson River has breached and is flooding into Manhattan up 23rd street all the way to 10th ave and into Chelsea. Ground Zero is also getting flooded.

Just saw it on the WABC stream, unreal!!

Hey Its Me · #3415 Postby **Hey Its Me** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:40 pm

Weatherguy173 wrote:here, this is the answer about NJ power outages: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/1 ... sid_1.html

THX, was a PITA trying to get all that info.

#3416 Postby **vbhoutex** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:41 pm

Stephanie wrote:
Hey Its Me wrote:
Weatherguy173 wrote:power outages in NJ are skyrocketing at an exponential rate

Looks ~150K ish... I may be missing some...are there multiple major power companies in NJ?

Yes. Down in Southern NJ there's Atlantic Electric and PSE&G. I forget the names of the ones in central and northern NJ.

I thought I saw on FB or our STORM2K.org FB page or maybe here on the site earlier that NJ already had over 900k w/o power.

#3417 Postby **tolakram** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:42 pm

We really appreciate the extra work to provide sources!

So much false info gets spread around when a storm hits, we don't want to facilitate the false rumor machine.

#3418 Postby **Texas Snowman** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:42 pm

No telling what daylight will reveal...

"@alroker: Conditions in Coney Island and Brighton getting worse as ocean water now making its way through the streets."

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EDIT: A tweet from Dallas met Pete Delkus (WFAA-TV / Channel 8) that flooding has reached the financial district of NYC.

"Pete Delkus‏@wfaaweather: That dropped pin is where the flooding water has reached in the financial district of NYC. Insane! pic.twitter.com/v6Jdha34."

midnight8 · #3419 Postby **midnight8** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:42 pm

13.46 at battery http://tidesonline.noaa.gov/plotcomp.sh ... ttery,+NY#

Weather Watcher · #3420 Postby **Weather Watcher** » Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:42 pm

This storm is so large that the clouds from Sandy are going to reach me!!! In Wisconsin!!!

Also, my family lives in Pittsburgh, lots of trees down!

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