ATL: SANDY - Remnants - Discussion

[dizzyfish]

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/livesandyvideo?ocid=msnhp

Live feed on what I think is the swinging crane. Very jumpy pic.

[Weatherguy173]

Downtown Manhattan is dark.

reminds me of the brownouts and blackouts a few years back

[Stephanie]

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.

[windnrain]

13.26.

It MAY peak at 13.5, probably 13.4.

[SunnyThoughts]

MTA spokesman MT: @MTA_NYCT_Vocero: Shortly before 7pm, the North Channel Bridge, connecting the A train to the Rockaways, was submerged.

[tolakram]

Source for The Battery water levels and graphs: http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/geo.sh ... on=8518750

For those that missed it earlier.

[karenfromheaven]

Surge seems to have peaked, but still not high tide. Linky: http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/plotcomp.shtml?station_info=8516945+Kings+Point,+NY#

[Texas Snowman]

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."

[windnrain]

13.34

Still raising. It'll hit 13.5 feet.

[tolakram]

8518750 20121029 19:54 4.46 13.04 7.09
8518750 20121029 20:00 4.51 13.15 7.16
8518750 20121029 20:06 4.56 13.20 7.16
8518750 20121029 20:12 4.60 13.26 7.11
8518750 20121029 20:18 4.64 13.34 7.15

Green line showing a rise again.

[windnrain]

Kings point is rising even faster and higher.

8516945 20121029 23:42 0.41 12.28 12.30
8516945 20121029 23:48 0.58 12.31 12.34
8516945 20121029 23:54 0.76 12.43 12.49
8516945 20121030 00:00 0.96 12.50 12.52
8516945 20121030 00:06 1.17 12.63 12.65
8516945 20121030 00:12 1.39 12.79 12.82
8516945 20121030 00:18 1.62 12.91 12.94

[tolakram]

The Battery

8518750 20121029 20:24 4.67 13.40 7.26

http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/data_m ... =View+Data

[midnight8]

New York Harbor 12.58. Seems to have slowed down. http://www.lawrencevilleweather.com/wx. ... auge=SDHN4

[windnrain]

13.4

Gonna probably cap at 13.5.

[vbhoutex]

power outages in NJ are skyrocketing at an exponential rate

Not doubting you at all, but when making statements like this it would be nice if there were some numbers given and/or a link to the information.

[WeatherGuesser]

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

[Terry]

And doesn't that water funnel on south to the East River?

Kings point is rising even faster and higher.

8516945 20121029 23:42 0.41 12.28 12.30
8516945 20121029 23:48 0.58 12.31 12.34
8516945 20121029 23:54 0.76 12.43 12.49
8516945 20121030 00:00 0.96 12.50 12.52
8516945 20121030 00:06 1.17 12.63 12.65
8516945 20121030 00:12 1.39 12.79 12.82
8516945 20121030 00:18 1.62 12.91 12.94

[Texas Snowman]

Some sobering tweets in the last few moments:

"@SeverePlains: Economic impact rising, NYC MTA has confirmed that the subway system has flooded & will likely remain shut down 4 rest of the week."

"@ChaserCentral: RT @YourAnonNews: Ch. 7 is on the phone with mta chairman. Water in the tunnels in lower manhattan. Mta out for atleast a week."

"@cnnbrk: Due to floodwaters generated by #Sandy, the Port Authority has closed LaGuardia Airport until further notice. http://on.cnn.com/Pg1gMd ."

"‏@stormchaser4850: DEVELOPING: Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office has confirmed at least 5 storm-related fatalities in New York via @WSJNY #Sandy."

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EDIT: "@wunderground: Official MTA Twitter account confirms that NYC Subway is flooded. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/8136873915/ …"

[MaryEllen71]

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.

[Hey Its Me]

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. JCP&L and PSEG are the two largest (note: PSEG serves a very densely populated area). There's also Orange Rockland Electric (relatively minor) and Atlantic City Electric.

Edit for map: http://www.njcleanenergy.com/files/imag ... ic_map.gif

THX

JCP&L up a little ~152K

PSEG's map sucks! It averages out to ~106K