ATL: SANDY - Remnants - Discussion

[windnrain]

Wall street journal: Subway system crippled for at least a week.

http://stream.wsj.com/story/2012-storm- ... /?mod=e2tw

[superfly]

Just a few hours into this and already a dozen or so deaths are known and at least two are missing (swimmer and ship captain). Reports of numerous high water rescues and mayday calls for rescue. Who knows how many are dead and dying from Sandy.

Four million customers w/out power and many hours of high winds still to go.

Massive storm surge flooding breaking all-time records in NYC and other coastal areas.

Wind speeds measured from 70-90 mph in many locations.

A landfalling barometric pressure of 940 mb.

And all of this from a "Cat 1."

I have a feeling Sandy will wind up ranking up there with Katrina, Andrew, Ike, etc. as one of the worst 'canes to ever hit the U.S.

This was a true cat 1, none of that 75 MPH winds in a tiny area in the NE quadrant type of stuff. Lots of legit cat 1 winds in all directions many miles from the center.

[brock berlin]

Wow unfortunate damage would not be surprised to see this do 5 billion in damage.

[Cyclenall]

CNN reporting 3ft of water on the floor of the stock exchange.

That's interesting because CNN just stated that they DIDN'T report this unlike TWC.

[ozonepete]

I know there isn't an answer to this, but, with power outages steadily increasing should I expect to lose power in Brooklyn? Lost my Internet when con Ed shut down in manhattan

I think we're ok now in Brooklyn as far as the power goes. Hang in!

[Raebie]

Would CNN let that poor guy in Atlantic City get out of the flooded street already?

[wx247]

CNN reporting 3ft of water on the floor of the stock exchange.

That's interesting because CNN just stated that they DIDN'T report this unlike TWC.

CNN's Chad Meyers did report it. I was watching it live. He said he received from the NWS in New York City.

[Terry]

Per CNN: Seawater still rushing into Battery Tunnel. ouch

[BobHarlem]

Report: Coney Island Hospital on fire (source / Scanner)
Also FDNY can't reach it because it's surrounded by storm surge.

[brunota2003]

Lady TWC is airing at the Battery "By the time we broke our trucks down and left, it was too late. We stayed too long." No way, really?! Weren't you in a mandatory evacuation zone? Gah.

[MidnightRain]

CNN reporting 3ft of water on the floor of the stock exchange.

That's interesting because CNN just stated that they DIDN'T report this unlike TWC.

CNN's Chad Meyers did report it. I was watching it live. He said he received from the NWS in New York City.

TWC has a reporter standing right outside the NYSE, there's no water at all. I don't know where these reports are coming from.

[Terry]

Per Mayor of Hoboken on CNN - basically she is saying that this is a very dangerous situation. Four live wires in flood areas and can't get them fixed. People in lower level buildings but Hudson River has breached from north and south end.

[PTPatrick]

So correct me if I'm wrong...it sounds like the east river and Hudson have converged around Broadway in lower manhattan? Is the whole tip under water below TriBeCa?

[Caribwxgirl]

CNN reporting 3ft of water on the floor of the stock exchange.

That's interesting because CNN just stated that they DIDN'T report this unlike TWC.

Not true I've been watching them all night and they did say that. They were talking to their reporter in Battery Park and she was commenting about how much time she spent on the stock exchange floor in the past and that's it's basically wood floors smh!

[KBBOCA]

NJ.Com stories:

- more than a million without power in NJ
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/1 ... lyout_news#incart_big-photo

- Chaos in Jersey City as flood waters rise, officials investigate reports of building collapses
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2012 ... rt_m-rpt-2

[TYNI]

Report: Coney Island Hospital on fire (source / Scanner)

Same site reporting 3-4 feet of flowing water on streets hampering fire crews from getting there.

[ObsessedMiami]

night everyone. Thanks to the tireless posters on here of amazing information. God bless all those suffering now in the Northeast.

[SNOW_JOKE]

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[jaxfladude]

Report: Coney Island Hospital on fire (source / Scanner)
Also FDNY can't reach it because it's surrounded by storm surge.

How bad?

[ROCK]

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uh, this doesnt sound right....can this be confirmed?