Sandy Biggest Atlantic Storm Ever

[flintlock]

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Tough times, but they'll get through it. There has been a lot of criticism thrown around, but some of this is simply unavoidable in an area as densely populated as this. NYC is roughly 13 times more densely populated than New Orleans. While not as hard hit, still a lot of mouths to feed and stuff to fix.

[wayiwalk]

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I just read EJ's latest post, and it made reference to critical infrastructure decay....the hurricane did a great job highlighting this.

My wife has spent more time driving around our town and the adjecent town than me.

One common feature she has noticed is the decrepid condition of the poles for the local power lines....woodpecker pecked, bug eaten, rotten, decayed....and yes, I realize that some of these shouldn't be bug eaten, what with the creosote they were infused with, but I'd guess some date back from the 1940's and 50's and the creosote is long gone....

It is no wonder that so many of them have failed!

[lektrode]

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they likely arent all that old.
the weather is a bi..ch on stuff like this.

[LorenS]

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Well the Mayor came to his senses. There was no public support for the marathon, and alot of anger in fact.

Btw: Gas rationing in effect in New Jersey starting today.

It's just too bad he waited until so many people had already arrived in the area expecting the race to happen. Now they have to get back home or struggle to find a room until they can arrange return transport.

A good decision delivered too late is no longer a good decision.

[cjppjc]

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It's hard to get a handle on how many are still without power. I will go with over a million in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut. Many roads closed because there is no power for the traffic lights. The new storm has just arrived. Cold winds and snow. Death toll sure to rise. I got gas again yesterday. Previous to this, I had never been in a gas line before.

Slideshow from the Jersey Shore.

http://photosbymk.phanfare.com/5811392

[metalman]

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It's hard to get a handle on how many are still without power. I will go with over a million in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut. Many roads closed because there is no power for the traffic lights. The new storm has just arrived. Cold winds and snow. Death toll sure to rise. I got gas again yesterday. Previous to this, I had never been in a gas line before.

Slideshow from the Jersey Shore.

http://photosbymk.phanfare.com/5811392

man... water can be pure evil...

[touchring]

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It's hard to get a handle on how many are still without power. I will go with over a million in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut. Many roads closed because there is no power for the traffic lights. The new storm has just arrived. Cold winds and snow. Death toll sure to rise. I got gas again yesterday. Previous to this, I had never been in a gas line before.

Slideshow from the Jersey Shore.

http://photosbymk.phanfare.com/5811392

New Jersey has got their Obama to solve the problems.

But I say it's gona get worst. Climate change is for real. The Day After Tomorrow is not science fiction, at the current rate, it is what Manhattan will look like by 2035.

[shiny!]

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man... water can be pure evil...

No more evil than you are when you step on tiny ants as you walk about, or when your windshield splats a bug as it's flying across the highway. Human nature is evil. Water's just BIG.

[don]

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how will people prioritize may be the question . . .

Fatima Quentiro and her granddaughter Galalea Castro fought their way to a bus stop in Queens on Wednesday. The two are wearing jackets donated by the New York City Marathon.

A powerful northeaster pushing through the New York area has blanketed the region with a thick layer of snow that is more than seven inches deep in some places.

As of Wednesday evening, parts of Westchester County had received five to seven inches of snow, the National Weather Service said in a statement. The service said that close to three inches had fallen in Central Park in New York City.

A downed streetlight in Spring Lake, N.J., was covered in snow as a new storm threatened the recovery effort. “I can see us actually moving backwards,” Gov. Chris Christie said.

Strong winds have also lashed the region, knocking down power lines and cutting electricity to areas where it had only recently been restored in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The weather service clocked gusts of 40 to 50 miles an hour in coastal regions of New York City and Long Island.

[Shakespear]

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Keep it up don because there are far too many on this side of iTulip that would like us to believe that all is hunkey dorey back home. Sometimes looking at my old neighborhoods on Google Streetview I can see the problems due to the fine governance of Democrats and Republicans.

The words of Mitt in that closed door get together in Florida speak loads to this problem of perception. I suspect bishop Mitt would say that they are just "out to get things" ,like O'Reilly, and should get to work and stop whining.

Mine may be overly pessimistic but so be it. I ply different neighborhoods and countries than many here hence will see things differently back home.

[touchring]

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Mine may be overly pessimistic but so be it. I ply different neighborhoods and countries than many here hence will see things differently back home.

Are you referring to Singapore where everything from roads (newly tarred) to pavements to street lights to buildings to even storm drains look brand new or less than 5 years old?

In case you wonder, it is not an illusion, yes, courtesy of free money sent over by Obama and Bernanke. It is really an irony.

[don]

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Sandy's 99% 'ers . . .

[cjppjc]

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I could not decide, No Country For Old Men or There Will Be Blood.


Read the comments if you have the time.


http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/11/...-area/#respond


ROSLYN, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Customers on Long Island are growing impatient with LIPA’s effort to restore power in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.

In areas like Roslyn Estates, wires still dangled dangerously and homes were getting colder as a nor’easter bore down on the Tri-State Area on Wednesday, but the utility company said that many people would have to wait longer and it would not release any time estimates for restoration.

The storm added another 15,000 outages to the 200,000 homes that were already without power, creating a cold and seemingly endless wait for hundreds of thousands of customers.

“I registered for the LIPA texts and they said 99 percent by Wednesday; I haven’t even been getting my texts from LIPA,” Roslyn Estates resident Debbie Schacter told CBS 2′s Carolyn Gusoff.
LIPA officials blamed the absence of texts and time estimates on a massive workload that made getting the word out an impossibility.

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LIPA now telling customers that if they did not have power turned un by last night 11/7, not to expect it until after Thanksgiving, possibly Christmas! How is this possible?

[shiny!]

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LIPA now telling customers that if they did not have power turned un by last night 11/7, not to expect it until after Thanksgiving, possibly Christmas! How is this possible?

Holy heavens! For reals? Have you verified this?

[wayiwalk]

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Long Island was fine with LILCO, until the shoreham disaster (meaning, the disaster of the decisions leading to building it, just before the "no nukes" movement, and then not operating it and dismantling it). That lead to the power company takeover by LIPA, which was an effort that added a layer of politicians to run the entity....

We observed the level of service on the maintenance side drop during that transition. LILCO had its faults, but the line guys could get the work done. Several severe snowstorms on LI while I was growing up, they were tested then, and did fine.

But the time to repair things - it is driven by how severe the damage is. NYC was dark for a few days - THAT IS NEWS. The big fire in breezy point - that is news. The beach towns along the jersey shore that got washed out - that is news. But what is overlooked is the devastation along so many towns along the south shore of LI (western suffolk and all of nassau counties), where people mostly are full time residents....that is alot to contend with. I understand that is also the case with some of the jersey shore towns that are homes to, I hate the term, blue collar workforce, where people lost everything. Not sure the story is really getting out.

On top of that, add all of the inland devastation, I'm not shocked how long they are projecting this will take.

My sister lives on the north shore of long island in cold spring harbor, very nice area of older homes/neighborhoods, and with mature trees everywhere (and now, DOWN everywhere. She told me the neighbor across the street had a natural gas back up generator, which would've been fine, except for the tree that came down and uprooted their gas line when it did so). She said it could be as late as thanksgiving to get power back.....and since she's seen the neighborhood first hand, I know she considers it a realistic assessment.

The company I work for provides support to FEMA. I know they need help, based on commentary on the news and from what I hear first/second hand of friends on the island. I voluteered for a 90 stint on LI, since I'd have no problem finding a place to live (90 days with mom, is that a good idea? ). We'll see if they will take an old grey haired engineer.