Hurricane Sandy

B.A._Baracus

04:04am New York University Hospital is without power and its back-up generator has failed

asherbassad

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

04:04am New York University Hospital is without power and its back-up generator has failed

Like I said...pathetic.

Not a single backup generator to Wall Street's accounting systems will have failed but a hospital......not as important.

MadsL

asherbassad wrote: »

Bring on the ban.

With luck, it will be permanent and site wide.

asherbassad

MadsL wrote: »

With luck, it will be permanent and site wide.

And why would you say that? Have I said something hurtful? Illegal? Inappropriate?
Of have I just pointed out shallowness and you don't like it?

In other news.....another thousand women were raped today in the last 4 hours in the East Coast of the US.

NIMAN

I have been watching the 24/7 news all night, and I am thinking this was a little bit of an anti-climax.

Of course that didn't stop the news stations hyping it up like it was Judgement Day.

MadsL

asherbassad wrote: »

And why would you say that? Have I said something hurtful? Illegal? Inappropriate?
Of have I just pointed out shallowness and you don't like it?

In other news.....another thousand women were raped today in the last 4 hours in the East Coast of the US.

You will find any excuse. Any excuse to ride your little hobbyhorse.

Hurtful - yes to people who know people in the path of this hurricane.
Illegal - in breach of the charter and mod instruction, yes.
Inappropriate - If you really cannot understand why your comments are inappropriate I suggest you have someone explain it to you slowly.

The shallowness is your inability to conceive of Americans as anything more than a cartoon of your own imagining.

K-9

asherbassad wrote: »

Bring on the ban.

Dealt with, others can stop giving him oxygen now.

Run_to_da_hills

US nuclear plant declares "alert" after Sandy storm surge-NRC

Exelon Corp declared an "alert" at its New Jersey Oyster Creek nuclear power plant due to a record storm surge, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said on Monday, warning that a further rise in water levels could force operators to use emergency water supplies from a fire hose to cool spent uranium fuel rods.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/10/30/storm-sandy-exelon-oystercreek-idUKL3E8LU1S120121030

PizzamanIRL

How are people joking about this? Just because it's a faceless force killing people and not some sick serial killer.

Kerrydude1981

A dam is after breaking in New Jersey,rescues going on in three NJ towns

Run_to_da_hills

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

US nuclear plant declares "alert" after Sandy storm surge-NRC

Exelon Corp declared an "alert" at its New Jersey Oyster Creek nuclear power plant due to a record storm surge, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said on Monday, warning that a further rise in water levels could force operators to use emergency water supplies from a fire hose to cool spent uranium fuel rods.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/10/30/storm-sandy-exelon-oystercreek-idUKL3E8LU1S120121030

I'm guessing later that when they say nothing happened you'll use this alert as evidence of a meltdown?

OurLadyofKnock

SANDY UPDATE: A CNN newreader is standing in front of a projection screen in Atlanta howling in demented convulsions as images of a few inches of choppy water near some buildings came in.

Kerrydude1981

CNN now reporting that 50 homes have been burnt to the ground in Queens

gbee

14 people reported dead, maybe more.
Nuclear alert.
Power Station fire
Four buildings collapse
Tower fire persons rescued
River rescues numerous
Beach house cut off by tide burn to the ground
Hospital evacuate 200 patients as power fails
Evacuation centre evacuated as it floods
Tunnels flooded
Subway flooded
Numerous tress down [with deaths]
Stock Exchange won't open today
Highest floods on record
Ship sunk
Roads washed away
Airports closed
911 system overwhelmed
Many roads closed
Partial collapse debris unsafe
Cold and snow to follow

yop

gbee wrote: »

14 people reported dead, maybe more.
Nuclear alert.
Power Station fire
Four buildings collapse
Tower fire persons rescued
River rescues numerous
Beach house cut oof by tide burn to the ground
Hospital evacuate 200 patients as power fails
Evacuation centre evacuated as it floods
Tunnels flooded
Subway flooded
Numerous tress down [with deaths]
Stock Exchange won't open today
Highest floods on record
Ship sunk
Roads washed away
Airports closed
911 system overwhelmed
Many roads closed
Partial collapse debris unsafe
Cold and snow to follow

And if only the cyclist had insurance and a number plate this wouldn't have happened! Sorry i had to add that!


Its like watching a movie all that is happening over there, hopefully the number of lives lost isn't going to get out of hand.

opinion guy

gbee wrote: »

14 people reported dead, maybe more.
Nuclear alert.
Power Station fire
Four buildings collapse
Tower fire persons rescued
River rescues numerous
Beach house cut off by tide burn to the ground
Hospital evacuate 200 patients as power fails
Evacuation centre evacuated as it floods
Tunnels flooded
Subway flooded
Numerous tress down [with deaths]
Stock Exchange won't open today
Highest floods on record
Ship sunk
Roads washed away
Airports closed
911 system overwhelmed
Many roads closed
Partial collapse debris unsafe
Cold and snow to follow

Its like a Superman movie plot except without Superman

OurLadyofKnock

Someone I know did a tarot card reading yesterday concerning the fate of New York - just for experiment sake. The card they got was The Moon. Which is a full moon drawing up water from the sea with towers and nightmare scenes during a night of hysteria.

Means nothing of course - but still interesting.

http://www.tarot-card.net/tarot-cards/images/moon.jpg

OurLadyofKnock

Shark swinning up a New York street.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f77bJJ_o_M0

SlipperyPeople

nice i was a shark for halloween

Pal

I was in New York for Hurricane Gloria in 1985.
The American media was ridiculous at the time.
They overreact on a scale you just cannot comprehend.

The storm wasn't so bad at all.
You just had to stay indoors and hope not to be the unlucky one affected by a power cut.

chopperbyrne

Pal wrote: »

I was in New York for Hurricane Gloria in 1985.
The American media was ridiculous at the time.
They overreact on a scale you just cannot comprehend.

The storm wasn't so bad at all.
You just had to stay indoors and hope not to be the unlucky one affected by a power cut.

They're not overreacting this time though.

books4sale

WTF? This is so dumb!

Who brings a Tall Ship out into the middle of a class 1 hurricane?

The crew had to jump ship, were rescued but one member still missing.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp=42979117&#49602929

Kerrydude1981

books4sale wrote: »

WTF? This is so dumb!

Who brings a Tall Ship out into the middle of a class 1 hurricane?

The crew had to jump ship, were rescued but one member still missing.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp=42979117�

Just seen that as well,mental stuff.

Spread

Locally just a few trees down. Rain still lashing but an eerie calm. You've got to feel sorry for those in the thick of it and for families who've lost someone. What looks like hype is in fact not. A huge area is condensed into your living room's TV and news being news - they show what is newsworthy.

Run_to_da_hills

chopperbyrne wrote: »

They're not overreacting this time though.

What?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8slEPV9LyS0

dr.bollocko

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20121635

Anyone got a summary of live streams I can throw up on the OP?

fishy fishy

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

What?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8slEPV9LyS0

hilarious. ankle deep - we get this every year in Ireland.

Boombastic

Have they never seen a bit of rain before??

saiint

american news should come to ireland
theyd have storys everyday
Its raining
The weather has calmed down roads flooded
oh wait its starting to rain again
the sun is back out roads still flooded
its now snowing

Witchie

50 houses destroyed in a fire in Queens. Its not been a good nite. :-(

Birneybau

Travis Bickle called it yonks ago.

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books4sale wrote: »

WTF? This is so dumb!

Who brings a Tall Ship out into the middle of a class 1 hurricane?

The crew had to jump ship, were rescued but one member still missing.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp=42979117�

Insurance claim?

Hazys

Boston and most of Massachusetts seems to have escaped any major damage and disruption luckily. Trains and underground back to normal schedules, offices and most schools are open today.

Still 300,000 without electricity but nothing on the scale of what NY/NJ is facing.

Big Nasty

Witchie wrote: »

50 houses destroyed in a fire in Queens. Its not been a good nite. :-(

Are you living out that way Witchie?

Spindle

This was an interesting report that I saw

Nassau County Police also said a 46-year-old Garden City Park man blew off his hand to the wrist after he light a firework that he mistook for a candle at 6:04 p.m. ET during a power outage. He was inside his home. He was taken by ambulance to a hospital

Anyone

Looks like christmas over there, they have trees in the shops.

OurLadyofKnock

Spindle wrote: »

This was an interesting report that I saw

It's a cracker alright - I have to hand it to you.

MadYaker

Lots of photos and videos here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2225108/Hurricane-Sandy-2012-Obama-declares-major-disaster-New-York-33-people-die-Superstorm.html

Looks pretty rough.... All my family are ok thankfully.

pabloh999

MadYaker wrote: »

Lots of photos and videos here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2225108/Hurricane-Sandy-2012-Obama-declares-major-disaster-New-York-33-people-die-Superstorm.html

Looks pretty rough.... All my family are ok thankfully.

Jesus, Rockaway neighbourhood burned to the ground:eek:
A lot of work to get NY cleaned up.
This is a city that is 100% dependent on its bridges and tunnels.
Its amazing how even minor disruptions to the mass transit can cause serious problems, I cant even imagine the mess this will cause
But Im optimistic the worlds greatest city will be back on track soon enough

dr.bollocko

pabloh999 wrote: »

But Im optimistic the worlds greatest city will be back on track soon enough

Galway'll be grand like.

Hootanany

Witchie wrote: »

50 houses destroyed in a fire in Queens. Its not been a good nite. :-(

I used to live in Breezy Point it's called the Irish Rivera,:eek:very small lanes central parking lots not very easy for Emergency services to get to homes.
I hope no one was killed there.

Ponster

Hootanany wrote: »

I used to live in Breezy Point it's called the Irish Rivera,:eek:very small lanes central parking lots not very easy for Emergency services to get to homes.
I hope no one was killed there.

Breezy Point: 'Whatever is not flooded is on fire'

pabloh999

There'll plenty of work for the lads in Woodside/Woodlawn sheetrocking etc

Hootanany

Ponster wrote: »

Breezy Point: 'Whatever is not flooded is on fire'

Yeah I know the houses went on fire, Hope the Sugar Bowl is ok great bar.

Run_to_da_hills

One thing the Americans should learn from us.

A concrete home is a better built home.

Hootanany

There's timber in concrete homes as well.

pabloh999

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

One thing the Americans should learn from us.

A concrete home is a better built home.

Americans have absolutely nothing to learn from you.

Timber is better for the extemes in climate.
Cooler in Summer, warmer in Winter

Witchie

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Are you living out that way Witchie?

No but have family in Queens and was being updated on facebook. Still haven't heard from the vast majority of my cousins and uncle in NJ though. Hopefully it is only lack of power stopping them getting in touch. :-(

squod

pabloh999 wrote: »

Timber is better for the extemes in climate.

ahem.........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ornMq3jlAYU

Run_to_da_hills

400 square litre apartments for rent in lower Manhatten