2012 Tropical Weather Discussion Thread

[Bunty]

It has been tearing up NYC.

Some of LaGuardia Airport runways are still covered by water and closed.

[Roadhawg]

Before and after Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com

[ou48A]

Things are going to spiral downward into a worse situation.

For the folks who can, it would be very smart to leave the NYC area.



http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/11/...end-nov-10-11/

Con Ed Says ‘Vast Majority’ Will Have Power Restored By NextWeekend, Nov. 10-11



NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The effort to restore power to those impacted by megastorm Sandy will apparently take longer than initially hoped.



Con Edison said Thursday that it expects to “restore the vast majority of customers who lost power by the weekend of Nov. 10 and 11. The remaining customer restorations could take an additional week more.”

[adaniel]

Things are going to spiral downward into a worse situation.

For the folks who can, it would be very smart to leave the NYC area.



http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/11/...end-nov-10-11/

Con Ed Says ‘Vast Majority’ Will Have Power Restored By NextWeekend, Nov. 10-11



NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The effort to restore power to those impacted by megastorm Sandy will apparently take longer than initially hoped.



Con Edison said Thursday that it expects to “restore the vast majority of customers who lost power by the weekend of Nov. 10 and 11. The remaining customer restorations could take an additional week more.”

I talked to a good friend of mine who lives in Long Island (Suffolk County, to be exact). We had an interesting, if not concerning conversation. It seems like things are getting a little tense up there. Her power is back on, but there are extreme gas shortages right now, with waits of 2-3 hours. She even said a fight with 5 people broke out at a station near her home. I read the main fuel terminal at New York Harbor was heavily damaged so this may be going on for several more days.

She also said there is a lot of anger building towards Michael Bloomberg for the uneven recovery outside of Manhattan and going on with the NY Marathon and other events. Since the Marathon goes across the Verrazo Narrows Bridge it will be diverting lots of police officers from Staten Island, which is just now starting to get the help it badly needs. In her opinion, she felt that NJ was making far more progress in getting things up and running.

Her prediction was if things don't start improving significantly in NYC and the outer boroughs by Sunday things were going to start taking a serious turn.

[Bunty]

The people who were smart enough to fill their tanks before the storm might still have some left in their tanks.

[OKCisOK4me]

The people who were smart enough to fill their tanks before the storm might still have some left in their tanks.

If it hasn't been siphoned out by someone!