Sandy???
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- benfal990
Gizmodo and Lifehacker servers are down.
- uh oh, there goes Amazon ec2 servers in virginiawhatthefunk
- albums0
Complete List of Sandy Volunteer & Donation Services
http://blog.farm2.me/2012/11/04/…
- ernexbcn0
Queens: NYPD 100 Precinct is surrounded with water, Requesting ESU & Boats to evacuate the building.
- mg330
EW spoke to Sons of Anarchy – and Staten Island native — Theo Rossi (Juice Ortiz), who was home visiting family and friends when Sandy hit. He’s remained there ever since and gave us this first-hand account of the devastation.
“It’s so bad here, a lot worse than how its being portrayed by the media. They are finding bodies left and right, elderly people who don’t even watch the news or who knew the storm was coming. I was just with one of my best friends from high school and college, and his house is completely gone. One story I heard was about this one guy who evacuated his house during Hurricane Irene but then it got looted. So when they told him to evacuate for Sandy, he said, ‘I’m not leaving.’ Now they can’t find him, his 13-year-old daughter is dead, and his wife is in critical condition at the hospital. These are the stories. My stepfather and my mother, I love them to death. But when they heard the storm was coming, they said, ‘It’s not going to be that bad. Irene didn’t do anything.’ They had two flashlights and a couple of scented candles. Little did they know. It’s just not worth it. If you’re told to evacuate, you need to get out.
The one weird thing is how there is no power. The other weird thing is how there’s no gas. To get gas requires a three-and-a-half hour wait. It’s like this odd, post-apocalyptic kind of thing. Most trees are down. Power lines are down. It’s like a movie, or like The Walking Dead. You can’t believe it. Especially when you grow up here. I moved to Los Angeles in 1999, but this has always been my home. There’s the place I kissed a girl, that’s the place I played handball. I know this island in and out. To see it completely destroyed is bizarre.
I’ve been trying to hit every shelter on Staten Island to do what I can, just to make people smile. A lot of people know me and know I’m from here. My flight has been changed six times now. Finally, I got a flight for Sunday. Then, the city decides they are going ahead with the New York City Marathon. The bridges will be closed, so I can’t get to the airport. How are they doing a marathon when most people don’t have power? On top of it, the hotels in Manhattan have been nice enough to put up people who have no homes. They are charging them $200 as opposed to $700 a night. But now they are throwing these people out because they’ve got people from all over the world coming to run the marathon. They are throwing out the survivors! So I call Jet Blue and say I can’t fly Sunday because I can’t get from Staten Island to JFK Airport. And they said ‘Okay Theo.’ They know me know because I’ve been calling them every 15 minutes. They say, ‘Theo, we can get you on a flight Friday.’ I say book it! I call up the car service, and they say, ‘We can’t pick you up, we have no gas.’ All my friends on Staten Island say, ‘How are we going to get you there? We have no gas.’ And the people who do have gas, don’t want to waste it going to JFK. So I’ve got to call and change my flight again. Now I’m leaving Monday. Everybody says if we don’t have gas in our cars by Monday, if the roads aren’t clear by Monday, that’s it ... we’re throwing in the towel.
I’m really glad I’m here to help and do anything, but I’ve never seen anything like this. I’m just glad I’m here with my family. A shout out and thank you to all the amazing city workers who have been working around the clock. Police, fire, sanitation. You all are the true fabric of this city.”- I was a New Orleans resident during Hurricane Katrina. I can tell you for a fact that media and govt distort numbersbliznutty
- WTFGlitterati_Duane
- craigatkinson0
is the Hudson Rover a dog?
- yes.instrmntl
- Big wet wavey dogcraigatkinson
- I thought it was an European Luxury SUVfooler
- CygnusZero40
I still dont have power. Its 37 degrees in my apartment.
- Love the fact that i havent seen 1 utility truck yet.CygnusZero4
- this is horrible:(utopian
- TheBlueOne0
Fuck you, Sandy.
- zaq0
what a fucking last 24 hours. I just got my family to a safe location.
Portion of my house is destroyed, my car sailed away somewhere, but everyone is alive.Note to myself: take storm warnings seriously from now on, especially when 4 year's old depends on you.
- wow, glad to here you're all ok.sea_sea
- Madness. Be safe zaq.Peter
- !!!oey
- where r u specifically?pr2
- Shit man, it makes me happy you're alrightGeorgesII
- Staten Island, Midland beach. Just found out 2 people died near my place. I am sure there will be more causalities once the water s recedeszaq
- That's terrible. Glad you and your family are safe.instrmntl
- Be safe zaq and yes, storms like these are serious business. Take it from a Miamian...
OSFA
- TheBlueOne0
Shit's getting real here. Water is flooding down 20th from the East River towards 1st ave - aprox. here:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=l…
Friend who lives at 23rd and 1st has lost power and gas. Wind is whipping around like a fuckign banshee.
- dobre0
Is Sandy going to Devon?
- Horp0
So just how bad would you say the situation is now NYCers?
Its hard to guage from the sensationalist news reports. It seems to me that everyone wants to report it as being an majpr league national disaster, and yet the only evidence available seems to be some felled trees and a few feet of rain water.
On a scale of 01-to-10
How bad things?- Power out all over, ConEd stations blowing up, subways all flooded, tunnels/bridges flooded, airports fucked.monospaced
- it wasn't just rain water, it was ocean swells, BIG differencemonospaced
- in parkslope, brooklyn it's a 01Douglas
- battery and midtown tunnel remain floodedwhatthefunk
- Interesting. News over here is full of drama, less facts. You made it more real in these side notes than the BBC has managed in 24 hrs.Horp
- Rand in MIA. worried sick over here. 10! 10! 10!Douglas
- Agreed - I live in Park Slope and was VERY fortunate. No loss of power or internet. no damage to the car either.bulletfactory
- whatthefunk0
- hahernexbcn
- hahawhatthefunk
- Thats insane. A friend put up a similiar pic.instrmntl
- dbloc0
Stock Market is Down then?