HURRICANE SANDY - All bus, subway, rail service suspended in NYC beginning 7 PM tonight

[brooklynite]

Storm surge of 5-10 ft now expected.

(Gov Cuomo announcement this morning)

[slackmaster]

1. Well, that will be fun for New Yorkers on Monday morning

[UnrepentantLiberal]

3. I think they're staying home.

[bettyellen]

9. Actually, the big funparty is tonight. Gotta make hay before the sky breaks open and no work Monday!

You didn't think we were all going to drive or walk to work, did you?

[slackmaster]

10. It's always nice to have an unplanned three- or four-day weekend

If you have sufficient supplies on hand to keep the party going.

The September 2011 power outage here in Southern California was an interesting experience and for some a wake-up call. My home was quite well stocked with everything except good flashlights. I made due with candles. Instead of going to work the following day I went to a friend's house and drank margaritas.

That lasted less than 24 hours. If the power had been out for 72 hours municipal water supplies would have begun shutting down, and the food in peoples' refrigerators would have all been well on the way to spoilage. It would have been a very different scene.

Bear in mind that all of the stores that you rely on in NYC for fresh food are on the same power grid that you are. In a 72-hour outage, the world would start looking very different no matter where you live.

[bettyellen]

12. my locals both have big generators, as do about half the businesses on our main street.

and they are both restocking in a huge way tonight. They stayed open through long blackouts before. Everyone's getting loads of overtime and planning on van pooling back and forth tomorrow. I don't envy them. Or my pizza delivery neighbor either. I hope everyone tips him heavily. And that no electrical wires get into big puddles. That's a big worry here.

We've had some serious power outages here over the years, and we know the drill pretty well. I'll be hosting some evacuees for a night or two, and they will bring enough for all of us. At least here they can leave here when they want, not when the city tells them to.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. Hurricane Donna, 1960

The surge is expected to be higher than this out of Sandy.

I take it you were not alive then. I know I wasn't.

Thanks to another DU'er for reminding me that Irene was NOT the first one to hit the city.

[LiberalElite]

16. Hurricanes and tropical storms are uncommon but nothing new - see list link below

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_hurricanes

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. What we are looking at is a hybrid storm

this is not a normal storm. In some ways bets, off, you know the usual.

[bettyellen]

18. Please stop stalking and making assumptions about me

Wrong again. It seems you know as little about NYC as you do about me.
This is getting tedious.
Please go away.

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. I sugest you use the ignore button and no I am not stalking you

whatsoever

I just pointed to you about Donna, but walls are less painful. So welcome to the list that you will be honored to be in. The IGNORED list. where ignorant fools reside

Good bye and I hope you do wake up. If not, whatever,

We all know now that you are a fool and no, NYC is not exceptional. I have a Professor, specialist in DISASTERS, expecting this to be worst than Katrina.

I also expect my LOCAL SWIFT WATER TEAM IN SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA getting pages right about now to go RESPOND IN THE EAST COAST, because those who understand this, KNOW THE POTENTIAL OF THIS.

READ the damn warning for the NWS, for starters.

Now GOOD BYE.


But nobody is stalking you.

Ah much better, will not have to read posts from willfully ignorant fools.

[greytdemocrat]

21. And people wonder...

Here is yet another example of "nadin the know-it-all". Weather Expert now.

If your ego was any bigger the City could use it to block the storm.

[bettyellen]

22. I am so disgusted with this poster's nasty name calling.

She's been haranguing me all day insisting that I don't know what huge storms or NYC are like. Somehow NYC is like San Diego and tomorrow will be like 9/11 and Katrina combined. Yet she calls me stupid?

[slackmaster]

23. Good luck

I hope the flooding doesn't turn out to be deeper or longer in duration than you have prepared for.

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. I was loaning out flashlights and radios

[Berlum]

2. There you have it

[DLnyc]

4. Well, that will certainly be helpful for low-income persons in New York City

Thanks a lot, Mike.



29 hours before landfall?

Really, really unhelpful, IMHO.

[brooklynite]

6. And what exactly would you like to have happened?

We're not talking about the barrier islands of North Carolina. In most cases, getting out the evacuation zone means walking 2-3 blocks. And the subways and buses are running for the next five hours

[bettyellen]

8. Yep, mine would be a six block walk.

[bettyellen]

7. they are trying to prevent major system damage if there's a pre storm surge that floods the yards

where trains are kept. They actually park them in tunnels (preventing service) because most yards are in low land areas and trains could be down for many days of they get damaged.
When the flooding has peaked, they'll be ready to go. Smart of them to encourage a four day weekend.

[brooklynite]

5. UPDATE: New Jersey Transit shutting down this afternoon at 4 PM.

[txwhitedove]

11. Boss just texted me to start 7:30am tomorrow. Our headquarters and main server in NYC w/ offices in

RI, PA and more. We have to get as much done as possible early in case everything shuts down.

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. They are doing what needs done for asset protection

Salt water in those tunnels could be real bad news if they are still electrified.

Expect to see manual checks of all circuits before they bring them back online.

You say safe, you hear me...

[meow2u3]

20. My niece is hosting evacuees

They're staying at her apartment until it's safe for them to return home.