http://news.yahoo.com/noaa-east-beware-coming-frankenstorm-171317994.html
QuoteAn unusual nasty mix of a hurricane and a winter storm that forecasters are now calling "Frankenstorm" is likely to blast most of the East Coast next week, focusing the worst of its weather mayhem around New York City and New Jersey.
Government forecasters on Thursday upped the odds of a major weather mess, now saying there's a 90 percent chance that the East will get steady gale-force winds, heavy rain, flooding and maybe snow starting Sunday and stretching past Halloween on Wednesday.
Meteorologists say it is likely to cause $1 billion in damages.
The storm is a combination of Hurricane Sandy, now in the Caribbean, an early winter storm in the West, and a blast of arctic air from the North. They're predicted to collide and park over the country's most populous coastal corridor and reach as far inland as Ohio.
The hurricane part of the storm is likely to come ashore somewhere in New Jersey on Tuesday morning, said National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecaster Jim Cisco. But this is a storm that will affect a far wider area, so people all along the East have to be wary, Cisco said.
Coastal areas from Florida to Maine will feel some effects, mostly from the hurricane part, he said, and the other parts of the storm will reach inland from North Carolina northward.
Once the hurricane part of the storm hits, "it will get broader. It won't be as intense, but its effects will be spread over a very large area," the National Hurricane Center's chief hurricane specialist, James Franklin, said Thursday.
One of the more messy aspects of the expected storm is that it just won't leave. The worst of it should peak early Tuesday, but it will stretch into midweek, forecasters say. Weather may start clearing in the mid-Atlantic the day after Halloween and Nov. 2 in the Northeast, Cisco said.
"It's almost a weeklong, five-day, six-day event," Cisco said Thursday from NOAA's northern storm forecast center in College Park, Md. "It's going to be a widespread serious storm."
With every hour, meteorologists are getting more confident that this storm is going to be bad and they're able to focus their forecasts more.
The New York area could see around 5 inches of rain during the storm, while there could be snow southwest of where it comes inland, Cisco said. That could mean snow in eastern Ohio, southwestern Pennsylvania, western Virginia, and the Shenandoah Mountains, he said.
Both private and federal meteorologists are calling this a storm that will likely go down in the history books.
"We don't have many modern precedents for what the models are suggesting," Cisco said.
It is likely to hit during a full moon when tides are near their highest, increasing coastal flooding potential, NOAA forecasts warn. And with some trees still leafy and the potential for snow, power outages could last to Election Day, some meteorologists fear.
Some have compared it to the so-called Perfect Storm that struck off the coast of New England in 1991, but Cisco said that one didn't hit as populated an area and is not comparable to what the East Coast may be facing. Nor is it like last year's Halloween storm, which was merely an early snowstorm in the Northeast.
"The Perfect Storm only did $200 million of damage and I'm thinking a billion," said Jeff Masters, meteorology director of the private service Weather Underground. "Yeah, it will be worse."
But this is several days in advance, when weather forecasts are usually far less accurate. The National Hurricane Center only predicts five days in advance, and each long-range forecast moves Sandy's track closer to the coast early next week. The latest has the storm just off central New Jersey's shore at 8 a.m. on Tuesday.
As forecasts became more focused Thursday, the chance of the storm bypassing much of the coast and coming ashore in Maine faded, Cisco said.
The hurricane center's Franklin called it "a big mess for an awful lot of people in the early part of next week."
They are talking snow Tuesday night. Fuck that shit.
Thank you jet stream for being south of here. Please stay there.
North East is getting off scott free. Yay storm!
I already snow Monday and Tuesday.
Great, just in time for my exam. :rolleyes:
Why are you taking an exam?
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on October 25, 2012, 07:49:16 PM
North East is getting off scott free. Yay storm!
Doesn't look that way.
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Quote from: Razgovory on October 25, 2012, 08:10:49 PM
Why are you taking an exam?
You gotta get them every year.
Bah. It'll graze us at the most.
Cool, it looks lie the Hurricane is aimed straight for Dguller.
Bring it. Ooooh, bring it so bad, baby.
Has anyone ever told you people what big assholes you all are?
Quote from: DGuller on October 25, 2012, 08:28:40 PM
Has anyone ever told you people what big assholes you all are?
At least once a week :)
Quote from: DGuller on October 25, 2012, 08:28:40 PM
Has anyone ever told you people what big assholes you all are?
Better hitting NJ directly than Manhattan. :)
*fingers crossed*
Quote from: garbon on October 25, 2012, 08:34:56 PM
Quote from: DGuller on October 25, 2012, 08:28:40 PM
Has anyone ever told you people what big assholes you all are?
Better hitting NJ directly than Manhattan. :)
*fingers crossed*
I'm taking the exam in Manhattan. So, if I'm going down, you're going down with me.
Quote from: DGuller on October 25, 2012, 08:36:09 PM
Quote from: garbon on October 25, 2012, 08:34:56 PM
Quote from: DGuller on October 25, 2012, 08:28:40 PM
Has anyone ever told you people what big assholes you all are?
Better hitting NJ directly than Manhattan. :)
*fingers crossed*
I'm taking the exam in Manhattan. So, if I'm going down, you're going down with me.
I'm already planning a need to work from home.
Quote from: DGuller on October 25, 2012, 08:28:40 PM
Has anyone ever told you people what big assholes you all are?
Oh don't be a baby, I'm sure your pap smear will go find.
:lol:
:grr:
New England is still gonna be barely grazed. Suck it NYC!
He found the prostate exam "refreshing".
If you study enough it can be.
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on October 26, 2012, 07:36:19 AM
New England is still gonna be barely grazed. Suck it NYC!
Doesn't that just mean you won't get the brunt (which I think they are now putting for southern NJ)? After all, the wet weather will still travel east.
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Bah. A little rain, a gust of 10mph wind, and a whole lot of media hype. Even NJ will probably barely feel a thing.
Quote from: Grey Fox on October 26, 2012, 08:28:30 AM
Quote from: DGuller on October 25, 2012, 09:13:41 PM
:grr:
WHy are you taking an exam, AGAIN?
I'm an actuary without designation. That's what we do, take exams twice a year and typically fail them.
Just realized this has ruined my parents cruise. :(
Quote from: DGuller on October 25, 2012, 08:28:40 PM
Has anyone ever told you people what big assholes you all are?
For starters, that sucker's aimed more directly at me than at you. <_<
Electric company's been scrambling to replace rotting poles, trick or treating has been moved up because of the impending storm, and there's a general "batten down the hatches" vibe going on down here.
Quote from: DontSayBanana on October 26, 2012, 11:34:23 AM
Quote from: DGuller on October 25, 2012, 08:28:40 PM
Has anyone ever told you people what big assholes you all are?
For starters, that sucker's aimed more directly at me than at you. <_<
You do realize they've updated their prediction since DGul posted, right? :huh:
Quote from: DontSayBanana on October 26, 2012, 11:34:23 AM
Electric company's been scrambling to replace rotting poles, trick or treating has been moved up because of the impending storm, and there's a general "batten down the hatches" vibe going on down here.
Yeah, the utilities have already started the pre-positioning, moving to staging areas, and tree trimming along the major lines.
But hey, at least I won't have to work the duration of the storm. So I've got that going for me.
Quote from: DGuller on October 26, 2012, 09:30:55 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on October 26, 2012, 08:28:30 AM
Quote from: DGuller on October 25, 2012, 09:13:41 PM
:grr:
WHy are you taking an exam, AGAIN?
I'm an actuary without designation. That's what we do, take exams twice a year and typically fail them.
Why don't you get a designation? Or maybe if you are really brave you could be an actuary mentioned in dispatches.
Quote from: Razgovory on October 26, 2012, 03:12:38 PM
Why don't you get a designation? Or maybe if you are really brave you could be an actuary mentioned in dispatches.
Well, passing exams is how you get a designation.
Quote from: DGuller on October 26, 2012, 08:37:30 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on October 26, 2012, 03:12:38 PM
Why don't you get a designation? Or maybe if you are really brave you could be an actuary mentioned in dispatches.
Well, passing exams is how you get a designation.
Well, if you take them twice a year, how come you don't have a designation?
Quote from: Razgovory on October 26, 2012, 08:44:11 PM
Quote from: DGuller on October 26, 2012, 08:37:30 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on October 26, 2012, 03:12:38 PM
Why don't you get a designation? Or maybe if you are really brave you could be an actuary mentioned in dispatches.
Well, passing exams is how you get a designation.
Well, if you take them twice a year, how come you don't have a designation?
:hmm:
Okay, so are you some kind of unlicensed actuary, operating on the frontiers of the law?
Quote from: Razgovory on October 26, 2012, 09:00:11 PM
Okay, so are you some kind of unlicensed actuary, operating on the frontiers of the law?
You don't need a designation to work as an actuary, as long as your boss has a designation and can sign off on your work. However, for obvious reason, needing a boss to sign off on your work cuts down on your career progression opportunities.
please accept Epstein's work. He's been very sick.
Epstien's mother
:D
*hugs the Appalachians* thanks for protecting me yet again, boys. :cool:
I want to do some regular grocery shopping...but the panic-mongerers are probably out in droves today.
Yes. Even up here it was a crazy scene, and we are getting an inch or so of rain.
They put ohio in the 'possible power outage' category. The wolf's lair is on YELLOW alert.
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 27, 2012, 04:45:58 PM
They put ohio in the 'possible power outage' category. The wolf's lair is on YELLOW alert.
Whazz that mean? You lock yourself in your den and watch back to back to back episodes of My Little Pony and Care Bears until the storm abates?
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on October 27, 2012, 04:52:43 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 27, 2012, 04:45:58 PM
They put ohio in the 'possible power outage' category. The wolf's lair is on YELLOW alert.
Whazz that mean? You lock yourself in your den and watch back to back to back episodes of My Little Pony and Care Bears until the storm abates?
I check the generator. Check supply of batteries. All devices are charged to 100%. Coolers are readied to receive Alexander's medicine. Pop tart supply is put in. Meowjager Drut is placed in the garage.
Wife's vibrator's batteries are changed.
Quote from: Tonitrus on October 27, 2012, 03:49:45 PM
I want to do some regular grocery shopping...but the panic-mongerers are probably out in droves today.
Yup. You'd think bottled water was going out of style.
I'm just glad I'm on city water and natural gas. If the lights go out, I'll still have my toilets and hot showers.
Only thing I really need to worry about is the fridge, and that fucker's usually empty anyway.
Wow. You guys need more coonasses and rednecks.
Was like Black Friday out there. Lowes and Home Depot must be making a ton off of generators if what i saw at Costco is anything to go by.
Grab the bread and potted meat.
Grab the fatted calf.
I look forward to video clips of Chris Christie screaming and swearing at people to stay indoors. :)
Quote from: Caliga on October 28, 2012, 06:23:49 AM
I look forward to video clips of Chris Christie screaming and swearing at people to stay indoors. :)
Actually, he's been getting flustered because some of the barrier peeps are ignoring his evacuation order. You missed it last night. :D
Quote from: Scipio on October 27, 2012, 09:04:45 PM
Wow. You guys need more coonasses and rednecks.
No, I'm sure there might be one occasion on which such might be true but not this.
Well, I won't be going into work tomorrow. MTA is shutting down and I ain't walking 40 blocks to work. :P
During big rainstorms like this do the subways just flood in New York?
Quote from: Razgovory on October 28, 2012, 10:26:20 AM
During big rainstorms like this do the subways just flood in New York?
Sometimes even with smaller storms but they've a lot of things in place like pumps and grates.
Hmm, Zone A of the city is now under mandatory evacuation.
Quote from: garbon on October 28, 2012, 10:08:48 AM
Well, I won't be going into work tomorrow. MTA is shutting down and I ain't walking 40 blocks to work. :P
You can work from home?
Hopefully, the hipsters will drown.
Man, the wind has definitely picked up this morning, and the temps have dropped like a mother.
Storm surge is gonna be nasty all along the mid-Atlantic coast.
Taking care of my online banking, laundry and other "well, shit, there's no electricity" issues as well. Got a few dry goods to eat, and filled up the gas tank.
Quote from: The Brain on October 28, 2012, 10:53:23 AM
Quote from: garbon on October 28, 2012, 10:08:48 AM
Well, I won't be going into work tomorrow. MTA is shutting down and I ain't walking 40 blocks to work. :P
You can work from home?
As long as I have power.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 28, 2012, 10:55:22 AM
Taking care of my online banking, laundry and other "well, shit, there's no electricity" issues as well.
Same here. :D
Quote from: garbon on October 28, 2012, 10:08:48 AM
Well, I won't be going into work tomorrow. MTA is shutting down and I ain't walking 40 blocks to work. :P
I always assumed you roller skated to work or rode a little rainbow colored push scooter.
Quote from: Razgovory on October 28, 2012, 10:56:38 AM
Quote from: garbon on October 28, 2012, 10:08:48 AM
Well, I won't be going into work tomorrow. MTA is shutting down and I ain't walking 40 blocks to work. :P
I always assumed you roller skated to work or rode a little rainbow colored push scooter.
In fall/winter - too cold, spring - too rainy, summer - too humid. ;)
Quote from: garbon on October 28, 2012, 10:55:56 AM
Quote from: The Brain on October 28, 2012, 10:53:23 AM
Quote from: garbon on October 28, 2012, 10:08:48 AM
Well, I won't be going into work tomorrow. MTA is shutting down and I ain't walking 40 blocks to work. :P
You can work from home?
As long as I have power.
Which power? Gayskull?
Raz and Brain - maybe you should come back later. Your jokes so far would charitably merit a D.
Quote from: garbon on October 28, 2012, 11:55:32 AM
Raz and Brain - maybe you should come back later. Your jokes so far would charitably merit a D.
The threads are weak!
Quote from: garbon on October 28, 2012, 11:55:32 AM
Raz and Brain - maybe you should come back later. Your jokes so far would charitably merit a D.
They'll miss us when we're not posting for over 72 hours. ;)
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 28, 2012, 11:59:01 AM
Quote from: garbon on October 28, 2012, 11:55:32 AM
Raz and Brain - maybe you should come back later. Your jokes so far would charitably merit a D.
They'll miss us when we're not posting for over 72 hours. ;)
:D
So might the post 'global warming' storm chaos blow the election Romneys' way ?
:P
I went to the grocer's today to buy stuff for breakfast. There were near no batteries remaining.
Since we hav a freezer full of food we're putting in some bottles of water to keep things cool should we lose power for a few hours.
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on October 28, 2012, 01:07:11 PM
I went to the grocer's today to buy stuff for breakfast. There were near no batteries remaining.
:wacko: Are you a robot?
Quote from: The Brain on October 28, 2012, 01:09:34 PM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on October 28, 2012, 01:07:11 PM
I went to the grocer's today to buy stuff for breakfast. There were near no batteries remaining.
:wacko: Are you a robot?
I needed some for the EL Wire. :(
Quote from: mongers on October 28, 2012, 12:57:43 PM
So might the post 'global warming' storm chaos blow the election Romneys' way ?
It's certainly going to affect early voter turnout; even if the power is on, people will stay home in bad weather.
And I sincerely doubt Governor McConnell will be in a hurry to get the lights turned back on to polling places in Virginia this week. :P
Work cancellled tomorrow! Will be sure to send e-mails and facebook posts to people who do have to go in though.
I wonder if I can cancel my work tomorrow... hmm. Maybe not :P
The last time a storm hit New York, we lost electricity for nearly 12hrs. So boring. Can't work, can't play, can't do anything. Restaurants were closed, grocery store was closed...
plus side: no class tomorrow, possibly none on Tuesday either. negative: i have a ton of work that requires power and an internet connection, so if they go i'm fucked. positive: i have rum
I got an LED lantern to supplement my votive holders and candelabras. It's like an officer's quarters from ST:TNG around here.
The Coleman lantern? Those things are awesome.
Quote from: Count on October 28, 2012, 07:03:30 PM
positive: i have rum
hopefully you'll still have water then.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 28, 2012, 07:06:21 PM
I got an LED lantern to supplement my votive holders and candelabras. It's like an officer's quarters from ST:TNG around here.
i'll be going for more of a dark seance. :D
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 28, 2012, 07:07:21 PM
The Coleman lantern? Those things are awesome.
Oh yeah, it rocks. Can get a hell of a lot of things done with it. I will not want for reading light.
I totally dig a shitload of candles too, garbon, but my old eyes can't read as well with them anymore, even if the place does look like straight out of The Police's "Wrapped Around Your Finger" video. :lol:
:lol:
:hmm:
ConEd might just decide to turn off steam and electricity in Lower Manhattan if they think it is at risk...
Oh, man....this thing is just going to sit on us for
days.
QuoteHurricane Sandy is expected to track to a position approximately 300 miles east of Norfolk Virginia this morning, before turning to the northwest and reaching the coast over Southern New Jersey after midnight. The track of Sandy is expected to bring high winds to the region through Tuesday evening.
High Wind Warning remains in effect from 8 am this morning to 8 pm EDT Tuesday.
Timing: sustained winds of 30 to 40 mph are expected by 8 am this morning, then increasing around noon to 35 to 45 mph with hurricane force wind gusts 60 to 70 mph lasting into early Tuesday morning.
Impacts: a prolonged and significant 24 hour high wind event will take place across the warning area. Coupled with Heavy rains from Sandy, the high winds will lead to significant tree damage. Residents, visitors. And businesses across the region should plan for widespread power and communication outages.
Quote from: The Brain on October 28, 2012, 10:53:23 AM
Quote from: garbon on October 28, 2012, 10:08:48 AM
Well, I won't be going into work tomorrow. MTA is shutting down and I ain't walking 40 blocks to work. :P
You can work from home?
He could probably work from India. :(
BGE is saying get ready for widespread power losses later in the afternoon, when the winds really start whipping up. Morning's a bit wet and more than breezy, but it's all on it's way.
I WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSMIT FROM THIS LOCATION UNTIL I AM NO LONGER ABLE TO D
It is gonna be like the scene in Failsafe, when the ambassador's phone melted.
:lol:
"I can hear the sound of wind from the north east. The sky is very dark. All wet."
Screeeeeeeeeeeeee....
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Stay safe guys.
Man, for 7:49am, it's fucking dark as fucking balls out. Heavy rain, too.
Going to throw on my Gorton's fisherman slicker like a true Glouchester man to hit the post office and then go grab a couple bags of ice if there's any left, and look for some puddles on the way back.
Don't forget to get bread and milk. :)
Knocked that shit out yesterday, along with as much cranberry juice, bananas and cigarettes I could carry. The cat and I are good to go.
I can't get my cats to eat bananas. :hmm:
At work, hopefully no tree breaks my brand new shed roof.
Fuck, the hurricane sped up overnight?
I like the Mail's coverage. To hear them tell it, NYC and New Jersey are mostly going under the waves and then the remaining populace will run around looting NOLA style.
Quote from: garbon on October 29, 2012, 08:14:49 AM
I like the Mail's coverage. To hear them tell it, NYC and New Jersey are mostly going under the waves and then the remaining populace will run around looting NOLA style.
:(
I will miss NYC.
New Jersey, not so much.
Quote from: Malthus on October 29, 2012, 08:18:03 AM
Quote from: garbon on October 29, 2012, 08:14:49 AM
I like the Mail's coverage. To hear them tell it, NYC and New Jersey are mostly going under the waves and then the remaining populace will run around looting NOLA style.
:(
I will miss NYC.
New Jersey, not so much.
My only with losing Jersey is that it is the location of most of my pharma clients!
I roll into the post office, and the place is empty, so I get the counter to myself and naturally it's the "Ummm-Hmmm" Butte sisters working, Buella and Bertha. And they make it obvious they don't want to be there.
Naturally, I'm going to be polite and deferential so I can get decent service and not a whole lot of bullshit.
So I'm, "God bless the Postal Service for staying open this morning, I really need to overnight Express this."
And Buella's all, like, "Mmmm-hmmm, if we had our way..." Cue roll eyes. "This is absolutely ridiculous. Ree-dick-yew-less."
"What about rain, snow, dark of night and all that?"
Cue Bertha's tongue-click/annoyed exhale combo. "That was Pony Express days. Them ponies is dead."
Mmmm-Hmmm.
Parts of low-lying areas in Brooklyn/Long Island/Jersey near NYC are already seeing flooding. Not good seeing as how hurricane is still 300 miles away.
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Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 29, 2012, 08:43:38 AM
I roll into the post office, and the place is empty, so I get the counter to myself and naturally it's the "Ummm-Hmmm" Butte sisters working, Buella and Bertha. And they make it obvious they don't want to be there.
Naturally, I'm going to be polite and deferential so I can get decent service and not a whole lot of bullshit.
So I'm, "God bless the Postal Service for staying open this morning, I really need to overnight Express this."
And Buella's all, like, "Mmmm-hmmm, if we had our way..." Cue roll eyes. "This is absolutely ridiculous. Ree-dick-yew-less."
"What about rain, snow, dark of night and all that?"
Cue Bertha's tongue-click/annoyed exhale combo. "That was Pony Express days. Them ponies is dead."
Mmmm-Hmmm.
Love! :wub:
Sounds like normal postal service to me.
One way to ride out the storm:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OTO_NsYkqOo
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 29, 2012, 08:43:38 AM
I roll into the post office, and the place is empty, so I get the counter to myself and naturally it's the "Ummm-Hmmm" Butte sisters working, Buella and Bertha. And they make it obvious they don't want to be there.
Naturally, I'm going to be polite and deferential so I can get decent service and not a whole lot of bullshit.
So I'm, "God bless the Postal Service for staying open this morning, I really need to overnight Express this."
And Buella's all, like, "Mmmm-hmmm, if we had our way..." Cue roll eyes. "This is absolutely ridiculous. Ree-dick-yew-less."
"What about rain, snow, dark of night and all that?"
Cue Bertha's tongue-click/annoyed exhale combo. "That was Pony Express days. Them ponies is dead."
Mmmm-Hmmm.
:lol:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 29, 2012, 08:43:38 AM
"Them ponies is dead."
Just like your jobs soon will be. :menace:
I was on a conference call with a client's PM from New Jersey once. God, was she annoying. Every second word was "like" and the way she spoke made her sound like a vacuous bimbo.
It looks bad. Hopefully, the evacuation and the preparations will be enough.
Quote from: viper37 on October 29, 2012, 10:14:45 AM
It looks bad. Hopefully, the evacuation and the preparations will be enough.
Indeed. Sandy is continuing to gain speed and is now at 90mph!
So if I read this right, they are asking people to get to of town yet the public transportation many depend on in the big cities was shut down early to prevent more damages. How can people get out then?
Quote from: lustindarkness on October 29, 2012, 10:25:12 AM
So if I read this right, they are asking people to get to of town yet the public transportation many depend on in the big cities was shut down early to prevent more damages. How can people get out then?
Well at least in NYC, mandatory evacuations for low-lying areas was ordered well in advance of public transport closing...and the latter was also warned about way in advanced of the decision being made.
Also in NYC, they weren't suggestion evacuation of city but just certain districts so presumably one could easily still walk to a shelter/friend's place.
Quote from: lustindarkness on October 29, 2012, 10:25:12 AM
So if I read this right, they are asking people to get to of town yet the public transportation many depend on in the big cities was shut down early to prevent more damages. How can people get out then?
Well thankfully we have a wealth of disaster movies that tell us how it should be done.
It'll be interesting to see how bad this gets...so far, about as bad as a typical fall storm for Seattle.
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Typical fatass American. :rolleyes:
should I get emergency milk if I don't buy milk normally? Why is milk always on the list?
Quote from: Count on October 29, 2012, 12:10:36 PM
should I get emergency milk if I don't buy milk normally? Why is milk always on the list?
BUY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
Quote from: Count on October 29, 2012, 12:10:36 PM
should I get emergency milk if I don't buy milk normally? Why is milk always on the list?
Yes, it is your duty to be part of the problem, never the solution. :)
snagged the last loaf of bread! starting to rain up and get somewhat heavy wind up here
Quote from: Count on October 29, 2012, 12:43:16 PM
snagged the last loaf of bread! starting to rain up and get somewhat heavy wind up here
WHAT ABOUT THE MILK?! You need milk to spoil in your fridge for the full experience.
Quote from: Tonitrus on October 29, 2012, 11:26:11 AM
It'll be interesting to see how bad this gets...so far, about as bad as a typical fall storm for Seattle.
You didn't have BGE in Seattle. Enjoy the darkness.
ConEd just called to say they may shut off electricity.
Hey Seedy, your Jeep may finally get muddy! Maybe in the process of making a cute nurse's day by driving her to work.
Quote from: garbon on October 29, 2012, 12:53:35 PM
ConEd just called to say they may shut off electricity.
Vaya con dios, my non-traditional hombre. When it goes out, we'll see you on the flip side.
DANCES WITH CON EDISON! i AM WIND IN HIS CONDO. DO YOU SEE THAT I AM YOUR FRIEND? CAN YOU SEE THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MY FRIEND?
Quote from: lustindarkness on October 29, 2012, 12:54:36 PM
Hey Seedy, your Jeep may finally get muddy! Maybe in the process of making a cute nurse's day by driving her to work.
I did a wee bit of puddle sploshing earlier this AM.
:)
Take care guys, take care.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 29, 2012, 12:57:53 PM
Quote from: garbon on October 29, 2012, 12:53:35 PM
ConEd just called to say they may shut off electricity.
Vaya con dios, my non-traditional hombre. When it goes out, we'll see you on the flip side.
DANCES WITH CON EDISON! i AM WIND IN HIS CONDO. DO YOU SEE THAT I AM YOUR FRIEND? CAN YOU SEE THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MY FRIEND?
I gotta get my ass moving on finishing my work!
Quote from: lustindarkness on October 29, 2012, 12:49:47 PM
Quote from: Count on October 29, 2012, 12:43:16 PM
snagged the last loaf of bread! starting to rain up and get somewhat heavy wind up here
WHAT ABOUT THE MILK?! You need milk to spoil in your fridge for the full experience.
:lol:
Quote from: Count on October 29, 2012, 12:10:36 PM
should I get emergency milk if I don't buy milk normally? Why is milk always on the list?
Beer is better. It won't go bad!
QuoteTall ship HMS Bounty sinks off N.C. coast; two still missing
The Coast Guard is searching for two people off the coast of North Carolina who had been passengers aboard the tall ship HMS Bounty, which lost power in Hurricane Sandy and sank after 14 other passengers were rescued.
The Coast Guard said that a C-130 Hercules aircraft and a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter are still scouring the waters for the two missing people, who did not make it aboard lifeboats about 90 miles off Hatteras, N.C., on the Outer Banks. As of late Monday morning, the Coast Guard had not completed its interviews with the 14 survivors, and had not identified the missing people.
The Coast Guard added that the two missing people were attempting to flee the ship and board the lifeboats when a huge wave hurled them into the water. A third person, a man, was also thrown into the sea, but other survivors in the lifeboats were able to pull him in.
The HMS Bounty, a three-masted sailing ship that has appeared in two Hollywood movies, was reportedly sailing from Connecticut to St. Petersburg, Fla., when it began taking on too much water and lost propulsion Sunday night.
The ship sent an emergency distress signal to the Coast Guard at about 9 p.m. Sunday. About two hours later, the HMS Bounty Organization, which owns the ship, called the Coast Guard, confirming that it had lost radio contact with the vessel, according to the Coast Guard.
By 2 a.m. Monday, the Coast Guard had dispatched a C-130 aircraft to the scene to communicate directly with the ship's passengers. At 6:30 a.m Monday, the first Jayhawk helicopter arrived, and found that the passengers had abandoned the ship and boarded 25-foot lifeboats. The Coast Guard said the passengers wore cold-water survival suits and life jackets and that the lifeboats had canopies.
In general, Coast Guard rescue helicopters lower baskets into the water and deploy rescue swimmers, who then help passengers climb into the baskets.
"With 40 mile-per-hour winds, 18-foot seas, waves and swells, and a mile of visibility, those are absolutely challenging circumstances to conduct this kind of hoist operation," said Lt. Mike Patterson, a Coast Guard spokesman. "That's a testimony to what our folks do."
Another Coast Guard spokesman, Chief Petty Officer Nyx Cangemi, said there were several reasons the helicopters took several hours to arrive at the scene. One of the helicopters had been moved from its Coast Guard base near the North Carolina coast in anticipation of the hurricane and to prevent it suffering damage, Cangemi said. Also, the crews had to wait for some time for the winds to die down to reach the HMS Bounty's location.
The HMS Bounty Organization could not be reached for comment. Its Web site says the ship was built for the 1962 film "Mutiny on the Bounty," which starred Marlon Brando. The ship was also used in the 2006 film "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."
We had a couple idiots in the office here complaining about *our* weather. OMG WE MAY GET A TRACE OF WET SNOW TONIGHT
Quote from: Strix on October 29, 2012, 01:14:51 PM
Quote from: Count on October 29, 2012, 12:10:36 PM
should I get emergency milk if I don't buy milk normally? Why is milk always on the list?
Beer is better. It won't go bad!
warm beer? :x
Quote from: garbon on October 29, 2012, 01:34:02 PM
warm beer? :x
Keep it outside.
Oh, right :Embarrass:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 29, 2012, 01:18:32 PM
QuoteTall ship HMS Bounty sinks off N.C. coast; two still missing
The Coast Guard is searching for two people off the coast of North Carolina who had been passengers aboard the tall ship HMS Bounty, which lost power in Hurricane Sandy and sank after 14 other passengers were rescued.
The Coast Guard said that a C-130 Hercules aircraft and a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter are still scouring the waters for the two missing people, who did not make it aboard lifeboats about 90 miles off Hatteras, N.C., on the Outer Banks. As of late Monday morning, the Coast Guard had not completed its interviews with the 14 survivors, and had not identified the missing people.
The Coast Guard added that the two missing people were attempting to flee the ship and board the lifeboats when a huge wave hurled them into the water. A third person, a man, was also thrown into the sea, but other survivors in the lifeboats were able to pull him in.
The HMS Bounty, a three-masted sailing ship that has appeared in two Hollywood movies, was reportedly sailing from Connecticut to St. Petersburg, Fla., when it began taking on too much water and lost propulsion Sunday night.
The ship sent an emergency distress signal to the Coast Guard at about 9 p.m. Sunday. About two hours later, the HMS Bounty Organization, which owns the ship, called the Coast Guard, confirming that it had lost radio contact with the vessel, according to the Coast Guard.
By 2 a.m. Monday, the Coast Guard had dispatched a C-130 aircraft to the scene to communicate directly with the ship's passengers. At 6:30 a.m Monday, the first Jayhawk helicopter arrived, and found that the passengers had abandoned the ship and boarded 25-foot lifeboats. The Coast Guard said the passengers wore cold-water survival suits and life jackets and that the lifeboats had canopies.
In general, Coast Guard rescue helicopters lower baskets into the water and deploy rescue swimmers, who then help passengers climb into the baskets.
"With 40 mile-per-hour winds, 18-foot seas, waves and swells, and a mile of visibility, those are absolutely challenging circumstances to conduct this kind of hoist operation," said Lt. Mike Patterson, a Coast Guard spokesman. "That's a testimony to what our folks do."
Another Coast Guard spokesman, Chief Petty Officer Nyx Cangemi, said there were several reasons the helicopters took several hours to arrive at the scene. One of the helicopters had been moved from its Coast Guard base near the North Carolina coast in anticipation of the hurricane and to prevent it suffering damage, Cangemi said. Also, the crews had to wait for some time for the winds to die down to reach the HMS Bounty's location.
The HMS Bounty Organization could not be reached for comment. Its Web site says the ship was built for the 1962 film "Mutiny on the Bounty," which starred Marlon Brando. The ship was also used in the 2006 film "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."
Yeah, what were they thinking, that they could sneak up the coast in front of it/before it made landfall ?
Quote from: derspiess on October 29, 2012, 01:31:25 PM
We had a couple idiots in the office here complaining about *our* weather. OMG WE MAY GET A TRACE OF WET SNOW TONIGHT
It is currently: partly cloudy and windy here. :mad:
Quote from: mongers on October 29, 2012, 02:55:49 PM
Yeah, what were they thinking, that they could sneak up the coast in front of it/before it made landfall ?
They were probably trying to sail far out to sea to make an end run around it. Sometimes it's safer for a boat like that to actually be at sea during a storm than tied to a dock someplace where it's likely to be thrown onto the shore and smashed to bits.
Quote from: mongers on October 29, 2012, 02:55:49 PM
Yeah, what were they thinking, that they could sneak up the coast in front of it/before it made landfall ?
Sometimes larger ships will put out to sea because being in port is a good way to end up damaged and sunk. Although I wouldn't want to play chicken with a hurricane in a tall ship.
I think I toured that ship as a kid.
My dad (who is in Philly) is telling me that Long Beach Island--where I spent my summers as a kid--has been totally breached in at least four places. :cry:
Also, the AC boardwalk has apparently been smashed to pieces.
My uncle is off the island and supervising a storm shelter at his high school (he's the superintendent of his regional school district). My guess is that his houses on the island may be toast, including the house on the lot that used to belong to my grandparents.
Quote from: Caliga on October 29, 2012, 03:31:11 PM
My uncle is off the island and supervising a storm shelter at his high school (he's the superintendent of his regional school district). My guess is that his houses on the island may be toast, including the house on the lot that used to belong to my grandparents.
:(
But good that he's doing the important job of protecting life; everything else can be rebuilt with insurance/federal aid,assuming the storm doesn't materially affect the make-up of the island.
His new house on that lot is awesome and I'll feel bad for him if it gets smooshed, but honestly I'd feel a lot worse if my grandparents' house was still standing on the lot and was the one to get smooshed.
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/10/instasnopes-sorting-the-real-sandy-photos-from-the-fakes/264243/
Quote from: Syt on October 29, 2012, 03:51:03 PM
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/10/instasnopes-sorting-the-real-sandy-photos-from-the-fakes/264243/
Well those were pretty obvious.
Do you think this one is real. That looks like Virginia Beach to me:
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Well, Tim it looks like now is the time to post a whole bunch of news articles. CdM will be out of commission for a while.
Well, I'm in Brooklyn with my dad now, and will likely be stuck for a couple of days. My dad didn't have anything to eat in the house, and surprisingly, enough stores were open and stocked with what we needed. Eventually we had to cut our shopping short, because it started blowing hard enough that I was afraid of flying debri. At least we're not in the flood zone.
I am sorry to read all that Cal. :(
Stay safe DGuller!
Best of luck to those affected!
I'll be mildly sad if the Atlantic City boardwark gets totally annihilated, but I'll be REALLY sad if White House Subs a few streets landward gets destroyed. BEST. HOAGIES. EVER. :(
Quote from: derspiess on October 29, 2012, 01:31:25 PM
We had a couple idiots in the office here complaining about *our* weather. OMG WE MAY GET A TRACE OF WET SNOW TONIGHT
Hey, I'm mildly annoyed. And the wind gusts might just fuck up DP&L. Since they'll send all their crews eastwards and leave us with shit.
Yeah, the Ohio Valley region doesn't do a very good job of dealing with windstorms. TRUST ME ON THIS ONE. :bleeding:
At times like these I'm glad to live well off the coast.
Quote from: Caliga on October 29, 2012, 04:17:01 PM
Yeah, the Ohio Valley region doesn't do a very good job of dealing with windstorms. TRUST ME ON THIS ONE. :bleeding:
Hurricane Ike remnants. :glare:
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 29, 2012, 04:18:56 PM
At times like these I'm glad to live well off the coast.
I guess the only thing you have to deal with is the occasional ice storm, right? :sleep:
Gov Christie news conf. coming up. Might be amusing if he starts getting grumpy.
HE'S MAD.
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 29, 2012, 04:35:07 PM
Gov Christie news conf. coming up. Might be amusing if he starts getting grumpy.
He never fails to be amusing.
The weather over here in Blighty this evening is ludicrously benign in comparison.
Quote from: Razgovory on October 29, 2012, 04:07:55 PM
Well, Tim it looks like now is the time to post a whole bunch of news articles. CdM will be out of commission for a while.
Bah, just took a nap.
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 29, 2012, 04:36:41 PM
HE'S MAD.
STOOPID PEOPLE DIE, OK? THATS HOW IT IS.
--Brought to you by the New Jersey Dept of Emergency Mgmt
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 29, 2012, 04:58:49 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 29, 2012, 04:36:41 PM
HE'S MAD.
STOOPID PEOPLE DIE, OK? THATS HOW IT IS.
--Brought to you by the New Jersey Dept of Emergency Mgmt
When did Hamilcar go to work there?
So far, only 66K people without power in the BGE service area. Pretty good, considering some of the rest of the Least Coast.
Shit just got serious here. The Internet went out for a couple of minutes, both by cable and by 4G. My sister reported the same thing. Thankfully it's better now.
I can't handle to lose the Interwebs. Fortunately my back is killing me so I'll just atke a bunch of muscle relaxants and go to bed.
You guys are going to get so much fucking rain.
700,000 without power already.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49593609/ns/weather/
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Quote from: DGuller on October 29, 2012, 05:07:55 PM
Shit just got serious here. The Internet went out for a couple of minutes, both by cable and by 4G. My sister reported the same thing. Thankfully it's better now.
So just got louder here but heard Bloomie said likely that ConEd was going to start turning off power...<_<
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By the way, why will a full moon make the tides worse? A full moon isn't closer to earth, or bigger. The only thing happening is more light falls on it and reflects to Earth.
Quote from: DGuller on October 29, 2012, 05:07:55 PM
Shit just got serious here. The Internet went out for a couple of minutes, both by cable and by 4G. My sister reported the same thing. Thankfully it's better now.
Four million Facebookers cried out in anguish....
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 29, 2012, 05:24:07 PM
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That was 10am. I posted as a link. :P
Quote from: jimmy olsen on October 29, 2012, 05:26:40 PM
By the way, why will a full moon make the tides worse? A full moon isn't closer to earth, or bigger. The only thing happening is more light falls on it and reflects to Earth.
Use wikipedia.
:blush:
That is the problem with my limited computer access. All the good stuff gets posted already.
A buddy of mine is in NY right now, barricaded somewhere in Harlem. He says that back at home it'd be just a regular storm, nothing to write home about. :mellow:
Quote from: The Larch on October 29, 2012, 05:32:33 PM
A buddy of mine is in NY right now, barricaded somewhere in Harlem. He says that back at home it'd be just a regular storm, nothing to write home about. :mellow:
He is a filthy liar.
Quote from: garbon on October 29, 2012, 05:31:20 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on October 29, 2012, 05:26:40 PM
By the way, why will a full moon make the tides worse? A full moon isn't closer to earth, or bigger. The only thing happening is more light falls on it and reflects to Earth.
Use wikipedia.
I already looked at a Moon phase diagram and figured it out.
1.5 million without power
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/29/us/tropical-weather-sandy/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
If I lose power, I'll jump onto the iHipster and let you know.
I can see the top of the substation that feeds my development from my deck off in the distance, and luckily all the cabling in the area is underground, so it's going to take a major FUBAR to lose my juice.
Then again, I lost power for over 4 days during Isabel in 2003, so who the fuck knows.
Being on the third floor on the top of a hill, man, my walls are creaking like Ed's leg and Darth Wagtaros' back first thing in the morning.
I assume GangstaKitty is annoyed.
Still going strong here.
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 29, 2012, 05:49:24 PM
I assume GangstaKitty is annoyed.
She's annoyed I haven't fed her for the evening.
Quote from: Tonitrus on October 29, 2012, 05:50:05 PM
Still going strong here.
You should be OK, since you're in base housing; there's 4 substations redundantly feeding that fucker, 3 owned by NSA and 1 owned by the US Army. It would really take something to fuck up 4 subs, you should be OK through the whole thing.
Quote from: The Larch on October 29, 2012, 05:32:33 PM
A buddy of mine is in NY right now, barricaded somewhere in Harlem. He says that back at home it'd be just a regular storm, nothing to write home about. :mellow:
It is a typical winter storm up here. Just a whole heck lot more people being affected because of it's location.
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 29, 2012, 05:34:36 PM
Quote from: The Larch on October 29, 2012, 05:32:33 PM
A buddy of mine is in NY right now, barricaded somewhere in Harlem. He says that back at home it'd be just a regular storm, nothing to write home about. :mellow:
He is a filthy liar.
Yeah, I guess he's just trying to BS me to the highest degree, either that or out of coincidence it's being mild in the exact spot where he is.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 29, 2012, 05:53:45 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on October 29, 2012, 05:50:05 PM
Still going strong here.
You should be OK, since you're in base housing; there's 4 substations redundantly feeding that fucker, 3 owned by NSA and 1 owned by the US Army. It would really take something to fuck up 4 subs, you should be OK through the whole thing.
I dunno...I know our power here in base housing is provided/maintained by BGE. I kept hearing all the time when I moved here, how power goes out at the drop of a hat. No problems so far, though.
Hey Ton, here's the outages link to BGE:
http://www.bge.com/customerservice/stormsoutages/currentoutages/pages/default.aspx
You have to refresh it, it doesn't refresh itself.
4 story building front collapsed in NY.
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I hope Carrot is ok... he's directly in the path of the storm too (though a bit inland).
Quote from: Caliga on October 29, 2012, 06:29:36 PM
I hope Carrot is ok... he's directly in the path of the storm too (though a bit inland).
I'm sure he built a shelter with his vast knowledge of everything.
:sleep:
He told me he was fortifying himself.
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on October 29, 2012, 06:36:05 PM
He told me he was fortifying himself.
Does that mean he's drinking?
So I'm watching coverage on WPVI-6 Philadelphia and they cut back to the evening news anchor.
It's the same guy who was the evening news anchor when I was a kid in like, 1980.
...AND HE STILL LOOKS EXACTLY THE SAME.
:cthulu:
yeah i'm in Harlem and so far it's been fine. lights flickered a couple of times and it's windy outside
Quote from: Count on October 29, 2012, 06:40:29 PM
yeah i'm in Harlem and so far it's been fine. lights flickered a couple of times and it's windy outside
Why are you there?
Fried chicken and waffles.
Here in Rochester, it is windy. And rainy. At the same time.
But the kids are happy, because they per-emptively cancelled school tomorrow.
Quote from: Caliga on October 29, 2012, 06:43:08 PM
Quote from: Count on October 29, 2012, 06:40:29 PM
yeah i'm in Harlem and so far it's been fine. lights flickered a couple of times and it's windy outside
Why are you there?
I live there. Corner bodega is still open. We do not have a cigarette emergency yet.
Wait a minute, Count is black? :huh:
Quote from: Caliga on October 29, 2012, 06:43:08 PM
Quote from: Count on October 29, 2012, 06:40:29 PM
yeah i'm in Harlem and so far it's been fine. lights flickered a couple of times and it's windy outside
Why are you there?
He went to see the Globetrotters and never made it out? Like when the 'trotters went to Gilligan's Island. They had to fight robots, but they pulled it out in the end!
ConEd just cut power. Garbon just merged into the shadows.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 29, 2012, 06:47:14 PM
Wait a minute, Count is black? :huh:
dude there are black people AND dominicans here. don't be ignorant :rolleyes:
also a few weeks after I moved in a new white person bar opened down the street. gentrification is rolling through
Absolutely the neatest storm-related website yet:
http://hint.fm/wind/
Takes a while to load, so be patient.
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 29, 2012, 06:32:19 PM
Quote from: Caliga on October 29, 2012, 06:29:36 PM
I hope Carrot is ok... he's directly in the path of the storm too (though a bit inland).
I'm sure he built a shelter with his vast knowledge of everything.
:pinch:
Ooooh, power blinking a few times.
CODE YELLOW
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 29, 2012, 06:48:33 PM
ConEd just cut power. Garbon just merged into the shadows.
Yup, just saw that little news bit. Au revoire, Lady Marmalade.
Yeah, Clan Carrot's fine. We haven't even lost power yet. Bridgeton's in much worse shape than Millville.
Well, Vineland could certainly use the rinse.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 29, 2012, 07:15:37 PM
Well, Vineland could certainly use the rinse.
BURN. :showoff:
Gov kasisch just sent a BE PREPARED email. Thanks!
That is super helpful.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 29, 2012, 07:15:37 PM
Well, Vineland could certainly use the rinse.
Sure could. Bridgeton's in really dire need, though. Compared to Bridgeton, Vineland's the Ritz.
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 29, 2012, 07:20:44 PM
Gov kasisch just sent a BE PREPARED email. Thanks!
That is super helpful.
Heah, I got an automated phone call from our environment agency (floods) asking for my email address, I guess because I live 10 yards from a significant English river; they ain't getting it, I'll rely on my own sight, knee joints and sea weed to divine when it'll flood.
Quote from: DGuller on October 29, 2012, 07:02:06 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 29, 2012, 06:32:19 PM
Quote from: Caliga on October 29, 2012, 06:29:36 PM
I hope Carrot is ok... he's directly in the path of the storm too (though a bit inland).
I'm sure he built a shelter with his vast knowledge of everything.
:pinch:
Did you finish your exam yet?
Damn, BGE service loss has practically tripled in the last 2 1/2 hours, from 50K at 6:30 to 160K now, at almost 9pm.
I've had a few dimming events in the last 20 minutes, so who knows guys. Wind is really whipping up. Gonna make me a grilled cheese sammich while I still can.
The siding is blowing off of my brother's house in Brookhaven (Delaware Co., Pa.) He went outside to start collecting it and he saw a transformer explode. Then he lost power. Whee.
The footage from fox looks like movie stills from Escape from New York.
Thank God I remembered to fully recharge the iPod. I don't think I could go through this without Kip Winger at 128 kbps sampling rate. HEADED FOR A HEARTBREAK
Anybody get a chance to see that bathtub footage from New York? A filled bathtub on the 40th floor of a highrise, it was sloshing like they were on a ship. Fuck that.
I wonder how many people will die in generator-related deaths this week. I JUST GOT IT FIRED IT UP IN THE GARAGE WITH THE DOOR CLOSED I FEEL
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 29, 2012, 07:53:49 PM
Winger
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:cool:
Not that much going on right now, which is why they are marveling at why the air in downtown Philly near the river 'smells like the ocean'. :rolleyes:
Jeff Winger > Kip Winger
Apparently the center of the landfall zone was Margate.
I am: concerned about Lucy. :(
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 29, 2012, 06:52:17 PM
Absolutely the neatest storm-related website yet:
http://hint.fm/wind/
Takes a while to load, so be patient.
:cool:
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 29, 2012, 06:47:14 PM
Wait a minute, Count is black? :huh:
Didn't Harlem gentrify a few years ago or am I thinking of another historically black neighborhood?
Quote from: jimmy olsen on October 29, 2012, 08:31:59 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 29, 2012, 06:47:14 PM
Wait a minute, Count is black? :huh:
Didn't Harlem gentrify a few years ago or am I thinking of another historically black neighborhood?
plenty of places in NYC have, and the process is underway here, but it's still mostly black and hispanic.
Quote from: Caliga on October 29, 2012, 03:31:11 PM
My uncle is off the island and supervising a storm shelter at his high school (he's the superintendent of his regional school district). My guess is that his houses on the island may be toast, including the house on the lot that used to belong to my grandparents.
There's a guy on the bbc interviewed now, called Steve Bayer on Long island and he's at/running an evacuation centre, says there are people there but also plenty of people staying at home riding out the storm instead; not sure if he means they've decided not to evacuate and stayed on regardless.
When fire island gets washed out, the ocean will get AIDS.
Looked out the window, the little tree I parked next to has lost all its leaves.
And now they're plastered all over my Jeep. :mad:
Damage looks like it might be quite light, given how the same few shots keep getting repeated.
Might not this snow dump inland be an equal big problem ?
Quote from: mongers on October 29, 2012, 09:19:33 PM
Might not this snow dump inland be an equal big problem ?
Yeah, there's a pile up out in western Maryland somewhere. And the Ohio Turnpike have ordered truckers to get off the roads apparently. Big mess out west.
Quote from: mongers on October 29, 2012, 09:19:33 PM
Damage looks like it might be quite light, given how the same few shots keep getting repeated.
Might not this snow dump inland be an equal big problem ?
Philly's doing 24-hour coverage of the storm. They started talking about the damage from, no joke,
a tree that went down. The same tree, over and over.
Quite windy outside. My trees are still standing.
We had some mutt wreck themselves in a hydroplaning incident on the road. You'd think it was a US Ambassador by the coverage.
Quote from: mongers on October 29, 2012, 09:19:33 PM
Damage looks like it might be quite light, given how the same few shots keep getting repeated.
Might not this snow dump inland be an equal big problem ?
I'm sure the flooding along the coast will cost billions.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on October 29, 2012, 09:32:15 PM
I'm sure the flooding along the coast will cost billions.
There's probably a billion plus already. Off the top of my head, 8 blocks of AC's boardwalk were completely smashed, and pretty much every single road there is under 4 feet of water. There've been so many lines going down and arcing that they're saying it looks like a fireworks display with dark buildings.
QuoteHMS Bounty: A tall ship's final hours in hurricane-ravaged seas
By Ian Shapira, Updated: Monday, October 29, 7:39 PM
The tall ship began to die early Monday morning in the hurricane-ravaged waters off the North Carolina coast. One of the HMS Bounty's generators failed. Water flooded everywhere. The 180-foot-long, three-masted tall ship was losing power and propulsion.
By about 3 a.m., the Bounty's once-optimistic Facebook page, which on Sunday had posted "So far so good!" in its daily updates, had issued a new message for its followers: "Your Prayers are needed."
Ninety minutes later, the Bounty finally lost its battle with 40 mph winds and 18-foot seas. Its captain ordered all hands to abandon the sinking ship, a shocking demise for a celebrity vessel built for the 1962 film "Mutiny on the Bounty."
The ship, which had been trying to make its way around Hurricane Sandy, carried a crew of 16. When the rescue operation ended about 10 a.m. Monday, 14 of the crew members had been saved by Coast Guard helicopters. Two people, Capt. Robin Walbridge, 63, and Claudene Christian, 42, were missing.
Christian's body was recovered Monday night, but Walbridge remained unaccounted for.
The HMS Bounty, owned by New York businessman Robert Hansen, began its journey Thursday, departing from New London, Conn., for St. Petersburg, Fla., where the ship has docked for years. In addition to its star turns in the 2006 "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequel and other Hollywood movies, the ship was used to teach the "nearly lost arts of square rigged sailing and seamanship," its Web site said. It also offered sailing, teamwork and leadership classes for the general public.
On Saturday, Walbridge reported that he expected to face the hurricane's brunt that night, according to the ship's Facebook page. The HMS Bounty Organization, which ran the ship, knew its tall-ship devotees might be skeptical of the vessel's path, so it tried to reassure its 8,000 Facebook followers.
"Rest assured that the Bounty is safe and in very capable hands," the Facebook page's administrator wrote. "Bounty's current voyage is a calculated decision . . . NOT AT ALL . . . irresponsible or with a lack of foresight as some have suggested. The fact of the matter is . . . A SHIP IS SAFER AT SEA THAN IN PORT!"
But Sunday night, the hurricane was proving too much for the Bounty. The ship sent out a distress signal at 9 p.m., according to the Coast Guard. Two hours later, the HMS organization called the Coast Guard, confirming that it had lost radio contact with the vessel.
A Coast Guard C-130 aircraft arrived at the scene an hour later to make direct contact with the Bounty and survey the scene, about 90 miles off Cape Hatteras.
When the captain ordered everyone off the ship about 4:30 a.m., three people struggled to climb into the two lifeboats and were smacked by a wave, the Coast Guard said. One man fell into the water, but others pulled him into one of the boats. Walbridge and Christian were thrown into the water and disappeared.
While the HMS Bounty and its crew foundered in the dark, Steve Bonn was woken from a sound sleep in Camden, N.C., about 4:15 a.m. by his ringing cellphone. The 44-year-old Coast Guard helicopter pilot was needed for a mission: A big boat was sinking.
One rescue helicopter had already been dispatched. Bonn, who has rescued ship passengers near the cold waters of Alaska, boarded a Jayhawk chopper with three others: a co-pilot, a flight mechanic and 27-year-old rescue swimmer Daniel Todd.
The first rescue helicopter arrived about 6:30 a.m. Monday, found two lifeboats and focused on one of them. Bonn's chopper showed up 45 minutes later, and he zeroed in on the second lifeboat, about a mile away from the other. Six people huddled inside.
Bonn piloted his Jayhawk about 50 feet from the life raft, he said, far enough so the propeller draft wouldn't overturn the lifeboat. But close enough so Todd could quickly muscle his way to the lifeboat. Bonn and his team also had to move fast. They had about an hour to conduct the rescue so they could make it back to their air base without running out of fuel.
Bonn kept his chopper in place, while the flight mechanic lowered Todd into churning waters. Wearing a dry suit, the rescue swimmer shimmied into the black lifeboat.
"Hey, how are you all doing? I hear you need a ride," he said he told the passengers. "There's a couple things I need to know. Are you all accounted for? Who has injuries?"
One guy said he had a back injury, so Todd picked him as the first to go.
The scariest moment during the rescue occurred when a 30-foot wave crashed on top of one of the lifeboats with people still inside.
"I was thinking . . . that must be one hell of a ride," Bonn said.
Todd had just deposited someone into the helicopter's rescue basket and turned around when he saw the boat flipped upside-down by the big wave. The four remaining passengers in the boat had crawled out and were hanging on the sides. He plucked them off and ferried them to the helicopter basket.
"There were times I thought I was going to do body surfing and slide down the face of a 25-foot wave," Todd said. "There were other times I had my head down, where I felt my feet get lifted over the top my head."
All six of the passengers in the second lifeboat were airlifted, but Todd and Bonn's work was not done. The first lifeboat had three remaining passengers because the first helicopter was running out of fuel. So, Bonn piloted the Jayhawk and picked up those three passengers.
On board, everyone cheered and hugged. Todd passed around water bottles. But everyone mostly stayed quiet. Then, exhausted by their ordeal, they fell asleep. With the head winds, it was a two-hour ride back home. Bonn had barely enough fuel when he landed about 10:15 a.m. at the Coast Guard base, he said.
He shut his engine off, satisfied, he said, "that everything worked out."
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 29, 2012, 09:41:41 PM
Claudene Christian, 42,
Any relation to Fletcher, I wonder.
Here's the WaPost's live tracker, with Twitter feeds, some neat pics:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/grid/sandy/
Whelp, seems like the winds have died down; we're at the S-SW tip of the eye apparently, but it'll start to pick up again once we begin getting more bands the other side of the rotation winds through the rest of the night.
We've gotten more than 7 inches of rain today so far, expected to get another 7 more inches by tomorrow afternoon.
So far, the lights are still on. This time in 2003, Isabel knocked me out for 4 days.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 29, 2012, 10:30:43 PM
Whelp, seems like the winds have died down; we're at the S-SW tip of the eye apparently, but it'll start to pick up again once we begin getting more bands the other side of the rotation winds through the rest of the night.
We've gotten more than 7 inches of rain today so far, expected to get another 7 more inches by tomorrow afternoon.
So far, the lights are still on. This time in 2003, Isabel knocked me out for 4 days.
Stay safe. :( You are my C3PO.
Manhattan looks different, somehow.
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Quote from: Phillip V on October 29, 2012, 11:53:45 PM
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Picture was taken a few months ago during a pretty ordinary rainstorm.
Quote from: Barrister on October 30, 2012, 12:20:19 AM
Quote from: Phillip V on October 29, 2012, 11:53:45 PM
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Picture was taken a few months ago during a pretty ordinary rainstorm.
False. The picture was taken last month on September 18.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/10/soldiers-guard-the-tomb-of-unknowns-during-hurricane-sandy/
A month and a half is close enough...
Quote from: Phillip V on October 30, 2012, 12:29:13 AM
Quote from: Barrister on October 30, 2012, 12:20:19 AM
Quote from: Phillip V on October 29, 2012, 11:53:45 PM
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Picture was taken a few months ago during a pretty ordinary rainstorm.
False. The picture was taken last month on September 18.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/10/soldiers-guard-the-tomb-of-unknowns-during-hurricane-sandy/
:rolleyes: And you say I'm being "false"?
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 29, 2012, 09:45:52 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 29, 2012, 09:41:41 PM
Claudene Christian, 42,
Any relation to Fletcher, I wonder.
Grew up here in Alaska going to my local HS here in Anchorage, before going to USC in early 90's. Story ended up being 2nd in late newscast.
Festung Puddytat still has power. Fuck you, Sandy, you moist whore.
Here is more up-to-date photo:
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There is one good thing coming from it. The Gawker family of websites (including the penis hating meri's at Jezebel) is down.
Right now, vaginas can't blog about men.
:bleeding: Watching the coverage on WPVI-Philadelphia is forcing me to listen to irritating Philly accents.
"Lookit all da treesh down all over dis schtreet. It's TURRIBLE"
Quote from: Caliga on October 30, 2012, 05:28:47 AM
irritating Philly accents.
Water you talking about?
Quote from: Caliga on October 30, 2012, 05:28:47 AM
:bleeding: Watching the coverage on WPVI-Philadelphia is forcing me to listen to irritating Philly accents.
"Lookit all da treesh down all over dis schtreet. It's TURRIBLE"
Taint as bad as Warshington DC.
It is snowing here.
Christie has got his fangs into Atlantic City mayor. Hilarious.
To be fair, there's no way to be a 'good' mayor of AC. :ph34r:
50 houses burn to the ground in Queens. :(
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/30/14797289-50-homes-destroyed-as-six-alarm-blaze-rips-through-queens?lite
My sister lives in Queens. HOpefully she won't be affected. She might have to move up here otherwise.
I don't get why yankees insist on building houses on the water and then expect the taxpayer to bail them out when a hurricane hits?
Or as Little Johnny would say "ain't so funny when it's your momma is it?"
Quote from: Rasputin on October 30, 2012, 07:48:04 AM
I don't get why yankees insist on building houses on the water and then expect the taxpayer to bail them out when a hurricane hits?
Or as Little Johnny would say "ain't so funny when it's your momma is it?"
Yeah, all of this federal, state and local emergency organization is just ludicrous, people should learn to stand on their own two feet and fight off bad weather themselves; sink or swim?
WTF?? :grr:
I go to bed with the storm doing what it's supposed to be doing: heading up the coast and to the east. I wake up with the damn thing heading my way! Winds aren't too horrible yet, but they're supposed to be seriously picking up over the next few hours. Rain/snow is iffy so far.
What the hell kind of hurricane makes it this far inland?? :blink:
Quote from: Rasputin on October 30, 2012, 07:48:04 AM
I don't get why yankees insist on building houses on the water and then expect the taxpayer to bail them out when a hurricane hits?
Or as Little Johnny would say "ain't so funny when it's your momma is it?"
I know, right? I mean, then you've got all of the morons building houses in tornado alley in the midwest, too! Or where it snows. I mean srly.
Quote from: merithyn on October 30, 2012, 08:33:52 AM
Quote from: Rasputin on October 30, 2012, 07:48:04 AM
I don't get why yankees insist on building houses on the water and then expect the taxpayer to bail them out when a hurricane hits?
Or as Little Johnny would say "ain't so funny when it's your momma is it?"
I know, right? I mean, then you've got all of the morons building houses in tornado alley in the midwest, too! Or where it snows. I mean srly.
Objectivists are such great people.
Move people out of the Mississippi flood plains too, and earthquake territory. Or if they insist on staying, cut them off from public funds. Same for folks caught by the drought.
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on October 30, 2012, 09:04:30 AM
Move people out of the Mississippi flood plains too, and earthquake territory. Or if they insist on staying, cut them off from public funds. Same for folks caught by the drought.
Or really, anyone on this terrestrial sphere.
Trump's twitter is fantastic:
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
Because of the hurricane, I am extending my 5 million dollar offer for President Obama's favorite charity until 12PM on Thursday.
Quote from: merithyn on October 30, 2012, 08:28:22 AM
What the hell kind of hurricane makes it this far inland?? :blink:
It's not that unusual.
A few years back Hurricane Ike came up the Ohio Valley and caused massive power outages here in Louisville. I used to work with a chick whose power was out for almost two weeks. :wacko:
Also, this hurricane is hammering central Pennsylvania like Hurricane Agnes did in 1972 or whenever it was.
Quote from: merithyn on October 30, 2012, 08:28:22 AM
What the hell kind of hurricane makes it this far inland?? :blink:
A Frankenstorm kind of hurricane? ;)
Thankfully, so far the frankenstorm was more of a damp squib in Toronto. :)
We were told to stock supplies for three days ... but not much has happened yet. The worst was supposed to be last night. Some high winds, some trees down.
The cover for my propane grill blew off and there was an inch of slushy wet snow on my car this morning :o
I checked in to see how Jersey City was doing after the hurricane, to see if I can start thinking about driving back home. The first thing I found was a CNN iReport showing my neighborhood under 4 feet of water. :hmm: I don't think that's a good sign.
Quote from: DGuller on October 30, 2012, 11:14:41 AM
I checked in to see how Jersey City was doing after the hurricane, to see if I can start thinking about driving back home. The first thing I found was a CNN iReport showing my neighborhood under 4 feet of water. :hmm: I don't think that's a good sign.
What do you mean - it's a great sign! You now live in oceanfront property! :cool:
250k without power in ohio. The storm glanced at the power grid here and shit went down.
I hope garbon's OK, and he hasn't been set upon by roving bands of cannibalistic Puerto Ricans.
Quote from: Barrister on October 30, 2012, 11:34:57 AM
Quote from: DGuller on October 30, 2012, 11:14:41 AM
I checked in to see how Jersey City was doing after the hurricane, to see if I can start thinking about driving back home. The first thing I found was a CNN iReport showing my neighborhood under 4 feet of water. :hmm: I don't think that's a good sign.
What do you mean - it's a great sign! You now live in oceanfront property! :cool:
I already lived on riverfront property. Being an oceanfront property is a downgrade. :(
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 30, 2012, 12:03:37 PM
I hope garbon's OK, and he hasn't been set upon by roving bands of cannibalistic Puerto Ricans.
He's huddled in a corner with a can of potted meat and a box of Ritz crackers.
Quote from: mongers on October 30, 2012, 08:03:03 AM
Yeah, all of this federal, state and local emergency organization is just ludicrous, people should learn to stand on their own two feet and fight off bad weather themselves; sink or swim?
Nothing encourages personal responsibility like having to deal with a natural disaster about by oneself. REAL AMERICANS LOOT AND FORAGE
But wait til President Romney disbands FEMA, and PLJ has to deal with Florida EMA by himself in Jacksonville, the world's largest trailer park. On the flip side, he can afford its privatization when he gets the bill from KBR to rebuild his shit.
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 30, 2012, 12:10:13 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 30, 2012, 12:03:37 PM
I hope garbon's OK, and he hasn't been set upon by roving bands of cannibalistic Puerto Ricans.
He's huddled in a corner with a can of potted meat and a box of Ritz crackers.
With all those old glo sticks from his rave days he forgot he had.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 30, 2012, 12:11:36 PM
Quote from: mongers on October 30, 2012, 08:03:03 AM
Yeah, all of this federal, state and local emergency organization is just ludicrous, people should learn to stand on their own two feet and fight off bad weather themselves; sink or swim?
Nothing encourages personal responsibility like having to deal with a natural disaster about by oneself. REAL AMERICANS LOOT AND FORAGE
But wait til President Romney disbands FEMA, and PLJ has to deal with Florida EMA by himself in Jacksonville, the world's largest trailer park. On the flip side, he can afford its privatization when he gets the bill from KBR to rebuild his shit.
:D
Most importantly, Christie is gonna reschedule Halloween. DG still isn't getting blueberries in his sack.
My dad thought that he won't be coming to work this week, because subways won't be back until the weekend. Now turns out that the roof at his workplace in Bronx was blown off. :blink: He may be out a while longer.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 30, 2012, 12:11:36 PM
Quote from: mongers on October 30, 2012, 08:03:03 AM
Yeah, all of this federal, state and local emergency organization is just ludicrous, people should learn to stand on their own two feet and fight off bad weather themselves; sink or swim?
Nothing encourages personal responsibility like having to deal with a natural disaster about by oneself. REAL AMERICANS LOOT AND FORAGE
But wait til President Romney disbands FEMA, and PLJ has to deal with Florida EMA by himself in Jacksonville, the world's largest trailer park. On the flip side, he can afford its privatization when he gets the bill from KBR to rebuild his shit.
I think I heard he already flip flopped on that and stated FEMA is safe from his cuts?
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Quote from: lustindarkness on October 30, 2012, 12:40:42 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 30, 2012, 12:11:36 PM
Nothing encourages personal responsibility like having to deal with a natural disaster about by oneself. REAL AMERICANS LOOT AND FORAGE
But wait til President Romney disbands FEMA, and PLJ has to deal with Florida EMA by himself in Jacksonville, the world's largest trailer park. On the flip side, he can afford its privatization when he gets the bill from KBR to rebuild his shit.
I think I heard he already flip flopped on that and stated FEMA is safe from his cuts?
:lol:
Of course he has! Well, why wouldn't he? So, tell me again how he's going to balance the budget? Where are the cuts going to be if not FEMA, Medicaid/Medicare, or military? Does he really think that Big Bird can pay it all??
Quote from: lustindarkness on October 30, 2012, 12:40:42 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 30, 2012, 12:11:36 PM
Quote from: mongers on October 30, 2012, 08:03:03 AM
Yeah, all of this federal, state and local emergency organization is just ludicrous, people should learn to stand on their own two feet and fight off bad weather themselves; sink or swim?
Nothing encourages personal responsibility like having to deal with a natural disaster about by oneself. REAL AMERICANS LOOT AND FORAGE
But wait til President Romney disbands FEMA, and PLJ has to deal with Florida EMA by himself in Jacksonville, the world's largest trailer park. On the flip side, he can afford its privatization when he gets the bill from KBR to rebuild his shit.
I think I heard he already flip flopped on that and stated FEMA is safe from his cuts?
Of course he has. He's Mittens.
Quote from: merithyn on October 30, 2012, 12:48:06 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on October 30, 2012, 12:40:42 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 30, 2012, 12:11:36 PM
Nothing encourages personal responsibility like having to deal with a natural disaster about by oneself. REAL AMERICANS LOOT AND FORAGE
But wait til President Romney disbands FEMA, and PLJ has to deal with Florida EMA by himself in Jacksonville, the world's largest trailer park. On the flip side, he can afford its privatization when he gets the bill from KBR to rebuild his shit.
I think I heard he already flip flopped on that and stated FEMA is safe from his cuts?
:lol:
Of course he has! Well, why wouldn't he? So, tell me again how he's going to balance the budget? Where are the cuts going to be if not FEMA, Medicaid/Medicare, or military? Does he really think that Big Bird can pay it all??
Big Bird is pretty big you now. :D
:lmfao:
Christie said in an interview, when asked if Romney would be coming to visit NJ: "If you think I give a damn about presidential politics right now, then you don't know me."
Quote from: merithyn on October 30, 2012, 01:01:48 PM
:lmfao:
Christie said in an interview, when asked if Romney would be coming to visit NJ: "If you think I give a damn about presidential politics right now, then you don't know me."
I love my fellow Blue Hen alum & all, but I'd bet he said that to score political points for himself :)
Everything is political when politicians are involved.
Quote from: derspiess on October 30, 2012, 01:06:20 PM
Quote from: merithyn on October 30, 2012, 01:01:48 PM
:lmfao:
Christie said in an interview, when asked if Romney would be coming to visit NJ: "If you think I give a damn about presidential politics right now, then you don't know me."
I love my fellow Blue Hen alum & all, but I'd bet he said that to score political points for himself :)
Everything is political when politicians are involved.
Of course he did! I just thought it was hilarious.
Meh. I've past my overload point on Christie. At this point, his "tough talk" is a transparent circus act, and as such, it doesn't quite have the same effect.
Quote from: merithyn on October 30, 2012, 01:08:05 PM
Of course he did! I just thought it was hilarious.
The fat guvnah does entertain :)
More excitement around here. My uncle almost drowned in the basement while it was flooded, and had to swim to safety. :blink: I think it's safe to declare the shit truly serious at this point.
Next time, they'll evacuate then?
Quote from: Grey Fox on October 30, 2012, 01:56:14 PM
Next time, they'll evacuate then?
AFAIK, they weren't in the evacuation area.
Actually, he may have been right on the border of Zone A, I forget exactly where he lives. In any case, he was very busy taking care of all the arrangements for us during the time he was supposed to evacuate, and couldn't evacuate even if he wanted to.
My uncle's primary house on LBI wasn't destroyed. :cool: A neighbor who stupidly stayed behind checked on it and there was only a little bit of water in the garage.
So power went out at 8:30 around the time that transformer on 14th street blew. As of this morning no cell service either. Currently in hotel bar uptown. Can't wait to take bus to work tomorrow!
Quote from: garbon on October 30, 2012, 02:58:47 PM
So power went out at 8:30 around the time that transformer on 14th street blew. As of this morning no cell service either. Currently in hotel bar uptown. Can't wait to take bus to work tomorrow!
:hug: You survived!!! :hug:
Quote from: merithyn on October 30, 2012, 03:01:08 PM
Quote from: garbon on October 30, 2012, 02:58:47 PM
So power went out at 8:30 around the time that transformer on 14th street blew. As of this morning no cell service either. Currently in hotel bar uptown. Can't wait to take bus to work tomorrow!
:hug: You survived!!! :hug:
Either that, or one of the cannibal gangs got him and is now impersonating him online (after snacking on his edible bits). :hmm:
Due to the weather crud Sandy is giving my area, they rescheduled Beggar's Night to Saturday.
In my day, we were out in the sleet to get candy. Kids these days. :rolleyes:
Weather hottie of the day: Sandra Endo of CNN.
I'd dry her off with my towels.
Quote from: merithyn on October 30, 2012, 03:01:08 PM
Quote from: garbon on October 30, 2012, 02:58:47 PM
So power went out at 8:30 around the time that transformer on 14th street blew. As of this morning no cell service either. Currently in hotel bar uptown. Can't wait to take bus to work tomorrow!
:hug: You survived!!! :hug:
Yep thankfully no trees near bedroom window and I just hunkered down inside. Living without electricity or phone is obnoxious but I have my health.
Glad you're okay, garb :cheers:
My evil twin Biff Anger was the one posting about you eating potted meat in the dark Garb, not me.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 30, 2012, 12:03:37 PM
I hope garbon's OK, and he hasn't been set upon by roving bands of cannibalistic Puerto Ricans.
You must have given me a work cell last year. I texted after power went out / before cell service went out.
Different note, so many attractive Brits trapped near times square. And to think I'm staying in this hotel tomorrow night if power is still off. :D
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 30, 2012, 03:44:07 PM
My evil twin Biff Anger was the one posting about you eating potted meat in the dark Garb, not me.
Rude. I was eating Pb & J.
I loved Bloomberg on the radio this morning (radio? I know, right?). He gave so much withering attitude to reporters trying to ask charged questions. :wub:
Quote from: viper37 on October 29, 2012, 11:02:39 PM
Manhattan looks different, somehow.
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Feels doff
Quote from: viper37 on October 29, 2012, 11:02:39 PM
Manhattan looks different, somehow.
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Feels different too. Saw a Chili place on my street using generator and hot plate to give free food. Few blocks away a bodega was using generator to let people charge phones. City might be cruel but we can band together.
Sandy from space: http://news.discovery.com/earth/space-station-spies-sandy-gotta-see-video-121030.html
Alright for serious - are British tourists told to book hotels at times square? Bar is full of Brits. I may have to revise my opinion of the vicinity.
My parents still don't have power... their entire town is out. Downed trees and live wires all over the place.
Quote from: garbon on October 30, 2012, 03:47:26 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 30, 2012, 03:44:07 PM
My evil twin Biff Anger was the one posting about you eating potted meat in the dark Garb, not me.
Rude. I was eating Pb & J.
I knew you would never let that stuff pass your lips.
In continuing good news, Gawker is still down.
Quote from: garbon on October 30, 2012, 02:58:47 PM
So power went out at 8:30 around the time that transformer on 14th street blew. As of this morning no cell service either. Currently in hotel bar uptown. Can't wait to take bus to work tomorrow!
Why don't you walk? :P
Quote from: garbon on October 30, 2012, 03:46:30 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 30, 2012, 12:03:37 PM
I hope garbon's OK, and he hasn't been set upon by roving bands of cannibalistic Puerto Ricans.
You must have given me a work cell last year. I texted after power went out / before cell service went out.
Shit, yeah, that was my work Crackberry. I'll PM you the iHipster.
Just got the power back in this area of Brooklyn, after 2.5 hour outage. What a strange time to have a blackout, long after the hurricane has passed by. :huh:
Quote from: DGuller on October 30, 2012, 10:58:35 PM
Just got the power back in this area of Brooklyn, after 2.5 hour outage. What a strange time to have a blackout, long after the hurricane has passed by. :huh:
With all the mess up there, could be anything from storm-related damage to rerouting on the grid. They do that sometimes.
I was reading about ConEd & apparently most of it's electricity is imported from Hydro Quebec.
New York City powered by Northern Quebec. :)
Quote from: Grey Fox on October 31, 2012, 07:56:57 AM
I was reading about ConEd & apparently most of it's electricity is imported from Hydro Quebec.
New York City powered by Northern Quebec. :)
Yeah, welcome to the world of energy commodities. The power plant down the road is most likely not the one powering your computer.
Quote from: katmai on October 30, 2012, 05:44:08 PM
Quote from: garbon on October 30, 2012, 03:47:26 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 30, 2012, 03:44:07 PM
My evil twin Biff Anger was the one posting about you eating potted meat in the dark Garb, not me.
Rude. I was eating Pb & J.
I knew you would never let that stuff pass your lips.
Yes, last night I had the remained of my iced goat cheese on crackers with wine. :)
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 30, 2012, 09:19:41 PM
Quote from: garbon on October 30, 2012, 03:46:30 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 30, 2012, 12:03:37 PM
I hope garbon's OK, and he hasn't been set upon by roving bands of cannibalistic Puerto Ricans.
You must have given me a work cell last year. I texted after power went out / before cell service went out.
Shit, yeah, that was my work Crackberry. I'll PM you the iHipster.
Gotcha, yeah my message went into the void then. :D
Quote from: garbon on October 31, 2012, 09:22:57 AM
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Quote from: garbon on October 30, 2012, 03:47:26 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 30, 2012, 03:44:07 PM
My evil twin Biff Anger was the one posting about you eating potted meat in the dark Garb, not me.
Rude. I was eating Pb & J.
I knew you would never let that stuff pass your lips.
Yes, last night I had the remained of my iced goat cheese on crackers with wine. :)
How long before the resort to cannibalism? :hmm:
Quote from: viper37 on October 30, 2012, 07:30:05 PM
Quote from: garbon on October 30, 2012, 02:58:47 PM
So power went out at 8:30 around the time that transformer on 14th street blew. As of this morning no cell service either. Currently in hotel bar uptown. Can't wait to take bus to work tomorrow!
Why don't you walk? :P
If there hadn't been the bus I would have / given how the bus was I wish I had walked instead. I mean I did walk the same distance yesterday to get to that hotel bar. :D
On bus - lots of space where I got on. By 2nd stop packed in like sardines. At 3rd stop an older black man was trying to get off so we were pushing about when this middle aged black man forced himself on the bus and barreled into me. Everyone yelled at him to get out of the way but he didn't. Then he started complaining that everyone was on the bus because it was free and we were like nope just the only way to get uptown from downtown without waiting hours for a cab. Then he complained about my suitcase and messenger bag. He complained about my messenger bag hitting him again and I'd had it. Told him right off which of course then made me the angry person on the bus. Such fun! :P
Quote from: Malthus on October 31, 2012, 09:26:42 AM
Quote from: garbon on October 31, 2012, 09:22:57 AM
Quote from: katmai on October 30, 2012, 05:44:08 PM
Quote from: garbon on October 30, 2012, 03:47:26 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 30, 2012, 03:44:07 PM
My evil twin Biff Anger was the one posting about you eating potted meat in the dark Garb, not me.
Rude. I was eating Pb & J.
I knew you would never let that stuff pass your lips.
Yes, last night I had the remained of my iced goat cheese on crackers with wine. :)
How long before the resort to cannibalism? :hmm:
No idea. I'll be in functioning Times Square tonight and then will either crash in UES or make my way to Boston tomorrow evening.
Quote from: Rasputin on October 30, 2012, 07:48:04 AM
I don't get why yankees insist on building houses on the water and then expect the taxpayer to bail them out when a hurricane hits?
Or as Little Johnny would say "ain't so funny when it's your momma is it?"
Really? From somebody who lives in Florida? How much tax money have we blown repairing your state's shit?
Quote from: Valmy on October 31, 2012, 09:47:39 AM
Quote from: Rasputin on October 30, 2012, 07:48:04 AM
I don't get why yankees insist on building houses on the water and then expect the taxpayer to bail them out when a hurricane hits?
Or as Little Johnny would say "ain't so funny when it's your momma is it?"
Really? From somebody who lives in Florida? How much tax money have we blown repairing your state's shit?
I think you're missing his point.
Quote from: derspiess on October 31, 2012, 09:50:30 AM
I think you're missing his point.
Oh he was mocking their attitude when they have to repair Florida eh? Whoops.
Quote from: Valmy on October 31, 2012, 09:52:40 AM
Quote from: derspiess on October 31, 2012, 09:50:30 AM
I think you're missing his point.
Oh he was mocking their attitude when they have to repair Florida eh? Whoops.
:console: Happens to the best of us.
Quote from: derspiess on October 31, 2012, 09:50:30 AM
Quote from: Valmy on October 31, 2012, 09:47:39 AM
Quote from: Rasputin on October 30, 2012, 07:48:04 AM
I don't get why yankees insist on building houses on the water and then expect the taxpayer to bail them out when a hurricane hits?
Or as Little Johnny would say "ain't so funny when it's your momma is it?"
Really? From somebody who lives in Florida? How much tax money have we blown repairing your state's shit?
I think you're missing his point.
Indeed everyone but you seems to have. I thought the little johnny punchline would've been sufficient but i suppose it was too subtle :)
Quote from: Rasputin on October 31, 2012, 09:54:35 AM
Indeed everyone but you seems to have. I thought the little johnny punchline would've been sufficient but i suppose it was too subtle :)
:blush:
Of course not sure that critique make sense given that until recently these types of storms were rather rare up here.
Quote from: Rasputin on October 31, 2012, 09:54:35 AM
Quote from: derspiess on October 31, 2012, 09:50:30 AM
Quote from: Valmy on October 31, 2012, 09:47:39 AM
Quote from: Rasputin on October 30, 2012, 07:48:04 AM
I don't get why yankees insist on building houses on the water and then expect the taxpayer to bail them out when a hurricane hits?
Or as Little Johnny would say "ain't so funny when it's your momma is it?"
Really? From somebody who lives in Florida? How much tax money have we blown repairing your state's shit?
I think you're missing his point.
Indeed everyone but you seems to have. I thought the little johnny punchline would've been sufficient but i suppose it was too subtle :)
I've always felt that people should have to pay risk adjusted premiums covering the liklihood of loss to their property.
Quote from: alfred russel on October 31, 2012, 11:21:25 AM
I've always felt that people should have to pay risk adjusted premiums covering the liklihood of loss to their property.
They do, except in hurricane-prone areas.
I got Pete's joke. :cool:
Still no power at my parent's house.
Now they're in Raritan Township, NJ... for some strange reason.
Only thing I can think of is they went to my cousin's wife's parents' house, which is around there somewhere.
They are now saying another 2-3 days for power in Manhattan. Subway service to resume tomorrow but only from 34th (or 42nd in another report) to UES and UWS. Not very useful for me. :D
I'm trying to remember which of you people mocked Kentucky for being out of power for a week after that monster ice storm a few years back. :hmm:
Quote from: Caliga on October 31, 2012, 12:57:25 PM
I'm trying to remember which of you people mocked Kentucky for being out of power for a week after that monster ice storm a few years back. :hmm:
People need a specific reason to mock Kentucky? :hmm:
Quote from: Caliga on October 31, 2012, 12:57:25 PM
I'm trying to remember which of you people mocked Kentucky for being out of power for a week after that monster ice storm a few years back. :hmm:
I only gave you shit for your "Bah, tornadoes are rare in this part of Kentucky" stance when you moved.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 31, 2012, 02:44:43 PM
Quote from: Caliga on October 31, 2012, 12:57:25 PM
I'm trying to remember which of you people mocked Kentucky for being out of power for a week after that monster ice storm a few years back. :hmm:
I only gave you shit for your "Bah, tornadoes are rare in this part of Kentucky" stance when you moved.
Ever since he taunted Gaia, the weather in the Ohio Valley has had shitty weather.
Quote from: Caliga on October 31, 2012, 12:57:25 PM
I'm trying to remember which of you people mocked Kentucky for being out of power for a week after that monster ice storm a few years back. :hmm:
Probably only because you were on this 'OMG Kentucky is the new Eden' trip shortly after you moved :P
Which really was just a big indictment on the Greater Boston area.
Quote from: Valmy on October 31, 2012, 02:51:26 PM
Quote from: Caliga on October 31, 2012, 12:57:25 PM
I'm trying to remember which of you people mocked Kentucky for being out of power for a week after that monster ice storm a few years back. :hmm:
Probably only because you were on this 'OMG Kentucky is the new Eden' trip shortly after you moved :P
Which really was just a big indictment on the Greater Boston area.
Actually I think it says more about Cal's tastes / perhaps where Cal lived previously as it wouldn't be a stretch to say that when Cal lived in my town - I lived in a nice neighborhood and he did not. ;)
No power in Lower Manhattan still. I'm ready for Halloween regardless:
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I think I'll be getting smashed in HK.
Quote from: garbon on October 31, 2012, 03:45:10 PM
I think I'll be getting smashed in HK.
....
I think I need to change my costume then.
To be honest, I'm not even sure what to think about that. :D
My hotel room has a private roof deck with chaise lounges. Definitely different from what I was in last night!
Quote from: garbon on October 31, 2012, 09:27:39 AM
On bus - lots of space where I got on. By 2nd stop packed in like sardines. At 3rd stop an older black man was trying to get off so we were pushing about when this middle aged black man forced himself on the bus and barreled into me. Everyone yelled at him to get out of the way but he didn't. Then he started complaining that everyone was on the bus because it was free and we were like nope just the only way to get uptown from downtown without waiting hours for a cab. Then he complained about my suitcase and messenger bag. He complained about my messenger bag hitting him again and I'd had it. Told him right off which of course then made me the angry person on the bus. Such fun! :P
Moral of the story- black people are violent troublemakers?
Only one person in that story could at all be described as violent.
What about all the verbal violence? :P
Ugh...
Quotealready we are seeing disproportionate attention given to lower manhattan over outer bk, queens and the bronx. do not be complicit in the media erasure of working class communities of immigrants/folks of color! new york is my beautiful cultural jungle home but it's not gonna stay that way if we don't stay informed and support each other.
Also welcome to everyday living in the city.
Quote from: garbon on October 31, 2012, 06:47:47 PM
Ugh...
Quotealready we are seeing disproportionate attention given to lower manhattan over outer bk, queens and the bronx. do not be complicit in the media erasure of working class communities of immigrants/folks of color! new york is my beautiful cultural jungle home but it's not gonna stay that way if we don't stay informed and support each other.
Also welcome to everyday living in the city.
And you disapprove of which viewpoint ?
That there's an issue with lower manhattan getting better treatment than the outer boroughs.
Quote from: garbon on October 31, 2012, 07:16:39 PM
That there's an issue with lower manhattan getting better treatment than the outer boroughs.
Ok, well it's not surprising.
For a moment I thought you were complaining about people making such assertion, be those true or false. :P
Hopefully the hipsters are being rounded up in Brooklyn.
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 31, 2012, 07:33:23 PM
Hopefully the hipsters are being rounded up in Brooklyn.
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Williamsburg is fine! :glare:
Quote from: mongers on October 31, 2012, 07:32:22 PM
Quote from: garbon on October 31, 2012, 07:16:39 PM
That there's an issue with lower manhattan getting better treatment than the outer boroughs.
Ok, well it's not surprising.
For a moment I thought you were complaining about people making such assertion, be those true or false. :P
Actually I do complain about that too. I'm not sure why at a time of crisis, people should feel it is a great time to use it to start a discussion about the lack of privileges given to the underprivileged class. Additionally it isn't even true that lower Manhattan is the land of the lily white.
Quote from: Baron von Schtinkenbutt on October 31, 2012, 04:44:04 PM
Quote from: DGuller on October 31, 2012, 11:28:45 AM
They do, except in hurricane-prone areas.
Explain.
Insurers do try to charge much higher premiums for properties on the coast, since their models show that loss potential may be as high as 20 times the average there. However, insurance is regulated, and pretty much any state with huge exposure to hurricanes refuses to allow such differentials. As a result, private insurers leave, and developers and homeowners on the coast don't pay the full price for their decisions.
Quote from: garbon on October 31, 2012, 08:54:32 PM
I'm not sure why at a time of crisis, people should feel it is a great time to use it to start a discussion about the lack of privileges given to the underprivileged class.
Because the consequences of the lack of privilege is more evident in times like these?
Seems like a pretty daft question, to be honest.
Round up the hipsters.
Quote from: Jacob on November 01, 2012, 12:51:17 AM
Quote from: garbon on October 31, 2012, 08:54:32 PM
I'm not sure why at a time of crisis, people should feel it is a great time to use it to start a discussion about the lack of privileges given to the underprivileged class.
Because the consequences of the lack of privilege is more evident in times like these?
Seems like a pretty daft question, to be honest.
Which is a fine conversation to have later but I can't see that it does much at this moment other than build acrimony? I think it's also very unfair as I'm not even sure it is really true with this storm. Sure Manhattan had some great photos of flooded Wall Street but I've heard a lot about Queens and Brooklyn and I don't think the city has been sparing on efforts to help out those parts of the city.
Incidentally I read last night that the amount of customers without power in Lower Manhattan exceeds the total amount of powerless customers in Queens, The Bronx and Brooklyn combined. Talk about what privilege gets you.
Didn't know that Queens, The Bronx and Brooklyn were the epicenters of western banking and trading and commercial headquarters, too.
Hey, some places are simply more important than others.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 01, 2012, 07:28:13 AM
Didn't know that Queens, The Bronx and Brooklyn were the epicenters of western banking and trading and commercial headquarters, too.
Hey, some places are simply more important than others.
There are stockpiles of the frames you wanted in the hipster fortress in Brooklyn.
Well there's that as well but really I think it's just an unfair charge at this moment. While most of the city will see the resumption of limited subway service today, you won't see that in Lower Manhattan.
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 01, 2012, 07:30:45 AM
There are stockpiles of the frames you wanted in the hipster fortress in Brooklyn.
I'd rather see AIG's data centers get back online before free trade coffee houses.
I really, really hope those idiots don't have their data centers in the sub basements.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 01, 2012, 07:38:01 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 01, 2012, 07:30:45 AM
There are stockpiles of the frames you wanted in the hipster fortress in Brooklyn.
I'd rather see AIG's data centers get back online before free trade coffee houses.
I really, really hope those idiots don't have their data centers in the sub basements.
Here is a site to entertain you:
http://www.wikihow.com/Be-a-Hipster
...sigh...
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 01, 2012, 07:38:01 AM
I really, really hope those idiots don't have their data centers in the sub basements.
You really, really don't want the answer to this.
Quote from: Faeelin on November 01, 2012, 07:45:46 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 01, 2012, 07:38:01 AM
I really, really hope those idiots don't have their data centers in the sub basements.
You really, really don't want the answer to this.
:bleeding:
Oh, well...we had to learn from Isabel. Guess they'll just have to learn from Sandy. But, probably not.
Quote from: Jacob on November 01, 2012, 12:51:17 AM
Because the consequences of the lack of privilege is more evident in times like these?
Seems like a pretty daft question, to be honest.
Yeah it is pretty daft to think that we would consider the banking and financial center of the world to be important is a reflection of anything besides common sense.
So I think they've said now power will be on Friday or Saturday. I'm still leaning heavily to heading to Boston tonight.
Meow.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/30/michael-brown-obama-hurricane-sandy_n_2044971.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/30/michael-brown-obama-hurricane-sandy_n_2044971.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false)
QuoteMichael Brown, the former FEMA director infamously praised by President George W. Bush for doing a "heckuva job" (http://www.hark.com/clips/ccgkzjpjgn-brownie-youre-doing-a-heck-of-a-job) during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, told a local paper that President Barack Obama acted too quickly in mobilizing relief for Superstorm Sandy.
"Here's my concern," Brown told Denver's Westword (http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2012/10/michael_brown_fema_obama_hurricane_sandy.php) on Monday, suggesting that the official response was actually making people complacent. "It's premature [when] the brunt of the storm won't happen until later this afternoon."
Obama declared states of emergency (http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50134026n) all along East Coast states in the path of Sandy on Sunday, well before the storm hit, allowing federal resources to start flowing where governors thought they would be needed. FEMA and local responders were able to pre-position a lot of the material being drawn upon now.
Obama also held a press conference warning people to pay careful attention to the storm.
"This is a serious and big storm," Obama said after meeting with FEMA officials and talking to governors Sunday. "And my first message is to all the people across the Eastern seaboard, Mid-Atlantic, going north, that you need to take this very seriously."
Brown suggested Obama was just trying to look good.
"He probably figured Sunday was a good day to do a press conference," Brown said in his interview.
He also thought Obama's response contrasted poorly to his response to the deadly attacks on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in which the U.S. ambassador and three others died. "One thing he's gonna be asked is, why did he jump on this so quickly and go back to D.C. so quickly when in ... Benghazi, he went to Las Vegas?" Brown said.
I don't understand Michael Brown's complaint. So it was bad that we got resources in place before the storm had hit - so that they can more quickly be allocated? Sure it makes Obama look better but isn't that rather irrelevant to the people on the grown?
I guess you could complain that he dispensed resources before it was definitely known that they would be needed but that argument seems a little weak.
Quote from: garbon on November 01, 2012, 09:25:52 AM
I don't understand Michael Brown's complaint. So it was bad that we got resources in place before the storm had hit - so that they can more quickly be allocated? Sure it makes Obama look better but isn't that rather irrelevant to the people on the grown?
Fedrhul guvmint bad.
One would think how the way Katrina developed and caught the Feds with their pants down--when everybody else that could split did days before--the Feds wouldn't want to see the same mistake repeated.
Guy sounds like an ass.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 01, 2012, 09:32:30 AM
One would think how the way Katrina developed and caught the Feds with their pants down--when everybody else that could split did days before--the Feds wouldn't want to see the same mistake repeated.
Indeed. He should really just try to stay in obscurity.
82 dead. :(
Okay, I'm glad I'm leaving. They are now saying till 3rd which would be two more fun days! I feel bad for Westchester where ConEd has now estimated the 10th.
So, Saturday.
I'm glad you can count? :unsure:
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Quote from: Grey Fox on November 01, 2012, 01:44:12 PM
Quote from: garbon on November 01, 2012, 01:39:08 PM
I'm glad you can count? :unsure:
:rolleyes:
Well I can't see any other reason for your comment unless you were just trying to be a pain in the ass. :)
Quote from: garbon on November 01, 2012, 01:45:26 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 01, 2012, 01:44:12 PM
Quote from: garbon on November 01, 2012, 01:39:08 PM
I'm glad you can count? :unsure:
:rolleyes:
Well I can't see any other reason for your comment unless you were just trying to be a pain in the ass. :)
Maybe it was an impression ? :hmm:
Quote from: mongers on November 01, 2012, 03:40:49 PM
Quote from: garbon on November 01, 2012, 01:45:26 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 01, 2012, 01:44:12 PM
Quote from: garbon on November 01, 2012, 01:39:08 PM
I'm glad you can count? :unsure:
:rolleyes:
Well I can't see any other reason for your comment unless you were just trying to be a pain in the ass. :)
Maybe it was an impression ? :hmm:
Of who, we have a lot of pain in the asses here.
Quote from: garbon on November 01, 2012, 01:45:26 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 01, 2012, 01:44:12 PM
Quote from: garbon on November 01, 2012, 01:39:08 PM
I'm glad you can count? :unsure:
:rolleyes:
Well I can't see any other reason for your comment unless you were just trying to be a pain in the ass. :)
I'm pretty good at discerning the tone of most posts. His seemed to be an innocent offhand comment. Superfluous to your original comments to be sure, nonetheless it was a neutral toned post.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 01, 2012, 07:38:01 AM
I'd rather see AIG's data centers get back online before free trade coffee houses.
AIG and every other company everywhere should have failover data centers in a different geographic region.
Of course, most probably can't even do nightly backups right.
Quote from: garbon on October 31, 2012, 05:10:27 PM
My hotel room has a private roof deck with chaise lounges. Definitely different from what I was in last night!
Now I'm on a bus. Feeling like Cinderella.
Quote from: Baron von Schtinkenbutt on November 01, 2012, 06:23:23 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 01, 2012, 07:38:01 AM
I'd rather see AIG's data centers get back online before free trade coffee houses.
AIG and every other company everywhere should have failover data centers in a different geographic region.
Should. SHOULD.
My Dad finally heard from his Uncle Paul in Staten Island. Some buddies from the VFW came to get him.
The Japanese couldn't kill him, he wasn't worried about a hurricane.
Quote from: Baron von Schtinkenbutt on November 01, 2012, 06:23:23 PM
AIG and every other company everywhere should have failover data centers in a different geographic region.
Of course, most probably can't even do nightly backups right.
Ya know, it annoys me how many places are like this. It's not like that's CCP-level work- every freaking A+ student has to know good backup policy, and yet virtually no company I've come across does it correctly. You think that's corner-cutting, laziness, or just stupid, willful ignorance?
It's purse string holders not understanding how their companies work.
Tubes! It's just Tubes!
Quote from: DontSayBanana on November 02, 2012, 10:53:21 AM
Ya know, it annoys me how many places are like this. It's not like that's CCP-level work- every freaking A+ student has to know good backup policy, and yet virtually no company I've come across does it correctly. You think that's corner-cutting, laziness, or just stupid, willful ignorance?
Yup, like GF says, it's the MBAtard bean counters that determine the final outcome. YOU WANT US TO SPEND HOW MUCH ON SOMETHING THAT *MIGHT* HAPPEN????
Us worker bees just try to fit a round peg into a square hole the best we can, and try not to look snarky when we show them the email from 2 years earlier, saying, "yeah, this is when we told you this would happen".
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 02, 2012, 11:15:42 AM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on November 02, 2012, 10:53:21 AM
Ya know, it annoys me how many places are like this. It's not like that's CCP-level work- every freaking A+ student has to know good backup policy, and yet virtually no company I've come across does it correctly. You think that's corner-cutting, laziness, or just stupid, willful ignorance?
Yup, like GF says, it's the MBAtard bean counters that determine the final outcome. YOU WANT US TO SPEND HOW MUCH ON SOMETHING THAT *MIGHT* HAPPEN????
Us worker bees just try to fit a round peg into a square hole the best we can, and try not to look snarky when we show them the email from 2 years earlier, saying, "yeah, this is when we told you this would happen".
You'd love it here. With the attention we pay to disaster recovery & whatnot it has to take up about a third of our budget.
Quote from: derspiess on November 02, 2012, 11:23:14 AM
You'd love it here. With the attention we pay to disaster recovery & whatnot it has to take up about a third of our budget.
Alas, so did we. That shit ended quick. Shareholder value and whatnot.
And here I sit, managing my own disaster recovery.
Quote from: DontSayBanana on November 02, 2012, 10:53:21 AM
Quote from: Baron von Schtinkenbutt on November 01, 2012, 06:23:23 PM
AIG and every other company everywhere should have failover data centers in a different geographic region.
Of course, most probably can't even do nightly backups right.
Ya know, it annoys me how many places are like this. It's not like that's CCP-level work- every freaking A+ student has to know good backup policy, and yet virtually no company I've come across does it correctly. You think that's corner-cutting, laziness, or just stupid, willful ignorance?
My production environment could sink into the ocean and I'd have it all back online in less than 45 minutes. Virtual environments are the shit.
But, for people like AIG with massive infrastructure needs, I don't think they can be nimble enough to convert everything that fast. They probably have banks of old-school mainframes that can't be mirrored and stuff like that.
People are bitching that Bloomberg is kicking refugees out of hotels to make room for marathon visitors.
How can they have that Marathon. Staten Island is barely out of the water.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on November 02, 2012, 11:49:19 AM
People are bitching that Bloomberg is kicking refugees out of hotels to make room for marathon visitors.
Wait what? How can he do that?
Quote from: Faeelin on November 02, 2012, 12:27:08 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on November 02, 2012, 11:49:19 AM
People are bitching that Bloomberg is kicking refugees out of hotels to make room for marathon visitors.
Wait what? How can he do that?
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SWAT in NY have a lot of keys.
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 02, 2012, 12:42:08 PM
SWAT in NY have a lot of keys.
Yep, thirty of them in one magazine.
Bring back Staten Island succession. Squee.
State Island is such a weird borough. Both geographically and culturally, this island belongs in New Jersey.
Quote from: DGuller on November 02, 2012, 12:50:53 PM
... culturally, this island belongs in New Jersey.
Never were more damning words written. :lol:
Quote from: Malthus on November 02, 2012, 12:54:41 PM
Quote from: DGuller on November 02, 2012, 12:50:53 PM
... culturally, this island belongs in New Jersey.
Never were more damning words written. :lol:
:rolleyes: When you guys get "Ontario Shore" or "The Real Housewives of Ontario", then you can talk to me about culture.
Quote from: DGuller on November 02, 2012, 01:15:33 PM
Quote from: Malthus on November 02, 2012, 12:54:41 PM
Quote from: DGuller on November 02, 2012, 12:50:53 PM
... culturally, this island belongs in New Jersey.
Never were more damning words written. :lol:
:rolleyes: When you guys get "Ontario Shore" or "The Real Housewives of Ontario", then you can talk to me about culture.
Everybody is pale and wearing flannel.
Quote from: DGuller on November 02, 2012, 01:15:33 PM
Quote from: Malthus on November 02, 2012, 12:54:41 PM
Quote from: DGuller on November 02, 2012, 12:50:53 PM
... culturally, this island belongs in New Jersey.
Never were more damning words written. :lol:
:rolleyes: When you guys get "Ontario Shore" or "The Real Housewives of Ontario", then you can talk to me about culture.
Well, they did have Kids in the Hall.
Quote from: DGuller on November 02, 2012, 01:15:33 PM
Quote from: Malthus on November 02, 2012, 12:54:41 PM
Quote from: DGuller on November 02, 2012, 12:50:53 PM
... culturally, this island belongs in New Jersey.
Never were more damning words written. :lol:
:rolleyes: When you guys get "Ontario Shore" or "The Real Housewives of Ontario", then you can talk to me about culture.
I'm afraid Ontario has yet to have its Snooki. :(
Quote from: Faeelin on November 02, 2012, 12:27:08 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on November 02, 2012, 11:49:19 AM
People are bitching that Bloomberg is kicking refugees out of hotels to make room for marathon visitors.
Wait what? How can he do that?
Well aren't those refugees kind of like squatters? They're taking up rooms that people have paid for.
On a different note, apparently the city made $340 million off the race in 2010.
Are both Upper Side rich Neighborhoods?
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 02, 2012, 01:44:15 PM
Are both Upper Side rich Neighborhoods?
Here's an interactive map but generally yes though depends on how far you're calling the UES and UWS.
http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/wnyc-news-blog/2011/dec/08/census-locates-citys-wealthiest-and-poorest-neighborhoods/
What's confusing me is Midtown. When does it stop just being lower & upper?
Interesting map, thanks.
I typically use between 59th street (which is start of central park) and 34th (as they you start getting distinct neighborhoods like Chelsea). For Lower Manhattan, I'd say 14th street and below.
That makes sense. I don't know why but I was under the impression that Upper started at 34th street.
Per google, midtown is everything from 14th to the ends of the UES and UWS. Wiki has 31st to 59th street.
Quote from: garbon on November 02, 2012, 01:49:33 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 02, 2012, 01:44:15 PM
Are both Upper Side rich Neighborhoods?
Here's an interactive map but generally yes though depends on how far you're calling the UES and UWS.
http://www.wnyc.org/blogs/wnyc-news-blog/2011/dec/08/census-locates-citys-wealthiest-and-poorest-neighborhoods/
Nifty.
QuoteCitywide median is $50,285
Dear Lord. :bleeding:
:unsure:
Just imagining how one would live on that with the COL up there, s'all.
Well that map details out where you'd live. You could even do the LES what with its ranges in the 15-30k.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 02, 2012, 02:01:18 PM
Just imagining how one would live on that with the COL up there, s'all.
I don't even care about COL, I just can't imagine how you could live there. The place is packed like sardines. My blood pressure spikes anytime I have to go there.
My parents still don't have power. They took a shower at the YMCA this morning. Are they: poors.
Quote from: Caliga on November 02, 2012, 03:39:45 PM
My parents still don't have power. They took a shower at the YMCA this morning. Are they: poors.
Power != shower.
Nurse Bloomberg cancels marathon.
So what was the deal with the non-union electrical workers from Alabama being turned away by union thugs in Joisey? Was there some sort of strike going on?
Quote from: derspiess on November 02, 2012, 04:46:21 PM
So what was the deal with the non-union electrical workers from Alabama being turned away by union thugs in Joisey? Was there some sort of strike going on?
I haven't seen the specific story, but that isn't surprising especially for East Cost unions. They would probably rather let people sit in the dark rather than let scabs take their money for turning the lights back on.
Stuff like that is a big part of why I was reluctant to join the union, but like everything else unions are a lot more mellow out here and there wasn't a lot of choices if I was to stay in the industry.
Supposedly the IEWU wanted them to abide by union rules, and they told them to get stuffed. ROLL TIDE.
Why didn't you break your unions in America?
Quote from: The Brain on November 02, 2012, 06:21:22 PM
Why didn't you break the Mob in America?
Fixed for applicability to Jersey.
http://gothamist.com/2012/11/05/rabbi_blames_sandy_on_gay_marriage.php
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QuoteRabbi Blames Sandy On Gay Marriage, Cuomo Says STFU
Somehow what with the massive, destructive hurricane we missed this, but last week a right-wing upstate Rabbi named Noson Leiter decided to go on Voice of Christian Youth America program Crosstalk to spew some hate and blame Sandy on gay marriage coming to New York. Seriously. After all, "the Great Flood in the time of Noah was triggered by the recognition of same-gender marriages!" Another sign was the rainbow visible over the city after the storm. This weekend ex-Governor Pataki slammed the "offensive" comments and today current Governor Cuomo came out and ripped Leiter a new one.
And here's what Cuomo, who helped bring marriage equality to the Empire State, had to say about that:
"The comments made by Rabbi Noson Leiter that sought to link the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy to our state's embrace of marriage equality are as offensive as they are ignorant. This catastrophic storm claimed the lives of more than forty New Yorkers. This kind of hateful rhetoric has no place in our public discourse, and is particularly distasteful in times of tragedy. Our state is proud to offer equal rights to all our citizens, and we will never tolerate the use of a tragedy like Hurricane Sandy to promote a divisive and bigoted agenda. I call on Rabbi Leiter to apologize immediately for his hurtful comments."
Oh Andy, we really do appreciate how much you've stuck to your guns on this one. Though really you could have just let this one slide. Haters gonna hate.
Rabbi represents the group "Torah Jews for Decency".
Quote from: garbon on November 05, 2012, 03:34:09 PM
Rabbi represents the group "Torah Jews for Decency".
His definition of "decency" is very different from mine.
Quote from: derspiess on November 02, 2012, 04:46:21 PM
So what was the deal with the non-union electrical workers from Alabama being turned away by union thugs in Joisey? Was there some sort of strike going on?
Not a problem here (New York). Some guys from Tuscaloosa got our power up and running again. They were in a good mood on Sunday after the LSU game.
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QuoteNor'easter may bring 50 mph winds, rain to Sandy-hit areas
By NBC News staff and wire reports
Updated at 6:26 p.m. ET: NEW YORK -- A week after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the New Jersey and New York coast lines, another challenge loomed Monday for the region: a slow-moving nor'easter, capable of delivering punishing amounts of wind, rain and snow.
"Though this storm will not have near the magnitude of the impact Sandy had, the combination of rain, wind and snow will add insult to injury for the recovery process along the East Coast," The Weather Channel's Chris Dolce reported.
Starting in Florida Tuesday morning, the storm will move up the East Coast and into the Carolinas late in the day, TODAY Show Chief Meteorologist Al Roker said. By Wednesday morning, the storm will move into New Jersey with strong onshore wind gusts of more than 50 miles per hour and waves measuring 10 to 20 feet high. The storm could bring 2 to 4 inches of rainfall in the area as it makes its way into New England Thursday.
"Normally we wouldn't worry about it, but this is a potentially dangerous storm only because when we're talking about tides of 4 to 5 feet when you have almost no beaches and no dunes, that could be big problems all along the areas already affected by Sandy, and it may bring some more power lines down," Roker said.
Behind the rain will be more cold air, Roker said, which means there is the potential for heavy amounts of snow in the White and Green Mountains in New England all the way back down to areas in West Virginia.
While more than a million people remained without power Monday, life was expected to return slowly to normal for many in the region ahead of the nor'easter. Still, a shortage of gas and overwhelmed transit systems remain problems.
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on November 05, 2012, 04:46:29 PM
Quote from: derspiess on November 02, 2012, 04:46:21 PM
So what was the deal with the non-union electrical workers from Alabama being turned away by union thugs in Joisey? Was there some sort of strike going on?
Not a problem here (New York). Some guys from Tuscaloosa got our power up and running again. They were in a good mood on Sunday after the LSU game.
Yeah, that story was debunked. Reciprocity rules between utilities have nothing to do with union/non-union rules. Everybody's paid cash for triple-time.
QuoteUpdated at 1 a.m. ET: Snow fell on damaged homes and debris piles in parts of the New York City area as a nor'easter moved in Wednesday, causing new power outages and calls for evacuations.
By Wednesday night, the winds had caused more than 100,000 new power outages in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, the U.S. Energy Department stated. That brought the total number to 715,000, most of those remaining from Superstorm Sandy, which made landfall in New Jersey on Oct. 29.
Throughout the Tri-state area, people wore coats indoors as they endured yet another night without heat. Some of those who had weathered Sandy told NBC New York on Wednesday they were petrified.
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"It's like a sequel to a horror movie," said James Alexander, a resident of the hard-hit Rockaway Peninsula. "Here we are, nine days later — freezing, no electricity, no nothing, waiting for another storm."
Alexander's home was spared when Sandy hit, but homes around him burned to the ground, and the boardwalk near his home was washed out to sea.
"They said it would be a rough winter," he noted to NBC New York.
Way to go, Guv. :thumbsup:
QuoteALBANY, N.Y. -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has fired his $153,000-a-year emergency management director for diverting a crew to remove a tree from his Long Island home's driveway after Superstorm Sandy hit, a state official said Wednesday.
Director of Emergency Management Steven Kuhr was fired after the governor was told that Kuhr called a Suffolk County crew to remove a fallen tree from his driveway, according to the official. Kuhr was working in Albany at the time last week, shortly after Sandy hit.
The official spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the personnel decision wasn't announced. A spokesman for Cuomo declined to comment. The New York Times first reported the action.
Cuomo appointed Kuhr in October 2011 as executive deputy commissioner of the state Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Services.
There was no answer at Kuhr's office Wednesday night and a phone number listed in his name was not working.
The action comes as Cuomo has bitterly criticized utilities for what he said has been slow progress restoring power to customers from the Hudson Valley through Long Island. Most of the power has been restored to more than 2 million customers who lost electricity because of Sandy, though lights started flickering off again Wednesday night as a new storm raked the region.
Kuhr previously was president of Strategic Emergency Group, a consulting firm that had contracts with New York City, the state and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, according to the news release announcing his appointment. Kuhr had also worked for New York City for 20 years including with the fire department.
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QuoteWest Village Man Looking To Start Post-Blackout Support Group
SoPo, never forget. Though some 55,000 New Yorkers are still living without power others are still coming to grips with the time the lights went out in Manhattan. And since groups like the Red Cross aren't setting up support groups for them, they're taking things into their own hands. Like Barry Drogin, who has been suffering from self-diagnosed acute traumatic stress (now post-traumatic stress) since the lights went out.
"I understand people [are] losing their homes," he explained recently when calling into NY1, but that didn't make the stress he was feeling less real. "After 9/11 people created support groups and things. And sometimes just by grouping people together you don't even need a professional there."
Having had trouble finding any good city-based mental health services since the storm, Droginrry has gone and offered to start his own. He just needs a few more people to sign up. In the meantime, he's written up his experiences with the blackout, along with some tips on coping with the power loss. In addition he offers these tips for dealing with someone traumatized by the blackout (tips we've not been 100 percent great at following ourselves in this post):
Do not tell them that others have it worse, or are still without power. That is cruel.
Do not laugh at them or run away from them. Listen and be patient.
Do not conjecture or refer them to resources that you have not personally confirmed are currently available. Offer to research for them.
We've reached out to Drogin to find out how the group is coming along but haven't heard back yet.
Yeah, someone need to sort out prioritising restoration of the electricity supply asap; saw a report about small numbers of volunteers handing out clothing in one of the projects and the area seemed to have been abandoned by the authorities.
The residents of the tower blocks just left to fend for themselves without electricity, despite the lack of apparent storm damage.
Bloomberg sucks.