Sandy Checkin and Drinking Society

Yep.....eerie.

Mame, can we assume that your house was not rockin' and rollin' in the earthquakes? Or at least that you came out of it OK?

I am awaiting reports of frogs and locusts. Meanwhile, it's raining sharks. http://www.goupstate.com/article/20121029/WIRE/121029680

I got a message from Thomas. He's without power, but he's ok.

tell him the folks at Tim Hortons are glad he's ok...

does that just leave Frank?

Didn't feel a thing here and no one else has mentioned it. I remember being in Vancouver, though, when a few came rolling through. The house felt as if it were being rocked by an off-kilter washing machine.

I've been watching the news the last few days - can't believe I was just there in NYC when I look at what's going on.

Is anyone from Canada providing assistance, do you know, as we did in New Orleans? I wonder who's helping them.

Poor, poor New Jersey!! And Long Island. Wow.

I'm reeling. Saltwater in the subway. When will the trains be running again? Quien sabe?

I just had a horrible thought. Many homeless people live in abandoned subway stations and tunnels. I haven't heard any reports about them. You guys are following things more closely than I am. Anybody heard anything?

hopefully some good hearted citizens were thinking about that beforehand, B.

the big surge was predicted a coupla days in advance.



hopefully...

They're trying by increasing the number of shelters and local outreach. Some (many?) of the homeless don't trust shelters so they're staying outside. Huff Post ran an article about it a couple days ago...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/29/homeless-hurricane-sandy-new-york_n_2041369.html

My folks (who finally have cel coverage, but still no power) have been convinced to go to my brother's place in Maryland this weekend. I suggested they go even if the power comes back on between now and then.

The next town over has power, so they have been able to do things like go out to eat. Life goes on, sorta.

Our friend from LB checked in today. They were finally rescued by a family member yesterday morning after a horrendous night. The water came up about another foot. Much of Long Island is under a mandatory evacuation and a curfew for the 10% of the island that has power. She's pretty shaken, but alive.

Hi, Got my internet back this afternoon. Here, Jackson Heights, NY , never lost power, and, happily, the immediate neighborhood sustained only slight damage. The towering old trees are still standing. Smaller trees along the avenues toppled over. Poly and I passed the time cooking, eating, reading, knitting, napping, making /receiving phone calls. OK, Poly did two out of six.

Just learned NYC schools will be closed through Friday. Has to be a logistics nightmare.. damage to buildings probably secondary to transportation problems. Wondering how next Tuesday's election will be impacted. Interesting times.

My sister in Belmar (Jersey Shore) is staying a little inland with her son. They're still without power and have had problems getting fuel for the generator. I hope that things improve for people suffering, disruption, displacement and worse.

Glad all is well.

I ventured out. Nice out. Went to the supermarket. Very low in stock. Delivery problems I'm guessing. No Pepsi. No Entenmann's. The deli section closed early. Almost no bread.

Things looked normal on the street. No downed trees.

I continue to see the devastation on the news. Glad I am where I am.

Just heard that N-trains are rolling into Manhattan.

Heard from a friend who has a place in Avalon. They are shocked by the damage from the water. Their place seems to be sound but itll need to be resurfaced and floored (They have plaster walls so the damage wont be as bad asdrywall I think.

My BiL has a place in Broadkill Del and he dodged the bullet completely. Just 15 miles down the beach hiway, the town of Fenwick through Bethany are all hammered with water damage.
As people alway forget about hurricanes, the Saffir Simpson scale only deals with wind and not the real destroyer, water.

Yikes!

You folks sure have fierce weather!!

...and we were grizzling about copping the Acqua Alta in Venice...

have a drink on me

Still no word from Frank Apisa?

Left for work this AM an hour and a half early, walked the twenty blocks down to 168th Street where we were told the faithful A train would be headed downtown.
Uh, no.
At least not when I got there about seven. Told to go down to the Number One Train platform and that a 1 would be along.
Yes.
(I really like getting on a train that had 140% of it's passenger load. Wewerepackedinveryclosetoeachother.
no, it was more like
Wwrpckdnvryclstchthr

(Rats! that was going to be my new password)

You don't often think about how heavy a subway train is until you are going over the railbridge at 125th Street right away a hurricane shook it for eleven hours.

Got to Times Square (42th Street) and enjoyed moving my arms again. Started walking towards Penn Station where I was supposed to catch something called a Q32 bus to go over the Queensboro bridge.

Suddenly figured out that I was BETWEEN Penn Station and the Queensboro Bridge and that the Q32 would have to, at some point, cross my path.
Went back inside subway station to look for BUS MAP.

While looking for bus map overheard someone say:
The N is running to Queensboro Plaza.

This excited me in the same way I was excited the first time I heard the words "Well, okay. But will you respect me in the morning?"

I walked briskly to the N platform.....and proceeded to grow a full beard before the N actually arrived.....nearly empty.

Off we went, under the river.

You don't often think about how far under the river you are in a subway tunnel until you remember that most of the tunnels were full of water and fish and distracted Poland Spring Water bottles yesterday.

Nothing happened.

Queensboro Plaza: Helped a German girl locate where she needed to go in Brooklyn. (There be buses to take you there, they say.)

Walked over the remaining span into Queens, down the block to work.

Going to do the reverse in about four hours.

Joe(what marathon?)Nation