Well NYC has shut down surface, subway and rail transit as of 7PM. Schools are closed for tomorrow. Many if not most shops and businesses closed early today (to give workers time to get home before transit shut down), and persons are stocking up.
This looks like it could be a mess for days. Wishing all whom are on duty and or travelling to and from to be safe and careful. Those on duty hope you brought your overnight essentials as it seems many will be staying over at least one night.
Be safe not dumb! Remember even four-wheel drive is not 100%, and if you don't have to be out, don't go.
I have to work tonight, not looking forward to it. Already packed extra clothes/food in anticipation of having to stay for a few days. The city has been threatening all day that the bridges might shut down if winds get up to 70mph, and if they do, I have no way of getting into work (short of having the coast guard take me in, and I'm sure they have better things to do at this time). I was stressing over this all day, and finally it occurred to me that my safety is more important than any job ever will be. Hope everyone stays warm and safe!
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Wind gusts in Philadelphia are 50-50 mi hr now --expected up to 75-80 once Sandy makes land Mon btwn 6-8PM. All DE/NJ/PA public transportation stopped along with train service from DC to New England. Storm predicted to make land in Atlantic City--area already flooded with current rains. Wildwood streets already 5ft floodwaters in roadways. Winds 80-100 expected at these Jersey shore points.
I live right near this red line in SE PA above Wilmington so expect to get full blast. Pays to live at top of a hill.
anyone a nurse in atlantic city or on the south jersey coast? some of those areas are already flooded and people were told to evacuate yesterday now many roads and bridges are closed i believe. good luck everyone!
Cape Cod here-- Roads already covered in sand and salt water in low-lying oceanfront spots, with a few houses looking to be candidates for undermining, according to our young adult who ventured out in his truck with girlfriend to see the sights. Other young adult works in a boatyard-- no work today, everything hauled and battened down yesterday and last night.
High tide is at 10pm, so it should be interesting. We live up on a hill near salt water but it would take a 46' storm surge to reach our front door according to Google Earth. The house has stood strong for nearly 150 years through worse, so no worries there. Trees are thrashing pretty decent with some small branches down, nothing too big, but the higher winds are yet to come.
We're just hanging out with the cats by the woodstove, oil lamps and flashlights at the ready, and the power is still on. When it goes, we can cook in the living room :). Since I took my own big computer in for servicing last Thurs I can't even work (everybody say, "Awwwwww, tooo BAD") so I have been catching up on reading and some exquisite caramels (ginger, tea, black sea salt, bourbon....omg...stop me before I eat them all....). Using DH's computer now that he's bored with watching the Weather Channel. If the power is on tomorrow, I'll send along an update, if anybody's interested. There are a few of us ANs nearby-- CCmermaid, Esme, and BCnurse, and probably more. I'm sure we'll all be fine.
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...hanging on!!!!!!!!!!!!! Intermittent power. Taking advantage of the power....tons of trees down right now. Hey last year it was hurricane Irene and 2 feet of snow. This year an earthquake and a hurricane....may be the Mayan calendar is right after all!
...hanging on!!!!!!!!!!!!! Intermittent power. Taking advantage of the power....tons of trees down right now. Hey last year it was hurricane Irene and 2 feet of snow. This year an earthquake and a hurricane....may be the Mayan calendar is right after all!
That was my reaction to a hurricane of this magnitude in this area this late in the season. I still have power in Boston and, fortunately, if I lose it I have gas heat/a gas stove. The news can't seem to make up its mind... one minute, they're saying "the worst has passed", 2 seconds later "the worst is yet to come." The latter seems like the likely scenario since the eye just hit land within the last hour.
Two major hospital systems on Staten Island have staffed up to 150% of normal levels and may have to to without electronic records as the offsite location of those servers is in a flood prone area.
Saw something on the news eariler today that the NYS DOH has ordered all healthcare facilities in low lying areas to staff up to 150%.
Parts of lower Manhattan have lost power due to a shut down by Con Edison which may have affected Beekman Downtown. If things get worse ConEdison is saying power to certain areas below 34th Street will lose power next. This could affect Bellevue, Beth Israel, NYU, and the other East Side healthcare systems.
As of 7PM Staten Island was offically cut off from the rest of the world as the Goethals Bridge was closed. The Outerbridge Crossing and Bayonne Bridge, were shut at 5:30 p.m., and the Verrazano Narrows Bridge at 7PM as well.
Do not like driving over the VZ bridge even when there is only a "light" wind so cannot imagine what it must be like now! As for the Bayonne and Goethals,don't like either period! *LOL* Just don't like driving over bridges with no shoulders and tight lanes!
I'm in the Catskills, trees are trying like hell to uproot themselves and so far nothing has hit my property or house as yet. Afternoon drive home had to evade downed branches and political signs that had become projectiles. Urgh.
Power is questionable---several brownouts, lost completely for only a few minutes. I'm frankly AMAZED to still have power on at this point!
Rain, of course; they're talking several inches (how much? can't remember) by morning. Hudson River is gonna be UGLY, along with tributaries I'm near....flooding nearly devastated my region last year during Irene, and many have not YET recovered from that
Only good bit of news is that my ASC facility has decided to close tomorrow, we've already cancelled the few procedures that were left (everyone else had already cancelled by noon). So I can be home with kids if/when a situation arises.
Posted a separate thread but wanted to give a heads up: NYU-Langone's back-up generators have failed and they are now in the process of transfering >200 patients to NYP, Lenox Hill, Mount Sinai and other Manhattan hospitals. One assumes only those located above 36th street as the area below has areas without power.
The loss of power has also taken out NYU's internal telephone systems so management and staff aren't able to contact all or any family members as of yet to let them know what is going on.
About an hour or so ago stepped outside to see what was there was (we live on the UES) and saw a caravan of ambulances travelling down Second Avenue with sirens and lights going. It now all makes sense as one assumes they were part of the transport effort and probably had just taken patients to MS which is at 105th and Fifth.
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As a coastal NC dweller, my thoughts and prayers are with you all.