sharke
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Re:Stay safe our American friends
2012/10/29 20:19:57
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Well, there was just a huge explosion at the Con Edison power station on Avenue C, about 10 blocks from me. The whole sky lit up like before, but it wasn't coming from above, it was something in the plant. It was a freakish electric blue/green color. Then there was an almighty crash, and a whole bunch of white smoke. It was enough to knock my computer off so that I had to restart it, but thankfully I still have power. I wonder what in the hell happened there.
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Re:Stay safe our American friends
2012/10/29 20:35:51
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I spent my battery backup money on a microphone. (hanging head in sorrow and shame)
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Re:Stay safe our American friends
2012/10/29 20:53:06
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I just went down the street to take a look at the encroaching floodwaters and there was another explosion at the power station right by us, about 4 blocks away. This time it was serious. Like a bomb going off. Much panic and running in the streets, people screaming. Manhattan is now a blackout situation and it's chaos!
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Re:Stay safe our American friends
2012/10/29 20:56:25
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sharke
I just went down the street to take a look at the encroaching floodwaters and there was another explosion at the power station right by us, about 4 blocks away. This time it was serious. Like a bomb going off. Much panic and running in the streets, people screaming. Manhattan is now a blackout situation and it's chaos!
I feel the need to say somethng, however pointless it may be. My thoughts (and many others, judging by this thread) are with all of you. Good luck and prayers..
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Re:Stay safe our American friends
2012/10/29 21:00:32
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Well, we lost power for few hours or so. Just limbs down around here but nothing major so far.
@Danny, I never thought of that but even so, you still have to clean the broken glass no matter what. It's always handy to have a good shop vac!
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sharke
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Re:Stay safe our American friends
2012/10/29 21:10:43
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I tell ya, New York is a scary place in a blackout. I'm on edge just looking out of my window! Would hate to be back on the street now...NYC has turned to anarchy in a blackout before and there are some monsters out there...
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Re:Stay safe our American friends
2012/10/29 21:11:19
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outer bands are now here in Southern Ontario
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Re:Stay safe our American friends
2012/10/29 21:16:55
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@sharke... The last big blackout in NYC had people exhibiting extreme benevolence. There were some nasty ones well in the past but after 9/11 the towns learned to be cool in crisis. I'd still stay inside and lock your doors though just in case. Those were probably just transformers blowing and those people are freaking out for nothing.
BTW Battery Tunnel is flooded with seawater. That seems to be the big news right now.
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Re:Stay safe our American friends
2012/10/29 21:36:43
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Okay... reports out of Manhattan are looking pretty nasty. Stay safe ya'll...
aaaand now my lights are flickering.
:-/
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Re:Stay safe our American friends
2012/10/29 21:48:03
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Re:Stay safe our American friends
2012/10/29 21:53:49
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And assuming that's a continuous stream of video there is another explosion at 3:06.
Also I saw a report that the Empire State building went dark and a woman got killed in Toronto by a Staples sign.
:-/
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Re:Stay safe our American friends
2012/10/29 22:07:20
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In Maryland, just North of DC, we didn't get much at all - it has been dead quiet for about an hour now.
NYC got pounded, and it looks like giant chunks of the city are dark.
Stay inside and stay warm and safe.
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Re:Stay safe our American friends
2012/10/29 22:24:49
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Re:Stay safe our American friends
2012/10/29 22:41:23
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Not good. You guys in New York are having a rough time.
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Re:Stay safe our American friends
2012/10/29 22:45:01
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It was pretty impressive how quickly that fireman ran into that building. They do NOT get paid enough for what they do.
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Re:Stay safe our American friends
2012/10/29 22:50:31
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Yeah, man. First thing I noticed too. Courage is fighting all human instinct and running TOWARDS the danger... well in some cases it just stupidity but not there.
Brass balls.
I was glad to see that there were no people in those apartments. Must have evacuated before that happened... but those people now have no homes. :-/
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Re:Stay safe our American friends
2012/10/29 22:52:56
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And I hope sharke is okay. Apparently everything lower than 39th is without power so I'm assuming that's why he's not posting. :-/
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Re:Stay safe our American friends
2012/10/29 23:58:16
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Probably not going to hear from Sharke again tonight. Most power below 40th street is out. My wife is with her mother on E33rd... no power. I'm up on 90th Street near Central Park. I have power, but heard a large noise and looked out my window to see a 60-70 ft tree just next door laying across the street, the tops resting against the building across from me, ripped out of the sidewalk roots and all.
Wind is finally calming down a bit, but the water downtown is a real problem.
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Re:Stay safe our American friends
2012/10/30 01:18:21
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It seems its trying to reach us here in Michigan. Nothing to worry about a little high winds and some rain is all. Nothing we haven't seen before.
In the east, stay safe please.
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Re:Stay safe our American friends
2012/10/30 09:32:34
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Re:Stay safe our American friends
2012/10/30 09:40:51
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Well we made it through the night. Heavy rain with winds around 70-90 mph. We were very fortunate in that we did not have any damage to our house plus we never lost power. There are 1,000s of people around us without power right now. Along the shore of Lake Ontario approximately 3,000 people had to evacuate do to high waves. Some of those homes I hear got significant damage.
It looks like the worst is over here. It is suppose to rain now for the next 6 days with winds today around 20-30 mph.
Thanx for your concern and prayers.
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Re:Stay safe our American friends
2012/10/30 11:24:14
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Got pretty nutty here but surprisingly the power stayed on. Looks like New York and Jersey have turned into Waterworld. Not cool, Mother Nature. Not cool.
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