Paul it was much more than a "summer storm" - even if it were not the
Hurricane we prepared for with great caution - I was also out for walk
but I"ve had NEw YOrk 1 on non stop since last night... people were
sending in amature vids of their neighborhoods and certainly the shots
of lower Manhattan showed pretty serious flooding.
The subway system will be examined today - . It isn't only this storm
that is/was the problem, but the over saturated earth from recent storms
as well -- it rained steadily all night.
What impressed me how everyone behaved so well and followed
instructions... not only that, not one person I've encountered
had anything but praise for the administartion..
MEtro NOrth has major problems and we still don't know how much salt
water got into the subway and Path tunnels though it was good news
that the Holland tunnel survived.
ann
On 8/28/2011 11:28, Paul Stenquist wrote:
On Aug 28, 2011, at 11:21 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
Boy, Paul ...
If you were watching our local news (or if she were) that isn't what you would
be saying. NY 1 has excellent coverage... better than the networks.
My daughters, who live on the first floor, were out and about this morning. Couldn't find
any damage or flooding. I think the news stations were so into their "disaster
coverage," they went out of their way to find the singular toppled tree or flooded
street. All the data says it turned out to be not much more than a summer storm. Yes,
Bloomberg blew it on the snowstorm and apparently overcompensated here. But you're right,
overkill beats the alternative every time.
Paul
Also, after the lack of cuation this winter was not appreciated and
as it turned out to be, perhaps, a bit of overkill from the point of view of
the citizens, much better to get that ire along with relief
than what went on last winter...
The news coverage may get redundant and boring but shutting down the subway
system was just right... there have been problems constantly with normal
rainstorms of shortages and interupted service - the weekends have been devoted
to limited service recently for repairs as it is but there would be any number
of jerks non-chalanting the whole thing and getting themselves hurt or worse.
There could have been very serious problems underground - and probably are a
ton of them.
The skies are clearing but the winds are high -- maybe not high by hurricane
standards but not anything you would want to walk around in.
I'm in a good spot - on the 3rd floor, actually - Mark is so spry he thinks it
is only on the second floor.
Sun just came out... I may venture out with camera.. but not far.
Not much open around here.
What I'm impressed with is how well behaved everyone has been - actually
heeding warnings and staying out of the way of possible harm. HOpe
that continues.
ann
On 8/28/2011 10:48, Paul Stenquist wrote:
Saw that about Tom's tree. Unfortunate. I hate to see old trees come down,
particularly when they fall on houses.
But Irene is pretty much history. My daughters, who live in Brooklyn's Bay
Ridge neighborhood, not far from the point where the South Bay and East River
meet, report that it's all much ado about nothing. A few leaves fell from trees
and the streets are wet and slippery. That's the extent of the devastation.
Unfortunately, they don't know how they're going to get to work tomorrow, since
Mayor Bloomberg jumped the shark and shut down the subways until Monday night.
Boston will see nothing more than a wet and windy afternoon.
A good thing that, based on past hurricane behavior, was entirely predictable.
Paul
On Aug 28, 2011, at 8:59 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
I just learned via Facebook the former PDML-member Tom Van Veen had a
15-foot tree come down on his house and another tree uproot and take
out a transformer. No one hurt (his wife& kid are out of town).
A lot of NYC is without power and the East River is starting to
overflow its banks. Annsan's not too far from there but her apartment
is on the second floor ;-)
Still just a bad rain storm here in Boston...
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