donsutherland1 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 There is no way a storm that was inland since making landfall in NC was that strong in Jersey and NYC. Also, I'm going to call bs on the 29 ft. Brian Bossack's dissertation lists it as a TS at NJ/NY landfall. Other sources are stronger. My guess is that it was probably a Category 1 hurricane when it made landfall near NYC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 http://www.newsday.com/long-island/lipa-estimate-100-000-li-area-homes-businesses-devastated-1.4179735 You can see how this is so when you drive down into the hardest hit zones. When you factor in all the other regions in the city, LI Sound, and the Jersey Shore the numbers are going to be truly staggering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 From somebody I know who lives one block from the Throgs Neck Bridge. "I've been in SI every day. The news isn't telling half the story. Its decimated, there's massive looting, FEMA nowhere to be found. I'll post more later. News isn't covering sh!t" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Trees falling in Wantagh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Video of all the car alarms going off at once as they became submerged by the surge in Coney Island: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weathergun Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Trees falling in Wantagh. Wow! This is terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfsheepsheadbay Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Power is back on in Scotch Plains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfsheepsheadbay Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Video of all the car alarms going off at once as they became submerged by the surge in Coney Island: I'm telling you these NYC shots remind me of the movie Cloverfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Parts of the east bound Ocean Parkway are now gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 I'm telling you these NYC shots remind me of the movie Cloverfield. That is one eerie video with the sounds of all the car alarms going off together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrick Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Good idea on the thread....been without power here in Clifton nj...have twin 18 month olds...can't risk heading out with them in the van. Would be happy to help anyone in anyway that we can. All we need is our babies clothes washed and dried. Looking at the devastating impacts in the rest of the area, our family needs are minor and silly. But still, with aother coastal storm looming next week, i know power will not be restored here by then. I believe my neighborhood was affected by one of the flooded substations..besides that, many if the poles are twisted, charred, and in some cases the downed trees were ignited by the wires, and there are entire blocks around schools and parks that haven't been touched yet by pseg. I know they are doing their part. We are cold, but our kids are safer at homr right now than out in the car around here. Can't believe the arcing i saw Monday night..and my anemometer caught a 91 mph wind gust before disappearing. Jake, if your family needs help let me know. Dont have gas or batteries to offer lol, but if anyone needs a hand, maybe we should start a thread? Some of us that are only dealing w minor damage can lend a hand for a few hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Parts of the east bound Ocean Parkway are now gone. Damn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEITH L.I Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Parts of the east bound Ocean Parkway are now gone. wow..10 mins from my Apartment..drive Ocean Pkwy often in the summer..that is unreal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MJO812 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 CVS is still closed. They have about 7 -9 feet of water in the basement. All the merchandise is gone . We kept a lot of stuff down there. Also, the water hit the electrical box . Yikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 My friend's car along with about 50 other cars are demolished. He lives in an apartment building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NittanyWx Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 I agree with that, but at least he could have done that on Sunday after Zone A was issued on Saturday, so you have an orderly evacuation & not a mass exodus. Not that many would have listened anyway, but I agree with you. I also agree with this. I think the decision not to evacuate Zone B was myopic, particularly since it had been pretty clear that the surge potential with this storm was much higher than your typical cat 1, and the surface pressure much lower (not to mention the angle of approach). This is where disaster planning basis S-S hurricane scale falls short in my opinion. I think if nothing else, the decision to evacuate Zone B may have made some Zone A residents think twice about staying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 I feel so bad for everyone along Midland Beach. Alot of their houses were destroyed . My friend had a beautiful house. Now it is ruined.He had so much Mets memorabilia . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Zone B should have been evacuated. Sheepshead Bay was zone A last year. They changed it to zone B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StatenWx Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 http://imgur.com/a/pgnUh here is the album of the damage we saw the the club. Our boat is in the 3rd picture (the black one on the right) we were the lucky ones with only about 15,000$ in damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 My favorite restaurant in SI ( Marina Cafe ) is destroyed . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StatenWx Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 My favorite restaurant in SI ( Marina Cafe ) is destroyed . Yeah there was a boat in the window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Yeah there was a boat in the window. I also loved Totos on Midland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 I don't even miss work. Cleanup > work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 wow..10 mins from my Apartment..drive Ocean Pkwy often in the summer..that is unreal It certainly is. That is one of my favorite places on Long Island to go for a drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 This new video features the destruction in Long Beach West End section of town. This part of LB hasvery low elevations relative to MSL compared to other parts of the barrier island. Some other verylow lying parts of LB are the Canals and neighborhoods along the bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doncat Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 http://imgur.com/a/pgnUh here is the album of the damage we saw the the club. Our boat is in the 3rd picture (the black one on the right) we were the lucky ones with only about 15,000$ in damage. Great Kills park has always been one of favorite places to hang out... been going there for past 30 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Death toll is near 100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefflaw77 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Does anyone have a realistic figure on how much this disaster is going to cost? I loved all the initial reports, Tuesday morning saying it would be about 10-25 billion.. I laughed then and am laughing even harder at those silly numbers. I said (and you can look back to tuesday's posts in this thread) that this disaster could cost as much as 500 bilion.. I'm sticking to that number.. The stories I am hearing about, and reading about are just incredible.. With the real estate values being what they were up and down the coast in NJ/NY area the cost of this disaster is going to be astronomical.. It's just sick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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