hooralph Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Bore we moved to Texas, my brother used to take the LIRR into Penn Station, make a couple of transfers, and ride the Lexington Avenue line *uptown* to a Jesuit high school near here. This is NOT Lower Manhattan THAT'S NOT MANHATTAN. IT'S BROOKLYN (sorry, that's been spreading over the Internet and everyone thinks it's Manhattan - either Lexington Ave, CPW or Broadway) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooralph Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Anybody got some pics of trees down and what not in their neighborhood? In this first one, that's my car behind the tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Ed, you've been conned. That's 86th street station IN BROOKLYN. The 86th street station in Mannattan, i.e., the one near Regis, has an entrance b/w 50-100 feet above sea level and was unscathed by the storm. Oh, Thanks. NYC 30 year old knowledge FAIL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 JFK wind gust is 79 on the PNS. Where is this 85? ASOS might've had some issues around the time that observation occurred; it wasn't in the METAR (not even PK WND) but showed up in the daily summary: KJFK DS 29/10 661943/ 520215// 64/ 52//8491703/51/T/T/T/00/T/T/02/02/ 01/T/04/07/03/07/10/08/04/02/01/T/M/M/M/M/362/10561903/10851902/18/ NN/N/N/NN/ET EP EW= That translates to a peak gust of 85 mph from 100 degrees at 1902 EST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Destruction at Fairfield Beach...keep in mind this is the water level the morning after http://blog.ctnews.com/sandy/2012/10/30/early-tuesday-ride-through-fairfield-shows-breadth-of-destruction/#8170-5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace0927 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Anybody got some pics of trees down and what not in their neighborhood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace0927 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 ive got plenty more boat on peoples property pics...just an INSANE storm. I have friends on the noth side of town that had water over the first levels of their homes....devastation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 ive got plenty more boat on peoples property pics...just an INSANE storm. I have friends on the noth side of town that had water over the first levels of their homes....devastation. Where? Anyway here is some Staten Island footage (roof top rescues going on) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 ASOS might've had some issues around the time that observation occurred; it wasn't in the METAR (not even PK WND) but showed up in the daily summary: KJFK DS 29/10 661943/ 520215// 64/ 52//8491703/51/T/T/T/00/T/T/02/02/ 01/T/04/07/03/07/10/08/04/02/01/T/M/M/M/M/362/10561903/10851902/18/ NN/N/N/NN/ET EP EW= That translates to a peak gust of 85 mph from 100 degrees at 1902 EST. Oh that's interesting. I figured it would be in the PNS...but thanks for that. Super impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Ocean Parkway on Long Island. Between Robert Moses Beach and Jones Beach. Unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weathergun Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 With JFK at 85, and ISP at 90, there were probably gusts 95-100mph, at the beaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Midtown is a parking lot right now. If you are trying to drive into the city, I wouldn't even bother today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 check out this gem from Margusity--is this guy for real? Sandy really was a hurricane that became embedded into a winter storm and finally just merged in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooralph Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Midtown is a parking lot right now. If you are trying to drive into the city, I wouldn't even bother today. I explained the subway shutdown to my stepmother and she said, "well, at least you still have your car" smh We want to get rid of the car anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny and Warm Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Ocean Parkway on Long Island. Between Robert Moses Beach and Jones Beach. Unbelievable. That's some crazy azz pics right there. That will take years to rebuild the protective dune structure. ANY noreasters this winter will have free access to the shore communities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psv88 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Ocean Parkway on Long Island. Between Robert Moses Beach and Jones Beach. Unbelievable. I am devastated to see those pictures, i spend all summer around there. I will post a few pics later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny and Warm Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 check out this gem from Margusity--is this guy for real? Sandy really was a hurricane that became embedded into a winter storm and finally just merged in. If he'd change winter storm to mid latitude trough, I'd have no problem with his statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jims Videos Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 The elevation of Belmar Beach is about 4 feet lower than what it was prior to Sandy. Remnants of the 16th street pier were showing, and my great aunt said she hadn't seen that in close to 50 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonClaw Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Anybody got some pics of trees down and what not in their neighborhood? Two of the 47 pictures I took yesterday. Both inside Forest Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Stuy-town park, 20th and C along the East river (I ran by this yesterday): Same area, one block from river: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag3 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Parking Garage in NYC: City Island: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 With JFK at 85, and ISP at 90, there were probably gusts 95-100mph, at the beaches. I was saying 100 possibly at Robert Moses based on some roof damage in those shots of the Field 5 concession stand (of course wave action may have played a role too but it looked like wind damage). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaner587 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Eatons neck which is right along the LI sound gusted to 96. So ya were prob talking 95-100 max gusts at the beaches. Wild stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psv88 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Decimated tree next door in Central nassau Metal from commercial building, in Garden City, Long island, siding bent around a tree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 I am devastated to see those pictures, i spend all summer around there. I will post a few pics later. Yeah it hurts. I make a point any time I visit LI to take my young daughter there. We were just there at the end of August, A beautiful day......she had so much fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 From a friend back home, Bull Run Road in Ewing NJ: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace0927 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Where? Anyway here is some Staten Island footage (roof top rescues going on) the five towns area of nassau county Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbutts Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Where? Anyway here is some Staten Island footage (roof top rescues going on) The helicopter footage had the lat and long showing up on the hud there. Plugged that into google earth for a location. Appears to be 1/2 mi from shore in Midland Beach. Also per google earth, elevation is 7' asl at that location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dsnowx53 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Hard to really grasp the damage around the area at the moment. I'm sure we will be talking about this one for the rest of our lives.I had an eerie feeling when going over the 18z NAM soundings with forky around 4-5pm. There was a clearly event moist absolutely unstable layer on the 3-9 hour soundings...and we were dealing with mixing down a 75 knot low level jet...and it was a southeast based low level wind info the harbor at high tide. But it's one of those things where the translation from forecasting , and something you see on data , to real life...and something you see where people are devestated and lives are lost.. is hard to understand. So true, especially the last paragraph. It was amazing to see the modeled forecasts get translated to real life. The CAA in the upper levels and WAA at the lower levels was shown quite well and steepened our lapse rates, once the winds turned to the E and SE. CoastalWx was also talking about this. A perfect recipe to mix that 80 knot LLJ down, and indeed it did. Still no power here, and that high voltage line just outside my house is still dangling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle W Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 So true, especially the last paragraph. It was amazing to see the modeled forecasts get translated to real life. The CAA in the upper levels and WAA at the lower levels was shown quite well and steepened our lapse rates, once the winds turned to the E and SE. CoastalWx was also talking about this. A perfect recipe to mix that 80 knot LLJ down, and indeed it did. Still no power here, and that high voltage line just outside my house is still dangling. I'm one of the fortunate people who are just inconvenienced by this storm....Staten Island could end up with the most deaths caused by Sandy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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