Hurricane Sandy

[Stat Brother]

Dunno - but guessing it's not weather for walking the dog!

I guess the easiest way to know where the very worst of the worst is:-

Jim Cantore, where's he?

 

[Taybha]

Meanwhile back in sleepy brighton engerland

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

Stay safe L14 and all you lot out there. My mate is not happy having to close his bar and I phoned my sister earlier as I was worried but she was enjoying a day off and a Beer in the park near where she lives (upper Manhattan)

Got to love New Yorkers!

Cheers PJ - my local is still open but a lot will be closed as the staff wont be able to get in.

 

[Doc Lynam]

Meanwhile back in sleepy brighton engerland


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Bet he smelled nice though, swings and roundabouts.

 

[T soprano]

A crane has collapsed on building site in the centre of New York, storm not hit with it's force yet it's gonna be a long night in NYC

 

[Bozza]

What the hell were this lot doing out there - BBC News - HMS Bounty abandoned amid Hurricane Sandy

 

[StonehamPark]

Live Manhattan webcam here. Will be having a look at this later tonight.

 

[Norman Potting]

Someone I know left a message on our answerphone this afternoon - "...Our holiday to Cuba is off, apparently the hotel has blown down"!

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

A crane has collapsed on building site in the centre of New York, storm not hit with it's force yet it's gonna be a long night in NYC

Looks nasty too...



Apparently its building a 90 storey skyscraper with apartments, the cheapest of which would be $7.35 MILLION - also would have a penthouse costing $115 Million

 

[Skaville]

A sandy hurricane? Sounds painful

 

[Barrel of Fun]

What the hell were this lot doing out there - BBC News - HMS Bounty abandoned amid Hurricane Sandy

Ridiculous behaviour putting crew members and rescuers at risk.

 

[Woodchip]

https://www.dropcam.com/p/xsIXNn
(Not for those that get sea sick)

 

[del strangefish]

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Storm surge of 6-11 feet! f*** me I wouldn't want to be downtown when that fucker rocks up.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

With this unprecedented type of weather, looks like the Mayan Prophecies might be manifesting before our eyes. Head for high ground on 21/12/2012.

 

[Mr Banana]

Was meant to be there until Wednesday but managed to get the last plane out of JFK last night. All a bit surreal watching it now.

 

[mistahclarke]

Live Manhattan webcam here. Will be having a look at this later tonight.

someone should hack that and put something from a disaster movie up.

 

[mistahclarke]

[Updated at 4 p.m. ET]
Hurricane Sandy, a massive storm described by forecasters as one of the largest to ever hit the United States, has picked up speed and is moving northwest at 28 mph. Maximum sustained winds are 90 mph. Landfall is expected early this evening along the southern Jersey coast. The Category 1 hurricane is threatening nearly 50 million people. Storm surges of up to 11 feet are expected in New York City, and rescue efforts are already under way for people who ignored evacuation orders on the coast of Delaware.


Now I have family holed up over there so I'm not saying this lightly, but christ on a bike why the hell do the emergency services have to risk their lives for idiots like this?

 

[casbom]

Cool images of the storm and of downtown NYC on here: Latest Hurricane Sandy Satellite Photos and Videos (Updating Live)

Click on the globe

Unreal stuff! It's amazing how different storm systems have merged to create this monster!

 

[T soprano]

Looks nasty too...

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Apparently its building a 90 storey skyscraper with apartments, the cheapest of which would be $7.35 MILLION - also would have a penthouse costing $115 Million

that crane is not gonna last the night it's hanging by a thread and the winds are only just picking up