Thread: Hurricane Sandy: This is What it Looks Like in NYC

This is What it Looks Like in NYC

October 29, 2012 Source: Blacklisted News





Port Authority NY&NJ @PANYNJ Flood waters rush in to the Hoboken PATH station through an elevator shaft. #Sandy pic.twitter.com/QosgFyOI

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On CNN, Erin Burnett, is walking through several inches of water, and it's still rising. Here's a shot from Twitter Bill Karins:

Battery

And here's an amazing shot from @AlexSilverman of a grocery store near Battery Park (which happens to be where I frequently shop)

Alex Silverman

Foursquare's Dennis Crowley tweets: "Knee deep on 8th"

Below are some pictures of unverifiable origin. We can't confirm which ones are real. We've seen corrobrations of them, and denials, so just know that they're being passed around.
Carlos Whitt tweeted this picture, which is at 14th and Avenue C (not near The Battery).

Carlos Whitt

This picture is making the rounds on Twitter, and it's supposedly the Lower East Side. We can't confirm that it's real.

Twitter

Here's another shot that is said to be 14th Street and Avenue C:

Matt Piechota

From Chase Cain on 1st Avenue:

Chase Cain

From Anupreeta Das, 22nd Street and 10th Ave.

Anupreeta Das

Seawater is flooding into the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel:

CBS screenshot

The FDR Drive:

Kristen Gwynne

This is supposedly video of a PATH station flooding... We've seen reports that it will take many days to a week to get the subways pumped out.


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Instagram user Nick Summers posts an amazing shot of the West Village in darkness: "And the lights go out in the Village."

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Lower east side of manhattan right now: #thisisnotajoke pic.twitter.com/e14I7VFV
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Once the surge levees break, the water level just soars and covers everything in a "reverse Titanic" as the following pictures demonstrate:
FDR Exit 4 (via Krysten Gwynne):

Avenue C and 13th Street (via iWitness Weather):

Lower East Side:

VA Medical Center on East 23:




Real time traffic came showing how flooded the intersection at West and Canal is:


The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel is flooding... (via @NewsBreaker)


The Belt Parkway fully underwater


@IvankaTrump looking down Park Avenue


Stunning view of the lower manhattan black out (via @nicksummers)


and downtown manhattan from the promenade! (via @alananewhouse)


Feeling lonely? Tribeca power out and a lone cop car (via @wolfejosh)


LIC is underwater - flooding reaching 5th street (via @jimmyvanbramer)


Hoboken... (via @TaraFied87)


14th Street Transformer exploding! (via @georgeweld)


Battery Park is now flooded (via @anthonyquintano)


More as we see it.

Feel free to post your images and updates in the comments section as well.

This is What it Looks Like in NYC - BlackListedNews.com

Postcards From An Underwater New York



Submitted by Tyler Durden on 10/29/2012 20:20 -0400
Once the surge levees break, the water level just soars and covers everything in a "reverse Titanic" as the following pictures demonstrate:

Ground Zero (via AP)

Hoboken PATH station (via @garywhitta)

Cars in a Financial District parking lot (via Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Avenue C and 13th Street (via iWitness Weather):

Lower East Side:

The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel is flooding... (via @NewsBreaker)

The Belt Parkway fully underwater

Stunning view of the lower manhattan black out (via @nicksummers)

14th Street Transformer exploding! (via @georgeweld)

Floating Cop cars in lower east side (via David Schulz)


More as we see it.

Postcards From An Underwater New York | ZeroHedge

A shark in the streets of New Jersey. Our prayers go out to all those on the east coast.

Jason Otts
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This is an amazing shot of New York today with the Frankenstorm bearing down. Nature is so powerful, yet so beautiful.

The Baltimore Sun
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Sandy dispatches from around the region, including Bowleys Quarters, Annapolis and Harford County: Hurricane Sandy dispatches from across the region - baltimoresun.com How do things look where you are?

SHARE YOUR STORM PHOTOS: Weather | Baltimore Sun

BELOW: A fallen tree damages a Linthicum home.

(Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

The Baltimore Sun
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Ocean City's downtown pier has been destroyed overnight, town officials confirmed, as Hurricane Sandy pounds the shores with massive surf. Hurricane Sandy destroys Ocean City pier, brings high winds and torrential rain - baltimoresun.com | LIVE Hurricane Sandy updates: http://bsun.md/HxiQmL

The perfect storm? Forces align to strengthen Sandy The perfect storm? Forces align to strengthen Sandy - baltimoresun.com

PHOTO: A wave crashes against the seawall in Ocean City, pouring over a bench onto the boardwalk near 15th Street. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Photo)

The Baltimore Sun
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UPDATED: Maryland braces for Hurricane Sandy. http://bsun.md/U8Kr2X

Visit baltimoresun.com for complete storm coverage throughout the day. Due to the extreme weather, The Sun is providing unlimited, free digital page views to all website users for a limited time.

PHOTO: Charles McAleer of Berlin watches the choppy surf on the beach in Ocean City. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Photo)

The Baltimore Sun
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Early voting and flights canceled, schools and government offices closed as Sandy approaches. Monday's early voting in Maryland canceled as Hurricane Sandy approaches - baltimoresun.com

Gov. Martin O'Malley said it will be safest to "hunker down" at home Monday due to Hurricane Sandy's expected arrival. "People should not be out on the road tomorrow," he said.

Complete Hurricane Sandy coverage: Monday's early voting in Maryland canceled as Hurricane Sandy approaches - baltimoresun.com

PHOTO: Waves pummel the decking of an apartment on Edgewater Avenue in Ocean City. O'Malley said the storm is expected to bring waves that could reach heights not seen since Hurricane Gloria in 1985. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Photo)

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Though Hurricane Sandy is still hundreds of miles away, a storm surge pours onto Edgewater Avenue in Ocean City on Sunday. Parts of the city have been evacuated. Floods across New York as Sandy slams into eastern U.S. - baltimoresun.com

(Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff)

The Baltimore Sun
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Empty shelves are a familiar sight in many grocery stores around the region, as people have stocked up on water and other storm essentials. Ocean City has announced a mandatory evacuation of downtown by 8 p.m. Sunday. Maryland braces for Sandy - baltimoresun.com

(Robert K. Hamilton/Baltimore Sun)