Hurricane Sandy

[Cail]

Hoboken, NJ

[Olo401]

I guess it doesn't take much to get into Brown these days....

Now you know why I moved to Rhode Island - hot chicks that are this dumb.

[Tajin]

Holy shit at that student video. Tell me he was trolling the reporter...

[Olo401]

Misquamicut Beach RI pretty much got washed away, was a pretty big beach for tourists to go to.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater

My boss has been speaking with some of our clients down there the past couple days. It's a real mess but thankfully we're coming off a VERY busy tourist season so they have plenty of time and resources to rebuild.

The real concern is the beach itself. How much of it will be left once all this water recedes?

[Pikarya]

The real concern is the beach itself. How much of it will be left once all this water recedes?

Plenty. State will make new beaches that will erode by the next hurricane and rich idiots will rebuild 10 feet from the water line with no flood insurance. All over again.

[Salodin]

Plenty. State will make new beaches that will erode by the next hurricane and rich idiots will rebuild 10 feet from the water line with no flood insurance. All over again.

I laughed, then made a sad face when I realized it was true =(

[Acevalefor]

I laughed, then made a sad face when I realized it was true =(

I did exactly that.

It's true everywhere. We have houses along the Oregon coast that sit on eroding cliffs. The homeowners cry and whine to the local news stations to garner sympathy while they watch their house fall into the sea. Then they rebuild it in the same place only 20 feet further back from the cliff...then 3 years later repeat the whole process again until they have to buy yet another cliff side property because their first property is now part of the tidal zone.

[Boyiee]

I came to the conclusion that this is mother nature trying to erase what MTV and the cast of the Jersey Shore did to this state.

Oh, you want make people think everyone who lives there acts and looks like you, and want to make millions off of abusing the Jersey Shore? Well now you don't have one. Now no one can have one.

At least the beach is closer to home now and I don't have to walk across the boardwalk to get to it...

Anyway, I'm going back out to do more water rescues in waist deep water. Hopefully it's not as cold as it was last time.

[Mertron]

HEAT

SWEET MERCIFUL HEAT

[Brill Weave]

I'm glad you're alive Spaghetti. I would be sad if you died of hypothermia.

[Trichocyst]

Finally back online! Happy to say nobody was damaged and our home survived.

[Cail]

The U.S. has turned down an offer of post-Hurricane Sandy assistance from one of the world's most wanted men, a Pakistani terror leader with a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head.

Hafiz Saeed, an Islamist militant who is alleged to have masterminded the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that left more than 160 people dead, issued a written statement Wednesday saying his organization was willing to send supplies and volunteers to help the U.S. East Coast recover.

"We are ready to send food items, medicines and doctors to the U.S. for the people affected by the storm," said Saeed. "America [may] fix bounties on our heads but as followers of the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him), we feel it is our Islamic duty to help Americans trapped in a catastrophe." Saeed noted that the charity he heads had provided aid in Sri Lanka and Indonesia after the 2004 tsunami.

Saeed is the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a terror group banned by the Pakistani government, and still heads its charity wing, Jamaat ud Dawa. Earlier this year the U.S. State Department offered a $10 million reward for information leading to his capture or arrest.

After Saeed's offer of assistance, the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan declined his help via Twitter. "We respect the Islamic tradition of help to the needy," said the tweet, "but we can't take Hafiz Saeed's offer seriously."

Saeed founded Lashkar-e-Taiba more than 25 years ago and has mounted many attacks against India as part of a campaign to wrest the Kashmir region from Indian control. Saeed is accused of masterminding the Nov. 26, 2008 terror attacks on the city of Mumbai. Ten gunmen took part in the multi-day assault, which cost the lives of at least 166 people, including six Americans. The lone surviving attacker, who faces a death penalty, has accused Saeed of hatching the plot.

Pakistan kept Saeed under house arrest after the attacks for some months but then released him. He maintains a high public profile inside the country. In September, he led street protests against the anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims."

On April 2, when the State Department announced its $10 million reward for Saeed, it said the bounty had "everything to do with Mumbai and his brazen flouting of the justice system."

Saeed responded to the announcement of the bounty by publicly taunting the U.S. government.

"I am here, I am visible," said Saeed on April 4. "America should give that reward money to me."

"I will be in Lahore tomorrow. America can contact me whenever it wants to," said Saeed. He also expressed surprise that the U.S. did not know where he was, offered to face charges in an American court, and said America had "gone blind" because of its hatred of Islam.

State Department spokesman Mark Toner reacted to Saeed's taunts by stressing that the reward was for information leading to his arrest or conviction, not his location. "We all know where he is," said Toner. "Every journalist in Pakistan knows where he is." Toner said it was unfortunate that Saeed was free to give press conferences, but that the U.S. hopes "to put him behind bars" and is seeking information that would "give the Pakistani government the tools to arrest him."

The $10 million bounty makes Saeed among the top five most-wanted on the U.S. terror list; al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is worth a $25 million reward. The U.S. also offered up to $2 million for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Saeed's brother-in-law, who is the deputy leader of Lashkar-e-Taiba.

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[Pikarya]

Never understood why terrorist attacks primarily occur when the country is flourishing or in the "norm" zone. Isn't it wise to attack your enemies when they're at their weakest and most spread?

[Kurokikaze]

Don't like kicking someone when their down? Naaaaaah that's not it. Probably a ploy to get the bounties on his head lifted... That or the aid that they send will be a trojan horse. lol ;o

[6souls]

Meant to post these last night, but my internet blew up.

RT @breakingweather: Sandy has been blamed for at least 69 deaths in the Caribbean. U.S. death toll now stands at 50.

http://live.reuters.com/Event/Tracki...Sandy/54472437

RT @GovMalloyOffice: Those looking to volunteer can email the @CTRedCross at [email protected] w/ your contact info & a team member will get back to you

http://live.reuters.com/Event/Tracki...Sandy/54463954

WINS: 9 arrested for stealing from businesses in the Rockaways.

http://live.reuters.com/Event/Tracki...Sandy/54463590

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[6souls]

[Updated 6:35 p.m.] Metro Transit Authority chairman Joe Lhota talks about what it will take to get the New York City subway system running. Parts of it - north of Manhattan's 34th Street - are expected to be running Thursday.

[Updated 6:06 p.m.] U.S. Rep. Bob Turner, R-New York, says the fire that destroyed his house and more than 100 others during the storm Tuesday morning in the Breezy Point neighborhood was heartbreaking.

He says he left his home while the fire was burning in the area, but before it got to his house. Because roads were blocked by floodwater, it took about two hours for firefighters to reach the homes, he said.

“There was no way the engines could get through what was, at one point, 5 feet of water in the road,” Turner, a resident of the neighborhood for 32 years, told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. He said he and some neighbors hope to rebuild their homes.

[Updated 5:49 p.m.] New York's LaGuardia Airport will open Thursday at 7 a.m., and airlines will be operating limited flight schedules, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced on their website. The airport has been closed because of significant flooding and damage relating to Sandy.

Two other New York-area airports – John F. Kennedy and Newark International Airport – reopened Wednesday with limited service.

[Updated 5:32 p.m.] In a rare example of wireless provider collaboration, AT&T and T-Mobile have agreed to share networks in New York and New Jersey, allowing customers to use whichever network gets coverage in their areas, CNN's Heather Kelly reports.

The move could make it easier for storm victims there to get cell phone reception. Making calls across the Northeast has been difficult following Sandy, and New York and New Jersey seem to be the hardest hit. According to the Federal Communication Commission, about a quarter of cell phone towers in the 10 states were knocked out by the storm.

[Updated 4:14 p.m.] Adding to the 4:02 p.m. item on engineers believing the dangling New York City crane is secure: Here is a fuller description from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg:

"[Engineers] have determined that the ties that bind the crane tower to the building are secure," Bloomberg said. "There was enormous torque when the crane fell over, and the fact that those connectors have withstood the pressure just testifies to how well they were put in and how stable that tower is.

"The next step is going to be to determine some steps as to how to begin shrinking the zone around the frozen area as we eventually get around to – probably tomorrow or the next day – tying the boom to the building so that they can then work around the top of it, and they’ll have to construct another crane on top of it in order to take down this one. And that can take weeks, but once the boom is secured we should be able to minimize any destruction on the street below. But certainly that street is not going to be fully reopened until some time this weekend at the earliest."

[Updated 4:02 p.m.] Engineers have concluded that a partially collapsed crane that has been dangling for days off a under-construction, high-rise apartment building in midtown Manhattan is secure, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says. However, the street below won't be open until at least this weekend, he said.

The crane's arm, damaged by Sandy, has been dangling 90 stories above New York City. Police have cordoned off the area around the base of the One57 building on West 57th Street.

[Updated 3:55 p.m.] The minimum number of U.S. deaths believed to be related to Superstorm Sandy has risen to 54, based on reports from officials in affected states. The overall minimum death toll, which includes a death in Canada and 67 in the Caribbean, stands at 122.

The U.S. deaths include 26 in New York; nine in Pennsylvania; six in New Jersey; five in West Virginia; two in Maryland; two in Connecticut; two in Virginia; one in North Carolina; and one on the HMS Bounty.

[Updated 3:45 p.m.] The New York marathon will happen as scheduled on Sunday, despite the damage from Sandy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.

He added that New York public schools will remain closed Thursday and Friday. See the 3:17 p.m. update below for what's going on with transportation.

[Updated 3:17 p.m.] We reported earlier that limited commuter train service would resume in New York City on Wednesday afternoon – and now Grand Central Terminal has reopened, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority says.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/31...leanup-begins/

[Cail]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fdnyhom...7631898811592/

[Deadgye]

Weee, sweet sweet power. One of my friends and the two houses next to him have power, while pretty much everyone else doesn't. Long Island fun. Lan party at his house \o/. Classes for thursday and friday were officially canceled a little while ago so I'm gonna hop on DayZ for the rest of the day. Still have a midterm on Monday though.

[Sumiko]

If you NYCers haven't seen it yet: Subways available tomorrow: http://www.mta.info/sites/default/fi...pOct312012.pdf

had a 2.5 hour commute to work today, walking on the bridge and all. gotta get comic books out haha.

but it was kind of fun. Was super sad seeing lower manhattan so dark when it was nighttime though.

[Mertron]

Just got home from visiting the folks south of me. Most of Central Jersey is in complete darkness. My sister works for OEM, reports of people siphoning gas from cars and some generators being stolen.

The good news is I fucking flew up route 18 with all the traffic lights being out.