Hurricane Sandy

[71Beige280SL]

I hope all the members on the East coast (more like East of the Mississippi!) keep safe and your Pagodas are securely stored. I tried to fly to Washington DC yesterday afternoon but, my flight was cancelled. I am in Ohio now where we have a high wind advisory...even this far West. My Pagoda is stored safely in my garage and covered. I have a car in Washington DC stored in a multi-level basement garage. It should be OK. Fingers crossed for all!

[mbz.280sl]

My wife and I survived Hurricane Sandy. I haven't seen my car yet but it is safely stored away.
I'll check on it tomorrow.
We had very strong winds 60+ miles an hour and the power went out yesterday at about 1:30 PM
We just got power back on. There wasn't much rain but very high tide and as I said very strong winds.
All in all on Cape Cod I think it wasn't too bad, I know New York, Conn., RI and New Jersey had it worse than us.

[JamesL]

Terrifying pictures although oddly the damage seems not to be "hurricane" damage (wind) more the rain, spring tides and storm surge  (water)

Not sure if Tom Sargeant's car was safely in his garage, en route from Bremerhaven or sitting on the dock but hope it made it home from Belgium OK!

[49er]

We have lived through forest fires, earth quakes and hurricanes but the havoc created by this storm is monumental. Our thoughts are with the millions of folks on east coast who are dealing with this ordeal and the aftermath.

John

[71Beige280SL]

Absolutely 49er...

[ja17]

Hope our New York City Members and Pagodas are making it through the tough weather also..  Richard M. , Douglas K.  etc...............................

[Richard Madison]

Hi All:

Thanks for your concern about Hurricane Sandy of 2012.

As you know, New York City is a collection of islands. Of the 5 Boroughs (Counties) that make up the Big Apple, only 'Da Bronx' is part of mainland USA.  The ocean energy of the storm and the coincidence of a full moon combined to create a huge tidal surge that rose more than 12 feet above normal in many places. Add 4 to 8 inches of rain and you have very serious flooding.

My location is Midtown Manhattan about 60 yards from the East River. Luckily, we have a seawall at this point so street flooding did not happen here but downtown near the 911 Memorial, Wall Street, and the Battery at the southern tip, were all inundated. The damage included flooding of the vehicular and subway tunnels. The storm passed on Monday and Tuesday. It is now Wednesday and there is still no subway. NJ and NY commuter transit service is out. The NY NJ train (PATH) is not expected back for a week. The PATH tracks are under the Hudson River.

Many trees down. Tourists in the city are wandering around on foot as they cannot go to the sights (all closed), no transport, many eateries are closed. Even Broadway went dark for a couple of nights.

But we are cleaning up and in short order things will be back and the beat of the City will resume.

My car is in the basement of a residential High Rise building. I have not looked at it but I assume (hope) it is high and dry.

Hope all is well all along the Sandy's path, After NYC, she took a trip as far west as Ohio and Illinois, kicked up the Great Lakes...did a lot of damage to much of Eastern USA and Canada. I have been in Hurricanes before...a lot of wind and rain but none compared to the the ocean surge of Sandy. 

Richard M, NYC

[Ulf]

One thing that never seizes to amaze me is how fast and efficiently you Americans get things back on track after things like this - I lived in Houston in the 90's and a small hurricane (or perhaps it was "only" a tropical storm) hit. The following evening all the mess was cleaned up, broken trees removed or even replaced with new ones and the power lines were up and running. I'm sure the same thing will happen in NY, so I'm more concerned about the families that have lost loved ones in this catastrophe as they - unlike houses and cars (even Pagodas) - cannot be replaced :-(