Whoa...Record Storm

ETA: Shots Via Twitter on Sandy in NYC and NJ - yes, it's bad like Katrina. We don't have any papers this morning. (They did, NY1 just didn't get them). Just radio and tv news.

Good news:
*I'm fine, my apartment's fine, my area is fine. Still have power and water. Thank God.
My landline phone is out though - but no surprise there - it's an outside line. (Still have my cell and my parents and robo-calls are the only ones who uses the landline, my cell is fine.) Cable signal went out briefly last night, along with internet, but it was back this morning. Probably a side effect of the power outtages elsewhere last night.

* Sandy has moved on - she's 90 miles west of Philly (although I worry about the midwest, Ohio and Chicago... it's a huge system.) Sustained winds have gone down to 35 mphr, they were 79 mphr last night. Lots of dry weather.

*NY Stock Exchange is fine, not flooded at all. It is still closed. There's power still.
It's generator is fine. Computers are intact and in place. The only problem is people can't get there. Because they've shut down all roads in and out of Manhattan and all mass transit around the area.

* By shutting the system down early - they protected most of the trains and lines.

Bad News: You can't go anywhere. Manhattan is shut off from Long Island and NJ, and Long Island is shut off from everything else.

* 7 deaths. (although it's good news that there isn't more at the moment.)

*You can't really go anwyhere.

There's an across the board shut down of all mass transit, bridges, and tunnels. Everything. Only tunnel open is Lincoln Tunnel. You can't get to and from Manhattan by foot, car, bike, train...or boat (unless you have your own and I doubt you want to use it right now.) Felt sorry for a poor cab driver who lived in Manhattan and was stuck in Queens.
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Links on Sandy's Devastation...

From Tumblr...a composite of posts:

The Daily posts a composite of photos regarding Sandy

man snorkling through the streets of Southern Brooklyn

Full Gallery of Snapshots on Sandy posted by the Guardian

You Tube Webcom of Manhattan undergoing wrath of Sandy, until it goes eerily dark.

The New York City subway system is 108 years old, but it has never faced a disaster as devastating as what we experienced last night. Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on our entire transportation system, in every borough and county of the region. It has brought down trees, ripped out power and inundated tunnels, rail yards and bus depots.

As of last night, seven subway tunnels under the East River flooded. Metro-North Railroad lost power from 59th Street to Croton-Harmon on the Hudson Line and to New Haven on the New Haven Line. The Long Island Rail Road evacuated its West Side Yards and suffered flooding in one East River tunnel. The Hugh L. Carey Tunnel is flooded from end to end and the Queens Midtown Tunnel also took on water and was closed. Six bus garages were disabled by high water. We are assessing the extent of the damage and beginning the process of recovery. Our employees have shown remarkable dedication over the past few days, and I thank them on behalf of every New Yorker. In 108 years, our employees have never faced a challenge like the one that confronts us now. All of us at the MTA are committed to restoring the system as quickly as we can to help bring New York back to normal.

— The official statement from MTA Chairman Joseph J. Lhota

[Sigh. Going back to Work is going to be a nightmare.]

Buzz Feed's posts on Sandy

Whoa. Does this mean we don't get another bad storm for another year? Seem to be averaging one a year now in NYC.

Sandy, LJ crap, Revenge, The Good Wife, Revolution, Walking Dead, and Copper

Sigh gloomy week...haven't seen the sun in what feels like forever now. And it keeps raining off and on. Meanwhile LJ in its infinit wisdom is playing games. It wants me to change my password. Uh no. I like it. I can remember it. Have to change my passwords every 90 days at work and it gets tiring. Also a bit of advice on passwords - all passwords can be easily hacked. And it wants me to change my friends page settings so that it resembles Tumblr, considering I hate Tumblr and find Tumblr impossible to navigate - this is not a good idea. I don't want to migrate to DW. More of my readers and friends are here. And all my entries are here. (yes, I know, whine, whine, whine.)

The Good Wife - was quite good this week. It's still the most realistic scripted tv show on at the moment. The legal stuff certainly is. Since I'm not obsessed with it (ie don't re-watch and therefore don't tend to remember small details), certain things don't bug me that much.

Don't have a lot to say about it, though. Just enjoyed the heck out of it. And it took me away from my worries.

Well do have a few things to say...

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Revenge was also quite good, not as good as The Good Wife (which basically wipes the floor with it - but I can't think of anything on right now that is as good as the Good Wife - which has become the prestige guest star spot. Everyone wants on the Good Wife. Has the premier actors and writers.)

But that said, I still enjoyed Revenge tremendously. Lots and lots of subplots.

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Sigh. I think Sandy may soon be entitled the storm that eat the media. They are doing it too death now. Much like they did 9/11 and Irene. Yes, it's historic. Yes, it's horrible.
But could you relate the important stuff and then move on?

Am hoping this clears up in time for the election next Tuesday. Guessing the big Village Parade will be cancelled?

Also watched the second episode of Revolution - which continues to be a bit silly, but...I find Miles Mattheison's back story with the villains of the piece to be rather intriguing. Actually Billy Burke's Miles is the most interesting character in the series right now. As is his doomed prior friendship/relationship with his best bud Monroe, who it appears - he turned into a Monster.

Walking Dead is also a bit comic-bookish, but it is intended to be. Not as much fun though. My problem is that I'm not sure I care what happens to the characters any longer?
It all feels rather grim.

Copper finished out its season rather well. Depressing. But well written. Tied up some bits, left others open. And I like how well-written the male and female characters are. One of the better series of the summer. The Hour S2 is coming on November 28 on BBC America. Would tend to agree with the critics...in some respects I prefer it to Mad Men.