Is it too early to have the Storm of the Century?

everyone that got hit much harder than us, stay safe

we didn't get hit nearly as hard as was anticipated, didn't lose any tree branches in the yard, didn't lose power, didn't lose satellite tv/internet (in fact the internet was fast as berkeley last night even in the middle of what I thought to be the worst of the storm for us)

I almost stayed home just in case then they lifted the wind and flood advisories this morning so I headed to work. power company website said the county where I work 92% had power, county where our servers are based had 98% power so it was game on.

Hope everyone is OK. We woke up to snow this morning but nothing too bad.

Although we were in the direct path (draw a line from where it made landfall and Philadelphia and my house is there) very minimal damage. Lost power for all of about one minute. Winds blew out my attic vents but so far that seems to be the extent of it. My stupid tree that has been leaning at 45 degrees for 4 years is still standing.

Sandy was a bad, historical storm if you lived along the coast.

For the rest of us I think it was no worse than the average summer thunderstorm.

mazdeuce wrote: I know everyone thinks this is no big deal, but having just stood in lower manhattan a few weeks ago, there's not a whole hell of a lot of elevation between the ocean and the entrance to the subways. You start pouring sea water down those tubes and there's going to be some serious issues. It's not so much the wind, or the rain, it's the water that's worrying here. Sort of like when NO got all sloshy, but different. People don't actually live where the water is likely to go, but every service that makes that island livable is down there.

This was my first thought as well. Even without storms, as someone who's always been interested and amazed with infrastructure and the underground workings of places, everything you see going "up" in NYC has connections going "down" to connect it all. Every water feed, sewer line, gas feed, electric line, phone lines, internets, etc. etc. subways, service tunnels, transmission points, you name it. It's quite amazing really.

peter wrote: "US Equity and Derivative Markets have announced they will be closed on Monday, October 29, 2012 and pending confirmation Tuesday, October 30th, 2012 due to Hurricane Sandy." I may still be working tomorrow, but we won't be trading...

Same here. Sitting at my desk, no trades entered today. That storm had some reach though. Branches blown down all the way here in Lansing, Michigan.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: It is all a left wing conspiracy to make FEMA look good in the last week before the election. And you fools said the military didn't have a weather control machine. Now who had egg on their face?

MAybe Kanye is right..... lol

I have a client from Trinidad that is in NYC. Looks like he will be there for a while. Last we spoke, he is going to look for food, as the hotel restaurant is all out. He will have some stories to tell when he gets back home.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: It is all a left wing conspiracy to make FEMA look good in the last week before the election. And you fools said the military didn't have a weather control machine. Now who had egg on their face?

ZE HAARPZ, OH NOES!!!! So that's why the dust in my apt was mildly disturbed in the Great New England Earthquake of 2012...

Nothing special to report from Sandy in NH. Power seems to be out everywhere but here, was just a big rain storm for us.

Bobzilla wrote:

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: It is all a left wing conspiracy to make FEMA look good in the last week before the election. And you fools said the military didn't have a weather control machine. Now who had egg on their face?

MAybe Kanye is right..... lol

You take that back! You take that back, right meow!

I just heard the subways were flooded in NYC and there's some crane on top of a building they think will fall. According to the media this morning it is the apocalypse in NY.

Here it's sunny & 70's so it's hard to imagine. I'd sure love just a little of the moisture you guys got- NO SNOW tho!

aka the Cialis Crane

Things were fine till about 9:30 pm yesterday when a brief power glitch cause 2 of the cable boxes to quit working. Made a couple calls to Comcast and they couldn't get them working so said the heck with it and went to bed.

Was awakend at 1:30am by a loud noise. Couldn't see much outside because it was so dark, but the monring revealed the neighbor's tree had fallen on my house

Spent most of today on the phone with insurance company and tree people. Fortunately it did just enough damage to the house that the insurance will cover the cleanup.

Biggest casualty is probably our relations with the neighbor. The falling tree destroyed a cherry tree my wife had planted by the patio and was very proud of. When the neighbor called this morning he seemed to think it was funny according to the wife. I think he just destroyed a 20 year long good relationship.

carguy123 wrote: I just heard the subways were flooded in NYC and there's some crane on top of a building they think will fall. According to the media this morning it is the apocalypse in NY. Here it's sunny & 70's so it's hard to imagine. I'd sure love just a little of the moisture you guys got- NO SNOW tho!

Some of the tunnels are still full to the ceiling with saltwater. Someone calling a radio station suggested the dump a trainload of vinegar in there before they drain it to try and get rid of the urine smell.

In reply to Wally:

Well, at least it will drown the CHUDs.

So where did the subway rats go?

MrJoshua wrote: So where did the subway rats go?

Jersy

Hal wrote: Things were fine till about 9:30 pm yesterday when a brief power glitch cause 2 of the cable boxes to quit working. Made a couple calls to Comcast and they couldn't get them working so said the heck with it and went to bed. Was awakend at 1:30am by a loud noise. Couldn't see much outside because it was so dark, but the monring revealed the neighbor's tree had fallen on my house Spent most of today on the phone with insurance company and tree people. Fortunately it did just enough damage to the house that the insurance will cover the cleanup. Biggest casualty is probably our relations with the neighbor. The falling tree destroyed a cherry tree my wife had planted by the patio and was very proud of. When the neighbor called this morning he seemed to think it was funny according to the wife. I think he just destroyed a 20 year long good relationship.

I'm glad you're OK, and that insurance will help with the cleanup