Sandy, aka here we go again...

[WindingRoad]

Glad to hear those in NY, DE and NJ are all good. Sandy is blasting us here in Philly with wind. I've had two trees fall behind my apartment and the sound scared me half to death. Lights keep on flickering but somehow they have managed to stay on. The exploding transformers all over the city makes it look like fireworks. This is a long night!

[OakLeaf]

The wind in frickin' central Ohio is incredible. Not super strong yet - they're calling for high winds overnight - and very little damage so far, thanks to the June storm shaking everything out - but nonstop. This is definitely hurricane bands. It's one thing to read about that 520 mile radius, another thing to experience it.

Stay safe, everyone.

[ny biker]

Update, the stock exchange did not flood. Though there is plenty of street flooding in lower Manhattan and along the edges, e.g., the FDR Drive. Con Ed turned off power to some neighborhoods. NYU Hospital lost power and their generators failed so it's being evacuated. All county roads in Nassau County are closed, and the parkways on Long Island are also closed.

I read early this afternoon that Atlantic City was pretty much completely flooded. I think there's lots of damage along the shore in Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey.

And there is 14 inches of snow in Davis, WV.

I think the worst is pretty much done in the DC area now, though winds will be slow to decrease.

There are relatively few without power in the DC area, but something like 1.5 million lost power in NY state. My parents and my sister lost power around lunch time today.

On the other hand, I was able to work from home all day long and was able to be very productive. I was remotely connected to my pc at work, which rebooted several times but I was able to reconnect each time. And I had real-time weather information from NYC and Long Island on Twitter. Technology can be pretty great.

[Crankin]

New York looks terrible. We have pretty bad damage along the shoreline here, the usual tree damage, and power outages. It's too early for me to contact my friends and my son who live in different towns/cities, but I suspect I may be one of the few with power. I was supposed to see a new client at her school today, and school there is cancelled, so I am waiting to see if my professional development seminar in our office in the same city as that school is open. I suspect not. I really don't want to be out and driving today. I just heard there's a severe thunderstorm alert out for New England today; we just finished a really torrential downpour about 20 minutes ago.

[Catrin]

Be safe Crankin, and everyone out there. Please continue to keep us posted as you are able to. This is the first time in a long time that I've regretted not having some form of cable tv...

[Crankin]

Spoke to my son. They did not lose power, which is amazing. He had a huge tree come down in the empty lot next to his house (the lot is part of his property). He was happy, as he wanted to get rid of it. My DH is now raring to go over there and wield his chain saw, to cut it up. I haven't been outside, but the only thing i see amiss is that the cover flew off of the grill on my deck. I am glad I took my canoe off of the stand we have it bungeed to. It would have flown off and been damaged. Ugh, it's raining again.
Going to get on the treadmill.

[SheFly]

Crankin - glad you are ok and have power. We ALWAYS lose power in these storms, and went out last year after Irene and bought a generator, had the house wired and were all set. Of course, it figures - we didn't lose power in this storm, though the outage tracker showed that about 42% of town was out at one point last night. We lost one big limb from a shared tree (it's on the line between us and the neighbor) that took out the neighbor's fence. Otherwise, all is good here.

Hope others faired ok also!

SheFly

[Shellyrides]

I am so glad those who have checked in are ok.

[Eden]

Be safe Crankin, and everyone out there. Please continue to keep us posted as you are able to. This is the first time in a long time that I've regretted not having some form of cable tv...

You can probably get most of the news clips on the web these days. They tend to get them up pretty quick and even at times have live streaming. NBC specifically mentioned the live streaming, that they said they were doing for their viewers who were without power (I guess cell service must have been relatively unaffected?)

[OakLeaf]

Most news and iconic photos go up on Twitter these days before the broadcast media ever get them.

This next week or two is going to be rough for a whole lot of people. Prayers that all stay safe and warm.

[Trek420]

There are relatively few without power in the DC area, but something like 1.5 million lost power in NY state. My parents and my sister lost power around lunch time today.

2.4 million without power in New Jersey alone.

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/20...w-meaning?lite

As our TE gals and guys check in ok my thoughts go to those who can't. Stay safe, East Coast.

[PamNY]

We're surviving in Manhattan. No damage to my building. We don't have power, water or heat and probably won't for a while. I'm not evacuating because I have a very old bulldog and don't know if he could handle the stairs (I live on the 26th floor). Inconvenient, but we are better off than a lot of people.

Best wishes to everyone who is coping with this mess.

Pam

[emily_in_nc]

Pam, that sounds rough...how are you handling your dog not being able to go "out"?

So sorry for you and everyone going through hardships right now. We were out of power for three days in both Hurricane Fran and in a freak ice storm a few years after that, but in both cases we could at least get our dogs outside. And in Fran we did have water, and it was warm. In the ice storm we were on a well so couldn't use water b/c of the well pump, but we were able to melt ice/snow from outside by our woodstove to occasionally flush the toilet.

[WindingRoad]

Fortunately I have power at my apartment but my school is still closed because of no power. At first I thought it was kinda cool but now after realizing how much more my next month is gonna suck... I'm no longer stoked. Went to Whole Foods this evening after spin class for dinner and the computers kept going down so I was standing in a huge line of people just buying food to eat bc so many are still without power. Anyone in line with platters or ready made food they let leave without paying for the food. That was very cool of them and made my crappy schedule seem a little less crappy. Take care of each other out there everyone.

[Trek420]

Glad to see people checking in.

Good article here as NYC helps cyclists use our bikes to get around:

http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/10/3...rrows-commute/