Quote Originally Posted by irieworld View Post
NYC was seriously maimed by Sandy, she is no sweetheart and packed a huge punch. Going to take months to recover. So much flooding, fires (one fire took out 50 homes in Queens), over 600,000 w/out power, subways flooded with up to 7 feet of water, 2 hospitals evacuated, all bridges and tunnels closed, tunnels flooded--it goes on and on and more to come tomorrow. Even though the strongest part of the storm has passed she is still with us with a lot of strong wind and rain. This storm is taking a heavy hand and she is still on the move and wreaking havoc as she goes. Prayers and blessing to everyone affected, here and in the Caribbean, those who lost their homes or loved ones.
I am monitoring NYFD radio traffic. This thing is far from over. Those brave *******s have been at it 100 percent for 24 hours now. In Manhattan it is mostly flooding...in the boroughs, it is far, far worse. If anyone is familiar with Ocean Ave., Brighton Beach Ave., and Rockaway.....it looks like it is a real disaster along there....I realize that where I grew up, Brighton Beach, is a Zone A evacuation location....but the damage I fear will be tragic.....I bet the sand is now up to the planks of the Boardwalk...I wonder how Coney Island fared?