Sal Paradise
Hooligan
So guys it was like " The Perfect Storm" here Monday. Had 50 mph winds at my house, heavy rains, but the big news - and everyone knew this ahead of time - 12 FOOT STORM SURGE. If you never been to NYC you might think thats not unheard of. Well the skyscrapers of Mahattan with all those millions of people and corporartions with billions of dollars in them? Well the ground floor of almost all of them, the sidewalk level , is considerably less than that. Like 6 feet. The West Side Highway is like 5' elevation. So when you see this on TV for 12 hours -
Why the hell would you stay in a tiny house on a barrier island at elevation 5'? I mean you know 100% certainty its going to flood. Yet almost everyone stayed. And this is what happened to them-
The results were predicatable if you were a writer of Hollywood Horror Movies. Here is the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel filling with water.
Cars left in a " safe " spot.
and Jersey too-
Jersey sufferedn incredible damage. The famous " Jersey Shore" is gone.
And it gets worse, now no one has gas within 50 miles of the city. Even the gas stations in the Hudson Valley are getting tapped out. I'm 60 miles away and my town has gas and no problems but just two towns away every gas station is closed. And who knows if those people will come and tap out my stations. The Hudson river was full of ships and barges all week, just anchored as NYC harbor was pretty much desolated.
Worse even than all that , its cold now and millions of people have no electricity. Half of Manhattan is dark ;
Of course just like Hurricane Irene and 911 the bullshit mill is going full blast as peole with no information repeat verbally over and over again. Theres another hurrican coming, theres a gas shortage( not true) there wont be any trains for two months, just nightmare rumours. And try telling some of these people they are wrong. They can't believe you would dare!!!! Cue the bible thumpers and other charlatans.
After Irene last year everyone now thinks this is the new normal. Whether people change their lives and move away from the ocean, or spend billions waterproofing lower manhattan who knows. It aint over yet, the supermarkets are getting pretty bare and its cold out. I work for a state agency and our regional headquarters is without grid power and likely will be on partial generator power for 7 - 14 days.
On the plus side much of the Hudson Valley is unscathed. I never lost electricity , I filled all my fuel tanks before the storm and obviously I have internet. My supermarket appears to be fully stocked. So I'm fine. My buddy lives in Manhattan and he has a Bonneville as well. After a couple off days walking to work he says he is taking the bike out of storage for use in the city.Kinda cool in a Mad Max sort of way. I can't imagine the insanity of riding in Manhattan without traffic lights.
Why the hell would you stay in a tiny house on a barrier island at elevation 5'? I mean you know 100% certainty its going to flood. Yet almost everyone stayed. And this is what happened to them-
The results were predicatable if you were a writer of Hollywood Horror Movies. Here is the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel filling with water.
Cars left in a " safe " spot.
and Jersey too-
Jersey sufferedn incredible damage. The famous " Jersey Shore" is gone.
And it gets worse, now no one has gas within 50 miles of the city. Even the gas stations in the Hudson Valley are getting tapped out. I'm 60 miles away and my town has gas and no problems but just two towns away every gas station is closed. And who knows if those people will come and tap out my stations. The Hudson river was full of ships and barges all week, just anchored as NYC harbor was pretty much desolated.
Worse even than all that , its cold now and millions of people have no electricity. Half of Manhattan is dark ;
Of course just like Hurricane Irene and 911 the bullshit mill is going full blast as peole with no information repeat verbally over and over again. Theres another hurrican coming, theres a gas shortage( not true) there wont be any trains for two months, just nightmare rumours. And try telling some of these people they are wrong. They can't believe you would dare!!!! Cue the bible thumpers and other charlatans.
After Irene last year everyone now thinks this is the new normal. Whether people change their lives and move away from the ocean, or spend billions waterproofing lower manhattan who knows. It aint over yet, the supermarkets are getting pretty bare and its cold out. I work for a state agency and our regional headquarters is without grid power and likely will be on partial generator power for 7 - 14 days.
On the plus side much of the Hudson Valley is unscathed. I never lost electricity , I filled all my fuel tanks before the storm and obviously I have internet. My supermarket appears to be fully stocked. So I'm fine. My buddy lives in Manhattan and he has a Bonneville as well. After a couple off days walking to work he says he is taking the bike out of storage for use in the city.Kinda cool in a Mad Max sort of way. I can't imagine the insanity of riding in Manhattan without traffic lights.
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