Tone turns ominous at The Weather Channel (Hurricane Sandy)

[Deeks]

I getting some drips from meh bathroom upstairs. So I will contacting the roof man. Other than that everything's cool with me.

[Bitter]

At Least 80 Flooded Houses Destroyed by NYC Fire

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press
NEW YORK October 30, 2012 (AP)
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/15-houses-ablaze-nyc-storm-sweeps-17595158#.UI_com_A-So

A huge fire destroyed 80 to 100 houses in a flooded beachfront neighborhood Tuesday, forcing firefighters to undertake daring rescues and injuring three people.

More than 190 firefighters contained the blaze but were still putting out some pockets of fire more than nine hours after it erupted.

As daylight broke, neighbors walked around aimlessly through their smoke-filled Breezy Point neighborhood, which sits on the Rockaway peninsula jutting into the Atlantic Ocean. Electrical wires dangled within feet of the street.

Officials said the fire was reported around 11 p.m. Monday in an area flooded by the superstorm that began sweeping through the city earlier.

Firefighters told WABC-TV that the water was chest high on the street, and they had to use a boat to make rescues. They said in one apartment home, about 25 people were trapped in an upstairs unit, and the two-story home next door was ablaze and setting fire to the apartment's roof. Firefighters climbed an awning to get to the trapped people and took them downstairs to a boat in the street.

Video footage of the scene showed a hellish swath of tightly packed homes fully engulfed in orange flames as firefighters hauled hoses while sloshing in ankle-high water. Many homes appeared completely flattened by the wind-whipped flames.

One firefighter suffered a minor injury and was taken to a hospital. Two civilians suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene.

In September, the same neighborhood was struck by a tornado that hurled debris in the air, knocked out power and startled residents who once thought of twisters as a Midwestern phenomenon.

[lefty]

In September, the same neighborhood was struck by a tornado that hurled debris in the air, knocked out power and startled residents who once thought of twisters as a Midwestern phenomenon.

wow brings sharply back into perspective the idea of climate change and what it could mean for the future

[warmonga]

god vex wid we for burning the holy books and its preachings and accepting faggots into society..

war

[just cool]

god vex wid we for burning the holy books and its preachings and accepting faggots into society..

war

Allyuh love to blame allyuh ignorance on God eh, now tell meh, what God have to do with your madness??!

[D.H.W]

god vex wid we for burning the holy books and its preachings and accepting faggots into society..

war

You sounding like a mad man.

[Observer]

In September, the same neighborhood was struck by a tornado that hurled debris in the air, knocked out power and startled residents who once thought of twisters as a Midwestern phenomenon.

wow brings sharply back into perspective the idea of climate change and what it could mean for the future

The entire plant was shaped by climate change and natural geophysical actions. Why do we expect it to be any different in 2012 and beyond.

[D.H.W]

In September, the same neighborhood was struck by a tornado that hurled debris in the air, knocked out power and startled residents who once thought of twisters as a Midwestern phenomenon.

wow brings sharply back into perspective the idea of climate change and what it could mean for the future

The entire plant was shaped by climate change and natural geophysical actions. Why do we expect it to be any different in 2012 and beyond.

Key word natural. China and USA will kill with pollution soon

[NYtriniwhiteboy..]

the planet will survive any global warming/climate change...question is how many of us will die due to its consequences

[Bakes]

The entire plant was shaped by climate change and natural geophysical actions. Why do we expect it to be any different in 2012 and beyond.

NYTrini said it best... the planet will survive, but how many of us will?  Earth take nuff blows in de earlies, from catastrophic floods to cataclysmic strikes from meteors and asteroids.  The apex predators at the time didn't survive the last big one, so man is on notice. Climate change will bring even less land mass, and less freshwater than we currently have.  Two things 6 billion+ will be fighting for in the aftermath of global warming.

[rotatopoti3]

Big cities need tunnels like this...

http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2012/10/31/pkg-zolbert-japan-flood-tunnels.cnn

[Dutty]

Anybody pullin bull in and out of manhattan today go make a killing$

[Bakes]

Anybody pullin bull in and out of manhattan today go make a killing$

Really?  Bus and Subway free and only vehicles with 3+ people allowed to cross the bridge.

[mukumsplau]

i have a friend right now in queens who lives/lived in manhattan..she's trying to get in touch with the consulate but can't get through till now....what help are they offering and what are their number(s)?

[Tallman]

i have a friend right now in queens who lives/lived in manhattan..she's trying to get in touch with the consulate but can't get through till now....what help are they offering and what are their number(s)?

Try contacting Dr. Neil Parsan (Ambassador of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to the United States of America) at nparsan@gmail.com or text 202-905-0555

[mukumsplau]

i have a friend right now in queens who lives/lived in manhattan..she's trying to get in touch with the consulate but can't get through till now....what help are they offering and what are their number(s)?

Try contacting Dr. Neil Parsan (Ambassador of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to the United States of America) at nparsan@gmail.com or text 202-905-0555

  thanks tallman

[Bakes]

Bodies of Missing Staten Island Boys Found in Marsh: NYPD


The mother of the two boys had told police they were swept away by a storm surge Monday night




Police say the bodies of two young Staten Island boys who were reported missing in the aftermath of Sandy have been found in a marsh.

The boys, ages 2 and 4, were found about 15 yards from each other up against debris and a tree in the marsh near Father Capodanno Boulevard in South Beach three days after their mother told police they were lost in a storm surge from Sandy.

Two-year-old Brandon Moore and 4-year-old Connor Moore were swept away after their mother placed them on the roof of her SUV on Monday amid rushing waters that caused the vehicle to stall, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said as he announced the discovery of the bodies.

Police have said the mother, Glenda Moore, was going to a shelter when she tried to flee the vehicle with the boys, losing her grip on their hands in the rising water and under the relentless cadence of pounding waves.

"She put the two boys on the roof of the car to avoid the water, and then another large wave came, and it apparently washed them away," Kelly said. "Of course, the mother was totally, completely distraught. She started looking for them herself, asking people to help her look."

The search has continued ever since, with numerous emergency personnel joining the march through Staten Island marshland until the bodies were located at the end of a narrow dead end street.

"Terrible, absolutely terrible," Kelly said. "It just compounds all the tragic aspects of this horrific event."

More than a dozen police officers from the NYPD Scuba Unit had fanned out across the area to search for the boys after they were reported missing. The mother's blue SUV was pulled out of the marsh earlier Wednesday.

More than 35 deaths in New York City have been attributed to Sandy.

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Missing-Boys-Staten-Island-Body-Sandy-Hurricane-Disaster-176801031.html