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Real-Time New York City Storm Surge Tracker
Update: good news: the storm surge is now receding. The water level has to decline by 2-3 feet for the flooding to subside.
Curious how many feet of water the rats in downtown NYC are under right now? The real-time answer is available after the jump below, courtesy of the NOAA and this tide height tracker at New York's Battery.
h/t @cbm1971
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"Building collapse??!!" It was just a facade...It's all just a facade.
Hurricane Potemkin.
LOL! What shitty construction. People don't even put up shutters in Florida for 80 mph winds. In NYC the whole front of the building falls off. Must be union construction.
I'm long Sandy, short NYC for a pair trade.
is that helicopter ben struggling to be relevant dropping hundred dollar bills over the manhattan heliport? oh no..its CNN struggling to be relevant in between advertising itself in the midst of a natural disaster.."ive been here ALL DAY" bleh
sean penn will be there in the morning with a boatload of clownbux ;)
New York sleeps with the fishes tonight.
Just wondering... How many ZH'rs consider the possibility that SANDY had some help invoking the WALL STREET HOLIDAY ahead of the elections?
GASP. Would they do that?
6-11ft was predicted as the "worst case scenario" storm surge.
Currently at 13.46 ft .... what's do you call a worse than worst case?
Edit: maybe they should have evacuated Zones B and maybe C also ... wonder what effects of that will be?
Clearly worser. Unreal.
Still an amazing amount of legacy infrastructure is in basements or below street level ... HVAC, electric switchboards, phone/data switches, even many network routers and switches have been placed there because geeks' plumbing has always gotten stuffed away out of sight ... that's how it was done since the days of water and sewerage systems I suppose.
so at what level are the subways flooded????
Subways will flood even with just heavy rains, at least the 4-5-6 lines in MNH, because the pump system is old and underpowered. When those lines are down, the entire east side is basically shut down to commuters - you can't run enough buses to make up the shortfall. Will be interested to see how long it takes to get those lines cleared.
Dc area getting pounded. Maybe they misread this thing but it looks like it came ashore near Maryland shore to me and is absolutely pounding my area now. We are getting very heavy winds and rain since about 6pm and that's after a day of mild rain and moderate winds. This thing is every bit as bad if not even worse than Isabel in 2003.
I just hope the media shows up for the after-hype party. Reported claiming 30 foot waves offshore while standing on the first floor balcony of a hotel. I've been in thirty-foot waves and brother, you don't know thirty foot waves. In Katrina, I was on an overpass 12 miles from shore, and the water was only two feet below us. We had a hammer and used it to break a small chip in the concrete on the support holding up the bridge (before we took off!). Three weeks later I went back with my Garmin. The mark was at 39', 12 miles from shore. Stuck under the bridge was an aggragate barge with its gravel load sheared down to deck level. We walked to a red brick house about 1/4 mile due south, only one wall was standing. There was a shelf on that wall, with cups and saucers still there, the rest of the house was gone, not a trace. On the other side of the wall, straw was impelled straight into the brick. I tried to pull a piece of straw out of the brick but it was solidly in place. Between that house and the next, a 54' foot Hatteras sat perfectly on its stern, straight up, blocking the sun. No birds, no bees, nothing moved. We contacted NOAA and told them we found what we believe to be the high water mark of Katrina on that overpass. To this day, heading west on I-10, when approaching the Canal Rd. overpass (just west of GulfPort), look high and to the right, just under the overpass bank support. It reads: August 2005: Katrina High Water Mark. Hence my name: TideFighter
Nice story. Thanks.
:D
Cool story bro. Now the rest of you life is just a dismal denoement, as you await Death's cold, bony embrace.
HAHA man this post got me ROFL'd.
wITH A BIT OF LUCK, THEY WILL MAKE THIS STORM LOOK A HELL OF A LOT WORSE THAN kATRINA AND THEN oBAMA WILL PRAISE fema AND EVERYBODY ELSE UNDER HIS OUTSTANDING SITUATION MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP AND CLAIM FULL CREDIT FOR IT.
OF COURSE IF THE HIT SHITS THE FAN THERE WILL BE DEAFENING SILENCE ON ACCOLADES AND LOTS OF NOISE ABOUT THE RECOVERY FROM THE STORM.......
WIN/WIN IN HIS SPIN PLAY BOOK.
We are about to learn from the FED, that Au is seawater soluble...
Wave height at NY Harbor entrance = 32.5' and rising http://chartistfriendfrompittsburgh.blogspot.com/2012/10/baba-booey-new-...
Are they some crazy lunatics around giving minuses to guys who are simply posting facts? Hey, the world is not flat, like it or not.
Facts? We don't need no stinking facts.
I live on the gulf coast and have seen more than I want of canes. This storm is nothing for one reason. Its movement is way to fast to really do significant damage. Storm surge is always the issue but eventually the winds shift allowing the water to move out. Storms that are the issue is when they are slow. They just hammer and hammer you for 24 to 36 hours. Then as they continue to move slow dumping tons of rain and keeping the surge coming inland. Thats when they cause a lot of damage. Fast moving stroms is nothing but a little inconvenience but still can be dangerous. I do hope all of you in this area stay safe and be smart. Most importantly after any hurricane is to be very patient. It takes a little time for the normalcy to kick in but most of you have serious snow storms so you are prepared. Just hang in there, be safe and patient.
Yeah, I wouldn't be so sanguine ... NYC subterranean estate is slightly more expansive than most 'cane prone regions and have never been tested with 7 ft of seawater above flood stage ... regardless of how long it hangs around it's gonna get messy for an incredibly densely populated area
http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=okx&gage=batn6
Its always messy after a cane. Just have to deal with it. When you choose like I have to live near a major body of water, you must know the issues that can arise. If you understand it then you can deal with it. The folks in the NY/Jersey area are tough cookies. They will be pissy as usual but can handle it. Life will be normal before the election that i promise. Obama will need all the help he can get.
if this thing shoves enough seawater into the subways (and it may have already @ 14 ft storm surge), the repair costs are going to be extreme
Yes I agree that is where majority of destruction will be. Any infrastructure underground is vulnerable which happens to be a major vein for this area.
Don't worry saints, I dug a slit trench in my lawn 2 days ago in preperation for this storm. I'm doing to hunker down and let it blow over.
Glad to hear that buddy. Stay safe and it will all be over soon enough.
Algos have been spotted as far north as 57th street. They are attempting to climb into the Time Warner fiber connections.
Armies of them are coming out of the basement at the NYSE.
Run.
CNN: There are 3 ft. of water on the trading floor of NYSE. #Sandy
its not water - its satans cum
In poor taste .... inappropriate .... self revealing .... and PROMISING !
Rat death toll expected to exceed the tragedy of Katrina ! This is a somber day of recollection for all rats and their drowned comrades ! Rat lovers everywhere are holding memorial "candle light" seance cirle jerks .... and that ain't easy ? In Memoriam Ratus Brownus Europeus .... some decended from the Mayflower's first landing !
http://live.reuters.com/Event/Tracking_Storm_Sandy
live photo stream
Sounds like mother nature is flushing the toilet.
Do those New Yorkers still think they're so much smarter than everyone else?
we're smarter than you dollardickhead
y u mad bro?
ahh, the good lord just giving nyc and surrounding areas a good scrubbing and flushing rats out of the city.
Con Ed explosion at E 14th:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAqYZ433TeQ
Impressive fireworks. Very, very bright, and then it all goes dark.
Seems like a good day to reprise one of Travis Bickel's best lines:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IAJFCxAP_Y
Time to throw in Escape From New York -- all MTA bridges and tunnels are closed. No in or out of MNH.
https://twitter.com/cliffordlevy/status/263079800942505984
Brooklyn right now!
http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/godzilla.jpg
Where the wailing from the hysterical Global Warming chorus ? Have they finally thrown in the towel ? Are they laying low until after the election ?
Do you people get paid well to antagonize or are you just a trouble maker who taunts?
The global climate is changing. That is pretty fucking clear. It's possible heavily populated areas will become inhabitable and unfarm-able. Now, you may think this is a natural course of events and maybe it is. But if it is not, if it is our habits of opening up the sewage pipes and exhaust pipes and letting toxic waste and fumes smother the air in a million different regions in every country on earth, we should stop.
Stop? Oh but why, you ask. What's in it for us, you ask. The energy CEOs and the manufacturers who save billions of dollars a year but allowing their waste to become our waste to walk, swim, drink and inhale would be faced with income adjustments that may render them a smaller yacht or a few less mansions.
But so fucking what. In 300 years, the kids will know we did our best to keep them from dying of starvation, water wars and displacement with walls up during their attempt to find higher ground, fertile soil, climates that will not rip apart their homesteads a few times a year.
Fucking prick you are. Asshole who has little to nothing to offer a message board on a night that is sending many into tears. You fucking grow up in a ghetto and see how far you get, men like you become pimps.
I'm a humourist .... my job is to distract, entertain, uplift, pique curiosity .... then slam people with the brutal reality ! Just kiddin' ! You make my point .... you no longer use the phrase "Global Warming" .... and I had to provoke your crowd to get a comment ? Five years ago you guys would have been all over the place .... today, not a peep .... until I called you out ? Don't be mad .... get glad !
You aint funny!
Do you know what you are?
You're an ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcXX0LL_oiM&feature=BFa&list=AL94UKMTqg-9...
Monedas: Your proactive political "rebuttal" to an imagined comment is just baiting, not snarky, not funny, and a prime example of trolling.
You tell 'em bunny! +1
The global climate is changing.
Yup. It always is. Changing. See, one time the Thames froze over. And on all the Earth there were around zero SUVs.
It's possible heavily populated areas will become inhabitable and unfarm-able.
Heavily populated areas are unfarmable due to…population density, roads, building, concrete…
But if it is not, if it is our habits of opening up the sewage pipes and exhaust pipes and letting toxic waste and fumes smother the air in a million different regions in every country on earth, we should stop.
We did stop! Here in America, anyways. But you know what? It’s SO much more profitable to export our factories overseas, where they can chain workers in the factory dorm, and shovel toxins into the rivers. Everybody wins!
Stop? Oh but why, you ask. What's in it for us, you ask. The energy CEOs and the manufacturers who save billions of dollars a year but allowing their waste to become our waste to walk, swim, drink and inhale would be faced with income adjustments that may render them a smaller yacht or a few less mansions.
Welcome to America! What, you’ve been asleep since 1980?
But so fucking what. In 300 years, the kids will know we did our best to keep them from dying of starvation, water wars and displacement with walls up during their attempt to find higher ground, fertile soil, climates that will not rip apart their homesteads a few times a year.
300 years? Decisions are made to make the quarterly numbers make bank. Anyone in the US.gov who tries to make any coherent plan for more than 2 years out is looked at like he’s NostraFUCKINGdomus.
Fucking prick you are. Asshole who has little to nothing to offer a message board on a night that is sending many into tears. You fucking grow up in a ghetto and see how far you get, men like you become pimps.
Tears of a clown. I did grow up in a ghetto – it’s called the US of A. Luckily I was entirely too stupid to know how all the success and excess was a lie; livin’ large on Uncle Wao’s credit card. And better to become a pimp than a whore, right?
Hey Bunny - how many millions of trees has the NY Times, LA Times and Washington Post murder over the past 80 years spewing leftist crap? 100 million? How many small animals and birds died because their forest habitat was destroyed so those "newspapers" could print yellow journalism? Tens of millions?
Don't tell us what is gonna happen or fantasy climate change. Let's talk about 100 million fucking trees that liberals like you killed to grab power and spread propaganda. No go F off.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Kh7nLplWo
Effect on Electrical Performance The ingress of water into the data cabling system can have a serious affect on its ability to support high bit rate data applications like Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet. In some cases, cables that are already near the link length limit (and therefore the attenuation budget) for the standard may fail after flooding. This is because when the cable gets wet, its dielectric performance is changed, which affects impedance and the related parameters of attenuation and return loss. HFT go boom-boom.
Ever see a dog, standing in a rain puddle, lift his leg and piss on the outside of a phone drop line termination box when the phone is ringing ? Neither have I !
Oyster Creek Nuke plant in trouble
This is a Keynesian wet dream! Think of all the broken windows! This is going to bring unemployment down to zero, under the capable stewardship of .gov! Thank goodness I am long Home Depot! woot woot
Just got the call.. Internap data centre on Broad Street, building is flooding and they will operat it for another 5-6 hours and then, shut it down, generators are being flooded.
Even with no structural damage, it could take weeks, or months to test, repair, and replace FO connectors. Why do I get the feeling that everything will be down until Nov 7th>?