OFFICIAL TS/Hurricane Sandy Thread

[WHFD318 17]

Thinking of all out there in this. Thank you and stay safe!

[bfd34180 11]

multiple trees down and i hear alot of tress popping around my house.... i have my bug out bag at the ready batteries flashlights and if the fish hits the shan im outa here.

[peterose313 345]

Yonkers is working a 2 alarm, stay safe guys! It's gonna be a wild one down there!

Danbury just had the roof blown off of an apt building.

847, 161 people in NY alone without power... and counting! according to TWC

RFK bridge just recorded a wind gust of 100 mph, they are shutting down the bridge right now!

Sandy is no longer a Hurricane but we're now dealing with her wrath

FDNY Swift Water Rescue is responding to Queens Engine 206 firehouse due to members of the company trapped in the firehouse

This storm just turned deadly in NY. A man has been found after being struck by a tree on 166th st.

As if Yonkers doesn't have enough issues, they're operating an mva with ejection on the sprain by Jackson Ave. They have Greenville o/s as mutual aid. Car into tree and another in the woods.

[JackEMT 77]

The widespread damage is incredible from W.VA, DC, Philly, NJ, NYC to Boston. I was trying to keep tabs using RadioReference, but with so many people without power, most of the feeds are down. Be safe out there. The clean up is going to be a monsterous task. Daylight is going to reveal something interesting.

[x4093k 654]

Somers is a DISASTER. I had a very large pine tree in my yard and it fell and ripped up the yard, the light is really going to show something outrageous. Stay Safe All!

[firedude 985]

NYC has announced the subway system will be out of service until sometime this weekend, at the earliest. Multiple FDNY Maydays have been called. A man in pearl river was killed by fallen tree, LoHud reports. Bellevue Hospital is evacuating after pumps and generators failed. Report that NYPD 60th Precinct is flooding with officers trapped inside.

[Emscornsnake 36]

The person Involved in the MVA on the Sprain Brook Parkway in Yonkers was pronounced on scene. RIP.

[x129K 1,393]

Is anyone following the Facebook page FDNY Brotherhood Foundation?

E268 operating alone at mutiple dwellings fully involved with confirmed people trapped - members took off bunker gear and SWAN into the building, effected rescues. The buildings were left to burn as no additional companies were available/could make it?

C R A Z Y stuff.

[peterose313 345]

Con Ed has a plant in Manhattan on fire with people reportedly trapped. Power outages throughout lower manhattan with cell towers down too iao 1st, 5th and 7th precincts. FDNY is operating multiple water rescues as well.

The number of utility customers in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties without power as of 9 p.m. due to Sandy has now reached 229,159, far surpassing the approximately 122,000 Lower Hudson Valley customers who lost power from Tropical Storm Irene in late August, 2011.

- LoHud

http://www.lohud.com/viewart/20121029/NEWS02/310290092/9-p-m-Pearl-River-man-killed-when-tree-falls-onto-his-house-wife-3-teenagers-injured-229-159-customers-without-power-area

[x4093k 654]

Tree fell on a bungalow type place in North Salem and killed 2 teens, according to multiple sources. This was a rough crazy storm and the effects of it will be around for awhile.

[firedude 985]

Video of Con Ed Explosion...

[peterose313 345]

NYU Hospital is reportedly evacuating all of its patients as its second back up generator has failed.

Update: patients were evacuated to Sloan Kettering and Mt. Sinai hospitals. Major credit goes out to the staff/ambulance and EMT's as they saved SEVERAL lives tonight.

Edited October 30, 2012 by peterose313

[Emscornsnake 36]

Peekskill VAC, Continential Village has a water rescue going at Annesville circle

[firedude 985]

Crane Collapse in Manhattan (Box: 0565), 30W 15th St. All Major NYC Airports are closed until further notice due to flooding. Tech Rescue Teams from upstate NY have be asked to mobilize to NYC area.

Edited October 30, 2012 by firedude

[firedude 985]

Croton Falls: fatal tree vs house, required mutual aid from Goldens Bridge and Brewster. Somers and Mahopac Fds were on standby

Edited October 30, 2012 by firedude

[newsbuff 286]

All units unable to go south of the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn due to flooding. Brighton Beach/Coney Island are inaccessible.

I'm getting spotty reports that multiple USAR assets are pre-positioning within CT.

[helicopper 1,050]

Flooding and storm surge is being described as substantially worse than for a category 1 storm. Severe flooding all over the city.

High tide on the Long Island Sound in the next hour or two will result in more flooding in Westchester and Fairfield.

Stay safe everyone!

[peterose313 345]

The storm is picking up again. There's another band bringing extremely high winds and rain that's projected to last until 2 am

[peterose313 345]

FDNY HQ ( 9 metrotech center) is reportedly being evacuated by National Guard boats

Outage Update: 1,591,335 NYers wout power as of 11 pm according to Cuomo

Edited October 30, 2012 by peterose313

[EdAngiolillo 61]

The storm that hit in 1938 was a category 5. Sandy is barely a category 1. I think Hollie needs to check her information. That doesn't sound right at all!

The Cat size relates to winds, not barometric pressure.

[peterose313 345]

Thoughts go out to all FDNY members working in Queens right now. Multiple structure fires with several units coming from all over the city as m/a right now. Breezy Point and Rockaway are the 2 main areas at the moment. TL-124 reported 2 full blocks of houses on fire

[EdAngiolillo 61]

Adapt, improvise, overcome! Here's a few pics of how North Wildwood NJ firefighters handled the storm!

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=366155010137034&set=a.182878065131397.47319.179464705472733&type=1&permPage=1

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=366941626725039&set=a.182878065131397.47319.179464705472733&type=1&permPage=1

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=366941543391714&set=a.182878065131397.47319.179464705472733&type=1&permPage=1

[ldrco195 17]

be safe brothers...

[firemoose827 324]

Things turned hairy real fast and people got caught off guard AGAIN, when will people learn?? People still refused to evacuate even during MANDATORY evacuation requests, and now first responders are putting their lives on the line for these idiots...WHY? What good are you going to do by staying in your precious home? You cant stop flooding, you can clean up and re-build though, and yet people still refuse to leave when prompted...

Lessons should have been learned in Irene, but obviously they weren't. Im sitting here in the EOC tonight in disbelief that so many lives have been lost and more are being threatened when it could have been prevented by evacuating...you CANT fix STUPID...

[bfd34180 11]

Be safe out there everyone this insanity isnt over yet.

[IzzyEng4 427]

Easton, CT has suffered a LODD. A tree struck a truck while responding to an alarm. The firefighter had major head trauma through reports. No other information is available at this time. When its available it will be reported.

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[EdAngiolillo 61]

FDNY- 5 ALARM MAYDAY Breezy Pt fire, those folks sound like they're at 9/11. Hope all stay safe.

I listened on Radioreference for awhile.  Unbelievable.

Things turned hairy real fast and people got caught off guard AGAIN, when will people learn??  People still refused to evacuate even during MANDATORY evacuation requests, and now first responders are putting their lives on the line for these idiots...WHY?  What good are you going to do by staying in your precious home?  You cant stop flooding, you can clean up and re-build though, and yet people still refuse to leave when prompted...

Lessons should have been learned in Irene, but obviously they weren't.  Im sitting here in the EOC tonight in disbelief that so many lives have been lost and more are being threatened when it could have been prevented by evacuating...you CANT fix STUPID...

Gov. Christie ordered mandatory evacuations, AC Mayor said "no stay in town, go to shelters."  Did ANYONE learn from Katrina??

[firedude 985]

Rye Brook PD just lost all power and phone service, including 911.

This is the photo of the Rockaways after the 6 alarm fire...

Not my photo, from: https://www.facebook..._count=1&ref=nf

Satellite View of Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy on Oct. 30 by NASA Goddard Photo and Video, on Flickr

Con Ed using FDR, Saxon Woods and Playland Parks for Staging Areas.  The Space Shuttle Enterprise on the Intrepid has sustained damage.

Following Photos from MTA FLick Page, Links bellow photos

MNR Croton Harmon Station by MTAPhotos, on Flickr

Boat On Tracks At Ossining by MTAPhotos, on Flickr

Edited October 30, 2012 by helicopper

[WHFD318 17]

Bloomberg just reported at press conference approximately 80 homes now damaged or totally destroyed on Breezy Point. My heart goes out to all those who lost everything and to the brave FDNY, NYPD and other emergency personnel working so hard these past several hours!

[peterose313 345]

Mayor Bloomberg said the death toll in NYC is up to 10

Several schools are reporting that they will be closed tomorrow. Someone posted a series of links on this thread yesterday that will give you a list of whose closed so check that out if you have kids.

Outages Update: Central Hudson 66,661; ConEd 787,255; LIPA 947,819; Nat. Grid 20,616; NYSEG 115,060; Orange & Rockland 140,317; RG&E 20,20

Con Ed said at one point they had over 800,000 customers without power.