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Zoltan
United States656 Posts
On October 31 2012 04:12 farvacola wrote: I'm sorry to hear about your plight; luckily, reconstruction projects are likely going to need termite work! I can only hope! I'm trying to talk my friend who is an (voluntarily) unemployed carpenter to help me to get into some re-construction projects lol. Thanks for the well wishes | ||
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Bigtony
United States1606 Posts
http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=378741 | ||
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Pucca
Taiwan1280 Posts
I'm glad though the damage in my area, Boston, was minimal I have no heard yet what the status of NYC has been as I have not been able to turn on the news. I hope everyone is save. | ||
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happyft
United States470 Posts
LIPA on the other hand has said 7-10 days, maybe longer. Cuomo has said that he's keeping an eye on LIPA especially given its terrible track record of taking weeks to restore power in the past, and has authorized PSC to watch over LIPA's efforts. The notion of 90% of Long Island without power for over a week and a half is frankly ridiculous. I guess I'll be commuting to queens every day just to get my work done. | ||
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Kibibit
United States1551 Posts
On October 31 2012 06:08 happyft wrote: Coned said power will be back in 3-4 days LIPA on the other hand has said 7-10 days, maybe longer. Cuomo has said that he's keeping an eye on LIPA especially given its terrible track record of taking weeks to restore power in the past, and has authorized PSC to watch over LIPA's efforts. The notion of 90% of Long Island without power for over a week and a half is frankly ridiculous. I guess I'll be commuting to queens every day just to get my work done. Jesus fuck, man. Hopefully the watchdogs keep them in line, because that's just insane. | ||
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Black Gun
Germany4482 Posts
On October 31 2012 07:58 Kibibit wrote: Jesus fuck, man. Hopefully the watchdogs keep them in line, because that's just insane. vouch. 10 days without power, are you kidding me? whenever i hear about electricity companies in the US, its horrible. this reminds me of a colleague from pakistan who told me of power outages happening every 2 or so days, but usually only lasting for some few hours. basically, LIPA says they need longer to restore power than some obscure third world country electricity provider.  | ||
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czylu
477 Posts
On October 31 2012 09:18 Black Gun wrote: vouch. 10 days without power, are you kidding me? whenever i hear about electricity companies in the US, its horrible. this reminds me of a colleague from pakistan who told me of power outages happening every 2 or so days, but usually only lasting for some few hours. basically, LIPA says they need longer to restore power than some obscure third world country electricity provider. Did you see that transformer explosion in nyc? This isn't some shoddy electric system in Pakistan that you can fix with some gum and rubberbands, they need to go out and reconstruct every downed pole and energy line. Last year Irene destroyed my town and it took 11 days to finally restore power because there were just so many trees down. | ||
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GARO
United States2255 Posts
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Dekoth
United States527 Posts
As for the Coasts, pretty much expected what happened there. I am a bit surprised at how badly prepared NY and NJ actually were. It isn't like hurricanes never hit, just that they are rare. A Cat 1 should never have done anywhere near that damage. | ||
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Bigtony
United States1606 Posts
On October 31 2012 10:32 Dekoth wrote: Well, so far so good here. Power flickered a few times but never went out. The usual tree branches all over the place, no serious damage to anything. Only real event I had was pulling a few people out of ditches. Of course they were driving cars that shouldn't of been on the road in the first damn place much less in weather like this. Newsflash people, driving on bald tires is stupid. At this point though the worst is over for us, just cleanup and such. As for the Coasts, pretty much expected what happened there. I am a bit surprised at how badly prepared NY and NJ actually were. It isn't like hurricanes never hit, just that they are rare. A Cat 1 should never have done anywhere near that damage. Tell me how you prepare for record storm surge that hits at the highest point of high tide? | ||
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Kibibit
United States1551 Posts
On October 31 2012 10:32 Dekoth wrote: Well, so far so good here. Power flickered a few times but never went out. The usual tree branches all over the place, no serious damage to anything. Only real event I had was pulling a few people out of ditches. Of course they were driving cars that shouldn't of been on the road in the first damn place much less in weather like this. Newsflash people, driving on bald tires is stupid. At this point though the worst is over for us, just cleanup and such. As for the Coasts, pretty much expected what happened there. I am a bit surprised at how badly prepared NY and NJ actually were. It isn't like hurricanes never hit, just that they are rare. A Cat 1 should never have done anywhere near that damage. I wish people would stop saying this. This was a Cat 1 in only wind gusts. Many aspects of the storm were more characteristic of a Category 3 or 4. On top of that, anyone who is surprised at how unprepared NY is fails to understand what would need to be done to be "prepared" for what happened. We'd have had to build strong levees, waterproof a Subway system that is 2 to 3 times larger than what passengers actually ride through. Buildings that would be nigh-impossible to board off would need to be boarded off. Tunnels that were never constructed with the possibility of flooding of that magnitude needed to be floodproofed. The list goes on and on. The damage that happened wasn't of the sort that could be put up even if we were clairvoyant and knew exactly how bad the storm would be from its first reports. New York is not built for hurricanes, and cities that are have been built from the ground up with them in mind. | ||
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Kibibit
United States1551 Posts
On October 31 2012 09:35 czylu wrote: Did you see that transformer explosion in nyc? This isn't some shoddy electric system in Pakistan that you can fix with some gum and rubberbands, they need to go out and reconstruct every downed pole and energy line. Last year Irene destroyed my town and it took 11 days to finally restore power because there were just so many trees down. It's worse than that. There aren't poles to speak of in manhattan. After a massive Blizzard, Manhattan its power lines underground. If you've ever walked around midtown, you'll notice a complete lack of power lines and the like. | ||
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Bub
United States3518 Posts
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Yenticha
257 Posts
Even searching "haiti sandy" gives me 95% of hits about US, NYC,... Only got this: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/10/2012103075846181519.html Sounds pretty bad. Yet all I can read about on news websites/facebook/teamliquid is "no electricity for 24 hours, my laptop is dying!" or "no subway for days!". Am I the only one being disappointed by how the media are covering this? | ||
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Pokebunny
United States10654 Posts
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KwarK
United States44382 Posts
On October 31 2012 09:35 czylu wrote: Did you see that transformer explosion in nyc? This isn't some shoddy electric system in Pakistan that you can fix with some gum and rubberbands, they need to go out and reconstruct every downed pole and energy line. Last year Irene destroyed my town and it took 11 days to finally restore power because there were just so many trees down. In fairness it took about 6 days for the Japanese to rebuild a motorway that got smashed by the earthquake, if you really throw resources at this kind of shit it can get done. | ||
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EleanorRIgby
Canada3923 Posts
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Exigaet
Canada355 Posts
On October 31 2012 15:31 EleanorRIgby wrote: it got really really windy last night, i live right near lake ontario Yeah I live in Ottawa and the winds last night were strong enough to snap the top third of a 150 foot tree close to my house. It managed to fall on our phone lines.  | ||
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TheRabidDeer
United States3806 Posts
On October 31 2012 14:49 Yenticha wrote: I (obviously) haven't read every single post in this thread but... how is Haiti doing? Even searching "haiti sandy" gives me 95% of hits about US, NYC,... Only got this: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2012/10/2012103075846181519.html Sounds pretty bad. Yet all I can read about on news websites/facebook/teamliquid is "no electricity for 24 hours, my laptop is dying!" or "no subway for days!". Am I the only one being disappointed by how the media are covering this? I am too. Houston had no power for 3 weeks or more with Ike and I dont remember anywhere near this amount of fanfare. I am confused on how there were 50 deaths in the US, Haiti appears to have 51 deaths and I doubt they have anywhere near the structure that shouldve been in place for the US (and it was a Cat 2 for Haiti). Regardless, hope things are well and restored quickly for all involved. | ||
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imBLIND
United States2626 Posts
On October 31 2012 16:19 TheRabidDeer wrote: I am too. Houston had no power for 3 weeks or more with Ike and I dont remember anywhere near this amount of fanfare. I am confused on how there were 50 deaths in the US, Haiti appears to have 51 deaths and I doubt they have anywhere near the structure that shouldve been in place for the US (and it was a Cat 2 for Haiti). Regardless, hope things are well and restored quickly for all involved. 50 deaths divided by the total landmass+density population that got hit. It'll make more sense after that. Still, that really sucks for the east coast... | ||
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