I've seen some of the damage the rain from Irene caused in Vermont, they are still repairing the bridges which got washed away, some of the roads no longer exist.

 

We drove passed a house which had just been washed off its foundations and up on the side of the road, so yeah, Irene caused a lot of damaged.

That BBC picture just seems kinda fear-mongering.

I've just seen a bit of coverage on HLN. It looks pretty bad, from what I can tell. Over 1.5 million people have lost power.

 

I just hope all of you in that area are safe and sound. We're thinking of you. :hug:

Well I know that saying anything nice doesn't make the storm any less dangerous, but I hope that all of you living there won't get hurt :hug:

Hope all on the East coast are well and stay safe.

Ohmygod. It's gettin really serious. Thoughts & prayers to everyone on the East Coast that may be affected by the storm.

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Some pictures from the west coast. Who said that this was a media conspiracy?

 

Also, there's a big fire in Queens.

It appears more than just rain and wind are causing problems. In the areas where the air is cold enough, they're getting snow instead of rain. Areas of West Virginia will have up to 3 feet of snow by tomorrow. In many places not all the leaves have fallen off the trees (the natural mechanism for protecting trees during the winter), so trees get weighed down and snap power lines, etc.

 

 

 

^ Jesus Christ, I just saw that on the German news, what a crazy ass weather!

Yay for more numerous huge storms and crazy weather thanks to Climate Change! :dance:

 

 

We are so screwed :awesome:

According to the BBC, this is what it would look like if Sandy was in Europe....:wreck:

 

link

 

so according to this the entire centre of the storm would be the size of Belgium... I don't understand how Americans can cope with the fact that it's actually possible for such things to happen D:

Yay for more numerous huge storms and crazy weather thanks to Climate Change! :dance:

 

People still think that?

People still think that?

Well...yeah...:uhoh:...because that's kinda what's happening, isn't it ?

Sandy brings some new inhabitants to the neighborhoods! :cheesy:

 

^ faaaaaaaaaaaaaaake

I don't understand how Americans can cope with the fact that it's actually possible for such things to happen D:

 

Haha, what? Americans are supposed to be all like.

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While Europeans are all like, "Meh."

Bergman :heart:

Have you guys seen the cars bobbing, floating in the flooded parking garage?

 

Holy shit!

 

Some parts of NY subway system are completely submerged (water up to the stairs from the street). Others have water up to the platforms. Altogether, about 45 miles of the subway are completely unusable.

 

 

 

 

 

NY taxi cabs (parked in New Jersey) are flooded out, likely can't be used again.

 

 

 

 

Seaside Heights, New Jersey (yes, the "Jersey Shore", but it was popular LONG before that) is pretty much destroyed. The boardwalk and pier are submerged and/or washed away into the ocean. Looks like a lot of the houses within several streets of the beach are a loss also.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honestly even with all the warnings, I just didn't think it would really end up being this bad.

I just looked at the pictures posted here. How awful and almost surrealistic.

 

I read somewhere that the aftermath of the hurricane will have a negative impact on US economy initially, but later that might change (reconstruction etc.). No doubt about that.

 

Also Canada was affected.

 

1 died in Canada - more than 30 died in the US east coast from West Virginia to North Carolina and Connecticut, New York and New Jersey, and 69 human lives were lost in the Caribbean. So the hurricane will end up having claimed more than 100 human lives - add to that huge, the huge material damage.

 

Many of the deaths were caused by falling bricks or trees.

 

Breach of dykes in the northern part of New Jersey caused massive flooding - i.a. in the little coastal town of Moonachia close to Little Ferry.

 

The hurricane was big covering an area of 900 miles from Boston down to Georgia.

 

 

HAITI has also been hit - here the hurricane claimed 52 lives,, and 200,000 have become homeless.

 

At least 69 died in 6 different countries in the Caribbean.

 

 

I wonder whether the hurricane will end up having an effect on the presidential election next Tuesday.

I read that the initial effect on the economy would be bad, but that it then would take an upswing. Anything to that?

Yes some believe that the process of re-building will be a positive boost to the economy although this may take a decade, Keynesian economics.

I read that the initial effect on the economy would be good, but that it then would take an upswing. Anything to that?

 

I heard yesterday on BBC News that it could be a negative impact of 0.2% of GDP. I guess it could be a bit more since yesterday morning as they are saying it would have cut $25 billion from the economy in this quarter.

Well yeah I think you can read anywhere about the negative impact on the economy, that wasn't what they were asking about.

Still no power where I live but we have it at work, kids out all week from school, trains and subways just started back up on limited schedule. The biggest problem is no gas, long lines for hours to get some. hoping to get power back by this weekend.