Aftermath along the coast and Manhattan

While I recently wrote about what I saw in my small part of the world, others in this area of dealing with much worse. Areas along the coast of Long Island and parts of NYC wee flooded by sea water. The pictures of beach towns such as Long Beach, NY and Atlantic City, NJ are worse than anything I've seen in my life time. My uncle lives in the high 30's along First Avenue. His high rise building has no power. That means no heat, no cooling, and no water. You can't flush the toilet unless you have water to fill the toilet. He lives on the 53rd floor and the elevators won't move. This means that if you need anything then it's a trek down 53 flights of stairs and then back up 53 flights of stairs. Crazy stuff. Let's just say that he's not going out to his car to charge his phone like I can. Someone who lives further down town mentioned that she had 5' of water in the lobby of her building along Avenue "C." Needless to say, she has no power and neither do most of the people who live in lower Manhattan. For those of you who haven't had the chance to see the aftermath of Sandy, here are a few images:

Long Beach, NY Monday Afternoon (Notice the Avalon Awning)

Long Beach, NY Monday Night (Same place, but Avalon is swamped)

Long Beach, NY Tuesday Morning (Broadway is full of sand)

Long Beach, NY Tuesday Morning (Boardwalk damaged by waves!)

Long Beach, NY Tuesday Morning (Michigan and Park. Look at the sand against the house)

Atlantic City, NJ Tuesday Morning (The boardwalk is gone)

Red Hook, Brooklyn Monday Evening (Not even close to the worst of it)

14th Street Manhattan Monday Evening (Look at the black car, the electronic lock shorted out!)

14th Street Manhattan

Inside my friend's building along Ave C in Manhattan

Brooklyn Battery Tunnel (Manhattan Side)

Brooklyn Battery Tunnel Manhattan (Water peaked at 12' inside the tunnel)

Ground Zero / Trade Center Site

As the water rose in Manhattan, the lights started to go off in select buildings until finally the water entered a Con Edison Switching Sub-Station Facility and there was an explosion. This video is shot from Brooklyn.

 

 Yeah, bro. "Fuck" is about all I could come up with myself. Well, after the switching sub-station blew up the power went out everywhere below 30th Street in Manhattan. Check these out

Tuesday Morning (Surreal)

Most of the above pictures are from the east side of Lower Manhattan. The East River runs between Brooklyn and Manhattan so most of the skyline images are from Brooklyn. The Hudson River runs between the west side of Manhattan and New Jersey. The following pictures are from Hoboken, NJ which borders the Hudson River

 After taking in all these images I realize how fortunate I am to be okay and have my biggest concern as the frying cheese in my fridge going bad because I have no power. Those I care about are intact, my personal property is A-Okay, and I think the Babylon meeting is open by candle-light tonight. There is absolutely nothing to complain about except maybe a lack of snugz. Then again, I have a little stuffed G-raf. God bless, folks.