Hurricane Aftermath Pics

[edgeofnj]

Here are some pictures I took of the hurricane damage.

10/30/2012 Morning after storm. View from my balcony of the street behind my building, which became a big lake.

Buildings on that street where water flooded the basements and the backyards.

Street in front of my building. No flooding, but notice most of the red plywood billboards (1 still up) on the scaffolding had blown off (damaging cars before being tucked into basement stairwells across the street).

Street level view of the "lake" of rain and sewage water.

Downed tree which took out light pole. The tree in the foreground had split overnight and was already cleared.

One of the major roads into town completely covered.

Another view of the "lake" from a different angle.

One of the first stores that reopened after the storm. Of course, in Hoboken, it's a liquor store!

CNN truck filming the "lake" with the mayor (not pictured).

10/31/2012 The next morning, after constant pumping, the "lake" had been drained.

The cavalry (National Guard) arrived to help rescue stranded residents and hand out MREs.

 

[QwickFliCk]

Most important question is how is ur bike?

 

[Motogiro]

One of my sons told me his company pipes everything to server farms and the server farm emergency generators were on upper floors but the fuel tanks that fueled them were in the basement. The tanks took on water and the employees tried to get fuel to the gens a gallon at a time but not good enough and they failed. Luckily his company has a backup plan and they only had a small down time.
We're getting some reports from family on and near the shore and it is heartbreaking to hear some of the loss.

 

[Erci]

Most important question is how is ur bike?

+1!! I just got back from a quick bicycle ride. Lots of roads around me are messed up.. loads of downed trees and wires, but no lakes!

 

[edgeofnj]

Most important question is how is ur bike?

bike is stored at a garage in a friend's apartment complex in jersey city. it was okay when i checked on it yesterday. i just hope that nobody vandalizes or steals it since the garage doors are now open all the time (no power).

 

[FIZZER6]

Thanks for the pics...pretty crazy! Was your flooding from rain water or ocean surge?

 

[rdrManny]

Thanks for the pics...pretty crazy! Was your flooding from rain water or ocean surge?

Storm surge. we had much bigger rain in tristate area than Sandy. Irene brought more rain. But Sandy was very very windy and that cause ocean surge and downed trees/power lines. Looks at jersey shore! Monday night we could see bluish light glowing all over due to live wire/transformer blowout.

 

[motojoe122]

+1 on the pics!! Hard to undestand the damage when you see it on tv, but when someone you know shows you.....

 

[edgeofnj]

Storm surge. we had much bigger rain in tristate area than Sandy. Irene brought more rain. But Sandy was very very windy and that cause ocean surge and downed trees/power lines. Looks at jersey shore! Monday night we could see bluish light glowing all over due to live wire/transformer blowout.

in my pictures, what you see is mostly rain water, now mixed with backup sewage. however, since the tide was at a high, combined with the storm surge, the sewage system and the city's flood pumps had difficulty pumping out the excess water. that is, the ocean and hudson river didn't directly wash across hoboken and create these enormous puddles, at least not these.

 

[pookamatic]

i just hope that nobody vandalizes or steals it since the garage doors are now open all the time (no power).

Just pull the release handle and operate it manually?

 

[pookamatic]

Here are some satellite before and after pics.

Hurricane Sandy Satellite Photos: Before And After | ZeroHedge

 

[edgeofnj]

Just pull the release handle and operate it manually?

were it a personal garage, i would, but it's an apartment complex garage that houses about 100 cars.

 

[edgeofnj]

Here are some satellite before and after pics.

Hurricane Sandy Satellite Photos: Before And After | ZeroHedge

couldn't watch news since we didn't have power so i'm just seeing these for the first time. "crazy" is a word that keeps popping into my mind.

 

[rdrManny]

Sandy v/s Irene Sandy vs. Irene: How Do the Storms Stack Up? - Metropolis - WSJ

 

[mxgolf]

Thanks for the war zone pictures. Mother nature is pretty powerful. What a shame. So much distruction. I hope you, your family and friends are making due with the bad situation. My thoughts and prayers to all the good people affected by this terrible Hurricane. Too bad they named it Sandy. Sandy was my favorite aunt who passed a couple of years ago. She was just the opposite if the hurricane.

 

[edgeofnj]

Too bad they named it Sandy. Sandy was my favorite aunt who passed a couple of years ago. She was just the opposite if the hurricane.

I think there will be lots of little girls in about 9 months named Sandy. :BLAA:

 

[VEGASRIDER]

Amazing all the destruction and it wasn't even classified as a Hurricane by the time it hit the NE. Just think what a Cat 3 or 4 would do? I know for many, people don't have a choice where to live, but for many, part of the consequences for living in an area that is susceptible to mother nature. Forest Fires, earthquakes, erosion, landslides, etc.

I took a lot of physical geography and geology classes during college, and a lot of places where people have decided to live are just not very desirable locations when it comes to the laws of nature. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people who are uneducated or have the lack of knowledge of what physically could happen due to the natural process over time.

 

[lytehouse]

At least you are safe.

 

[FB400]

My garage is prone to flood with storm surge as I have had water in my garage before.. maybe 5-6 inches.

This time I got 30" in the garage. I was in a panic as I saw the water rising.

I had jacked the bike and my 2 firebirds up as high as I could get them.

Imagine flood water up almost as high as the door knob on the entry door.

My house also got 16" on the first floor so we moved everything up high but the place is still trashed.

Spent all week cleaning up, ripping out carpet and shoveling away storm debris

But the best news all week was the FZ6 and Firebirds survived unscathed!!

 

[Erci]

My garage is prone to flood with storm surge as I have had water in my garage before.. maybe 5-6 inches.

This time I got 30" in the garage. I was in a panic as I saw the water rising.

I had jacked the bike and my 2 firebirds up as high as I could get them.

Imagine flood water up almost as high as the door knob on the entry door.

My house also got 16" on the first floor so we moved everything up high but the place is still trashed.

Spent all week cleaning up, ripping out carpet and shoveling away storm debris

But the best news all week was the FZ6 and Firebirds survived unscathed!!

Terrible.. but awesome that bikes weren't damaged!! :thumbup: