Sandy makes NYC and NJ look like Lagos

 New York and New Jersey drivers and homeowners scrambled to secure fuel for their cars and generators  on Wednesday after Sandy hit gasoline stations started to run dry.

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Where is Sandy?

Residents woke up on Tuesday to massive flooding, Snow, Fire, blackout homes and the daunting task of cleaning up from Sandy 

 Power remained out for roughly 7.6 million people, bridges remained closed, and seven subway tunnels under the East River remained flooded.

At least 168 people remain stranded in about 59 locations in the New York boroughs of Manhattan, Staten Island, Queens and Brooklyn on Tuesday, a U.S. Coast Guard commander told CNN.

The storm is now regarded as the most destructive in the 108-year history of New York City’s subway system, said Joseph J. Lhota, the chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, in an early morning statement.
At least 34 deaths are tied to the Sandy, which toppled trees and sparked fires in several areas, The Associated Press reported.
Frankenstorm, Halloweenstorm and Superstorm Sandy has been creating waves up to 20 feet on Lake Ontario, something CNN affiliate WGRZ calls "unprecedented in living memory."
Look for Sandy around you. Sandy is dumping a lot of snow. Just a few of the measurements so far: Webster County, West Virginia, 17 inches; Fayette County, West Virginia, 15 inches; Bowden, West Virginia, 14 inches; Canvas, West Virgina, 12 inches; Summersville, West Virginia, 10 inches; Mount Davis, Pennsylvania, 9 inches.

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Halloweenstorm threatens America

US authorities order mass evacuations and airlines cancel flights as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the east coast

Hurricane heads to Eastern US after claiming 66lives in Caribean

60 million in path of hurricane Sandy

President Obama and Mitt Romney cancel election campaign events

weather.com traffic pageviews up to 960million in 3days

States of emergency declared in ten states, plus the US capita, Washington

New York Stock Exchange closed on Monday, first time since September 9, 11

Public schools closed on Monday in seven states, for two million children

Airlines cancel more than 7,400 flights on Sunday through Monday

New York City, Philadelphia, Washington DC and the state of New Jersey shut down trains, subways and buses on Monday

Amtrak cancels service in the northeast corridor from Sunday night

Maryland suspends early voting for the presidential election on Monday

Broadway cancels Sunday and Monday shows; New York public parks closed from Sunday evening

UN headquarters in New York to be shut on Monday, meetings cancelled

Pray for the East Coast

 

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