Thursday, November 8, 2012

When Avenue C became part of the East River

On Monday, I posted a photo of the floodwaters on East 14th Street and Avenue C. In subsequent emails, several readers-residents said that they didn't realize the extent of the flooding...

Several Avenue C residents shared photos from the storm surge on Oct. 29. However, nothing probably quite captures the scene as this video does, shot around 8:15 p.m. on East 11th Street looking toward Avenue C.



Here's another video via YouTube that Daniel Scott uploaded ... showing the scene at East Eighth Street...

6 comments:

Laura Goggin Photography said...

I'm still amazed by this.

Anonymous said...

My God. I feel for all the garden apartment owners.

Anonymous said...

Here's another one. Please offer theories on why those gentlemen are posing for photos in the freezing and undoubtedly sewer-contaminated water...?

- East Villager

Anonymous said...

The link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcKVhQFsgWs&feature=related

- East Villager

Anonymous said...

@eastvillager because they are foolish and they are trying to do something about their lack of significance. They want to be a part of something big. But lots of ppl died horrible deaths from storm surges. I might have been curious to see what was happening but challenging flood waters is an awful idea. Not to mention the risk of a branch falling on your fucking head.

John said...

Imagine if this happened during Santacon ...