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...

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6 comments:

  1. Laura Goggin PhotographyNovember 8, 2012 at 12:54 PM

    I'm still amazed by this.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 8, 2012 at 2:36 PM

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

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  3. AnonymousNovember 8, 2012 at 3:23 PM

    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

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  4. AnonymousNovember 8, 2012 at 3:23 PM

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

    - East Villager

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  5. AnonymousNovember 8, 2012 at 5:59 PM

    @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.

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  6. JohnNovember 9, 2012 at 12:00 PM

    Imagine if this happened during Santacon ...

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