Con Edison is also in the process of shutting down steam service to some buildings in areas of Manhattan that may be prone to flooding. If the steam pipes were to get inundated with flood water externally, the temperature difference could make the pipes dangerous.”
Reminder: all @nycparks are closing at 5 PM today. The wind is picking up now. #Sandy
— NYC Mayor's Office (@NYCMayorsOffice) October 28, 2012
Last subway trains at 7 PM, last MTA buses at 9 PM tonight. #Sandy
— NYC Mayor's Office (@NYCMayorsOffice) October 28, 2012
Mayor: All @nycschools are closed tomorrow. #Sandy
— NYC Mayor's Office (@NYCMayorsOffice) October 28, 2012
“We regret to inform you that your order for Sunday, October 28, has been canceled due to the expected closure of the Mass Transit system by the MTA Sunday evening. With the storm expected, we want to make sure the drivers you have come to trust have an opportunity to get home safely to their families.”
So, if you expect all the things that you needed from Fresh Direct to show up today after 2 pm, better run like hell to the stores, like I just did, and pick from whatever is left on the shelves.
Tompkins Square Greenmarket open on A. twitter.com/evgrieve/statu…
— evgrieve (@evgrieve) October 28, 2012
Spot check: no line outside Trader Joe's on E14th, but 50-60 people waiting to check out.
— evgrieve (@evgrieve) October 28, 2012
Spot check: Food Emporium Union Square well-stocked and fairly empty. twitter.com/evgrieve/statu…
— evgrieve (@evgrieve) October 28, 2012
Most overheard observation so far this a.m: "The wind is starting to pick up." (and true)
— evgrieve (@evgrieve) October 28, 2012
Sounds like a jet engine up close — hear it really loud inside halfway down Ave A. Con Ed's got a truck there. Just seems like a lot of steam.
Hurricane Sandy, moving north from the Caribbean, remained a Category 1 hurricane early Saturday, and was expected to make landfall Monday night near the Delaware coast.
"Do not focus on the intensity of the storm, it is a minimal category 1 hurricane right now, but certainly nothing like any category1 that we have seen," said Hurricane Specialist Carl Parker on The Weather Channel. "It is a very large storm, a hybrid storm, the area of strong winds is going to be absolutely enormous by the time it come into the northeast, and that’s why it is going to be a high-impact system."
Sandy is expected to interact with a pair of winter weather systems as it moves inland, becoming a monster storm bringing nearly a foot of rain, high winds and up to 2 feet of snow. Experts said the storm would be wider and stronger than last year's Irene, which caused more than $15 billion in damage, and could rival the worst East Coast storm on record.
