UPDATE: 7:40PM EST …SANDY BECOMES POST-TROPICAL… …CENTER EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO…
Updated graphic from NHC:
As I mentioned yesterday, GOES-14 has been brought back into service to image Hurricane Sandy, and the image below will be updated though the day as Sandy approaches the coast.
UPDATED: The latest bulletin from NHC is sobering, max winds have maintained to 90mph…but looking at the last available visible image that shows any detail, it looks like the storm is losing cohesion.
BULLETIN HURRICANE SANDY ADVISORY NUMBER 30 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL182012 500 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...SANDY MOVING QUICKLY TOWARD SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE... ...LANDFALL EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING ACCOMPANIED BY LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE AND HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS...
Also WUWT readers may have interest in this historic storm story: 50 years ago: The Great Atlantic Storm of 1962. This was a guest post in March by Ric Werme since it was mentioned yesterday in the pleading call to action by the NWS in Mt. Holly, NJ. See also the dark side of this event: Bill McKibben and Joe Romm schlepping for Tabloid Climatology interviews.
See the latest stunning image (now with a defined eye) and full bulletin:
image above from this morning – click image to enlarge to high resolution
here’s the latest one from 2100Z
BULLETIN HURRICANE SANDY ADVISORY NUMBER 30 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL182012 500 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...SANDY MOVING QUICKLY TOWARD SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE... ...LANDFALL EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING ACCOMPANIED BY LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE AND HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS... SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...38.8N 74.4W ABOUT 30 MI...45 KM ESE OF CAPE MAY NEW JERSEY ABOUT 40 MI...65 KM S OF ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...90 MPH...150 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 300 DEGREES AT 28 MPH...44 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...940 MB...27.76 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY... ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... THERE ARE NO COASTAL TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGS IN EFFECT. HOWEVER...THERE ARE NON-TROPICAL HIGH-WIND WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC AND NEW ENGLAND STATES. PLEASE SEE STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES. HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE COAST BETWEEN CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA AND CHATHAM MASSACHUSETTS. THIS INCLUDES THE TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND TO SMITH POINT...THE MIDDLE AND UPPER CHESAPEAKE BAY...DELAWARE BAY...AND THE COASTS OF THE NORTHERN DELMARVA PENINSULA...NEW JERSEY...THE NEW YORK CITY AREA...LONG ISLAND...CONNECTICUT...AND RHODE ISLAND. TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF CHATHAM TO MERRIMACK RIVER MASSACHUSETTS...THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY...AND SOUTH OF CHINCOTEAGUE TO EXTREME NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SANDY WAS LOCATED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT AND NOAA DOPPLER WEATHER RADARS TO BE NEAR LATITUDE 38.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 74.4 WEST. SANDY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 28 MPH...44 KM/H. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING UNTIL LANDFALL OCCURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF SANDY IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG OR JUST SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY COAST WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 90 MPH...150 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SANDY IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION INTO A FRONTAL OR WINTERTIME LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SHORTLY. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED PRIOR TO LANDFALL. SANDY IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN AFTER LANDFALL. HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 485 MILES...780 KM. SUSTAINED WINDS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE OCCURRING FROM SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THROUGH LONG ISLAND AND LONG ISLAND SOUND...AND SOUTHWARD ALONG THE COASTS OF NEW JERSEY... DELAWARE...AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...AND INCLUDING ALL OF THE CHESAPEAKE AND DELAWARE BAYS. HURRICANE-FORCE WIND GUSTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATORS ACROSS PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. A HAM RADIO OPERATOR RECENTLY REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND OF 64 MPH...103 KM/H...WITH GUST TO 86 MPH...138 KM/H IN WESTERLY RHODE ISLAND...AND ANOTHER HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 76 MPH...122 KM/H IN BARNSTABLE MASSACHUSETTS. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE BASED ON REPORTS FROM THE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 940 MB...27.76 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- WIND...TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES FROM NORTH CAROLINA NORTHWARD TO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. GALE-FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER OTHER PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. HURRICANE-FORCE WIND GUSTS HAVE REACHED THE SOUTHERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND MID-ATLANTIC STATES...FROM CONNECTICUT SOUTHWARD TO NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE...INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WINDS AFFECTING THE UPPER FLOORS OF HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER THAN THOSE NEAR GROUND LEVEL. STORM SURGE...THE COMBINATION OF AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM SURGE AND THE TIDE WILL CAUSE NORMALLY DRY AREAS NEAR THE COAST TO BE FLOODED BY RISING WATERS. THE WATER COULD REACH THE FOLLOWING DEPTHS ABOVE GROUND IF THE PEAK SURGE OCCURS AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE... NC NORTH OF SURF CITY INCLUDING PAMLICO/ALBEMARLE SOUNDS...3 TO 5 FT SE VA AND DELMARVA INCLUDING LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY...2 TO 4 FT UPPER AND MIDDLE CHESAPEAKE BAY...1 TO 3 FT LONG ISLAND SOUND...RARITAN BAY...AND NEW YORK HARBOR...6 TO 11 FT ELSEWHERE FROM OCEAN CITY MD TO THE CT/RI BORDER...4 TO 8 FT CT/RI BORDER TO THE SOUTH SHORE OF CAPE COD INCLUDING BUZZARDS BAY AND NARRAGANSETT BAY...3 TO 6 FT CAPE COD TO THE MA/NH BORDER INCLUDING CAPE COD BAY...2 TO 4 FT MA/NH BORDER TO THE U.S./CANADA BORDER...1 TO 3 FT SURGE-RELATED FLOODING DEPENDS ON THE RELATIVE TIMING OF THE SURGE AND THE TIDAL CYCLE...AND CAN VARY GREATLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES. GIVEN THE LARGE WIND FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH SANDY...ELEVATED WATER LEVELS COULD SPAN MULTIPLE TIDE CYCLES RESULTING IN REPEATED AND EXTENDED PERIODS OF COASTAL AND BAYSIDE FLOODING. IN ADDITION... ELEVATED WATERS COULD OCCUR FAR REMOVED FROM THE CENTER OF SANDY. FURTHERMORE...THESE CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SANDY IS A TROPICAL OR POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE. FOR INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE SEE PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. RAINFALL...RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER FAR NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM TOTALS OF 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE MID ATLANTIC STATES...INCLUDING THE DELMARVA PENINSULA...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK STATE NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH NEW ENGLAND. SNOWFALL..SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 FEET ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA TO THE KENTUCKY BORDER...WITH 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA/TENNESSEE BORDER AND IN THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN MARYLAND. SURF...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FROM FLORIDA THROUGH NEW ENGLAND FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 PM EDT. TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATES WILL BE ISSUED AT 700 AND 900 PM EDT...AND WHEN LANDFALL OCCURS. $$ FORECASTER STEWART
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JabbaTheCat says:
October 29, 2012 at 2:44 p
“Watched weather forecast about an hour ago, and it was showing the hurricane moving north east headed towards New Jersey…”
What fantasy land are they living in? It was moving WNW towards southern New Jersey and has come onshore south of Atlantic City . It is now heading into southeastern Pennsylvania.
I am listening to the ABC (Australia) coverage, and it’s endless ignorance and dimwitted questions. Excepting the weather girl, who does seem to understand what she is talking about.
Can you name any specific activities and locations? Can you name any specific individuals or universities involved? Can you point out, or point to, any specific grant monies going towards that/those activities? (No youtube videos, please.)
Your link points to a page titled: “A Coordinated Strategy Could Focus Federal Geoengineering Research and Inform Governance Efforts”
I take this to mean that _no_ activities are on-going; please also note the weasel word I bolded in the above tutle. Furthermore, within the text on that page I find:
The above statement seems to contradict your opening statement re: “… most [ppl] don’t realize that large-scale geo-engineering experiments (ie: “research”) is ongoing.” on these two points: (1) ‘large-scale’ and (2) ‘on-going’.
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Can anyone explain why there seems to be such a difference between:
http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/sandy_hires_uv900_slp_east_animb.gif
and
http://i50.tinypic.com/2iu8fb5.gif
as the first seems to clearly show the eye moving through central NJ, while the second seems to show it moving through central Delaware???
😕
MJM
At 8 PM EDT, Kennedy Airport near NYC just had a wind gust to 79 mph. Winds at top of skyscrapers may have gusted close to 100 mph. Storm surge near Manhattan financial district hit 12.54 feet, which may send saltwater into subway system causing quite a bit of damage and prolonged shutdowns.
Storm surge approaching 14′ in many areas … as much as 5′ above the Historical Max Water Levels
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/quicklook/data/SANDY.html
Blizzard Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
218 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012
...FIRST WINTER STORM IS A BLIZZARD FOR THE HIGH TERRAIN...
.THE REMAINS OF HURRICANE SANDY WILL COMBINE WITH AN UPPER LEVEL
LOW TO PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINOUS
COUNTIES.
WVZ035>038-046-047-300230-
/O.CON.KRLX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121031T2000Z/
RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BECKLEY...OAK HILL...FAYETTEVILLE...
MONTGOMERY...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE...COWEN...
MARLINTON...ELKINS
218 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...
* LOCATIONS...VERY ELEVATION DEPENDENT WITH THE BEST CHANCES
ACROSS HIGH TERRAIN...BUT CAN NOT BE RULED OUT IN THE VALLEYS.
* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE 3000 FEET ELEVATION WITH
11 TO 18 INCHES BELOW 2000 FEET ELEVATION.
* WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.
* TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH RAIN FOR THE VALLEYS...
WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE BRUNT OF THE STORM OCCURS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND ON TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS...
CAUSING POWER OUTAGES OR FLUCTUATIONS. SNOW LOADING...OR THE
WEIGHT OF THE SNOW...MAY CAUSE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE...INCLUDING
COLLAPSING ROOFS. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WOULD LEAD
TO BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RLX.
&&
$$
http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=WVZ035&warncounty=WVC081&firewxzone=WVZ035&local_place1=&product1=Blizzard+Warning
Atlantic City Airport reporting a barometric pressure of 948.5mb or 28.01inHg!!! That is an all time record for sure.
Let’s work on the 2nd (which is s RADAR image of the actual storm): in the last image the eye of that loop the eye looks to be showing about 90 nm east of the RADAR site (it begins its track at about 150 nm just a little S of E; note the CCW motion, that is your key). The RADAR site is near Dover (site name is “DOX”) and is marked by a “+” in the center of the range rings (which are 60 nm each).
So we sight the ‘eye’ at 1 1/2 range rings east (90 nm) at the closest (at the end of the set of images in the sequence) and it looks to be moving roughly NNW which would look to put it into the Atlantic City area (given this RADAR imagery).
Later RADAR sequences should be inspected for the actual track as it occurs later … the lack of precip in the eye (from which to obtain a RADAR paint of the eye) does make it a little difficult to observe precisely …
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Western New Hampshire. Brisk winds right now but only sporadic heavy rains. No power outage yet. Not as bad as Irene so far…
michaeljmcfadden says:
October 29, 2012 at 5:21 pm
“Can anyone explain why there seems to be such a difference between:
http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/sandy_hires_uv900_slp_east_animb.gif
and
http://i50.tinypic.com/2iu8fb5.gif
as the first seems to clearly show the eye moving through central NJ, while the second seems to show it moving through central Delaware???”
I share your confusion. I have been watching the TV and surfing the net for several hours and have heard a lot of different “stories” as to when and where the Hurricane made landfall.
No wonder we get conflicting stories as to global warming with the same “data”
Is there official info on this??
@ur momisugly James at 48: It’s called a large storm James, a hurricane, they have always happened and always will, or are you just that dense? Maybe it’s the government graphics affecting you.
@ur momisugly I thank jmotivator and all of the other for the info with their ‘feet on the ground’ so to speak. With relatives in S.E. Pennsylvania this information is invaluable.
Yet it is sad, you see all of the fast moving spinning blue over a location, call them up in fear asking “are you alright?”, just to get the response “sure, it’s a pretty nice here, light wind, overcast but it’s not raining yet”, just to hang up saying WTF! is going on, those were live images from government sites and gave you the impression all hell was breaking loose over that large area on the map yet no one reports seeing the fury? A lot of people are going to want answers about this one, it was clearly over-blown with the new super-sensitive equipment and the programmers that transform that data into graphics. Maybe unintentional, I’ll give the one benefit of a doubt.
I think maybe some re-programming to bring the graphics in-line with the level of severity and reality that people actually experience at given location of the maps. That would help.
Now it makes you wonder how big this storm would have appeared on the older equipment.
http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/Loops/UA_USA_East_hires/UA_USA_East_hires_07_Day.shtml
Lower Manhattan is getting hammered. The NYSE has sandbag walls, nearly over topped. Surge is up on Gold Street. For those familiar with the area that is a few feet above sea level, up a small hill from the waterfront. Meanwhile down at battery it was double overhead. Anyone caught down there is now in sad shape.
Here’s a link to a site with lots of photos of parts of NYC under water, lots of breaking updates on what’s happening there, and many “fringe” commenters with wild opinions.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-10-29/postcards-underwater-new-york
Indeed.
NW CT about 50 miles inland. High winds, some rain, occaisional power outages of a few seconds. Seems like the worst is over. Shoreline getting hard hit
Roger Knights says:
October 29, 2012 at 6:37 pm
It looks bad, but the waters will recede, the damage repaired, and life will go on. You should have seen Vermont last year after Irene…
Do you have people in Atlantic City?
Did they come through okay? I don’t think we have heard yet if AC is still even on the map … and NYC is not fairing too well due to storm surge (which IS the *biggest* killer! Check the stats! It’s what got New Orleans!) … can we wait at least until daylight and maybe even until state-wide assessments are made before putting heads on Punji sticks?
They are still showing power line arcs (power transformer explosions) in NYC (seen via The Weather Channel) too …
According to tide gages NYC got the worst of the surge. Specifically, The Battery got the worst. A worst case scenario for Manhattan.
James at 48 and water is already receding fast… a worst case scenario for some indeed.
28.22 in-Hg! That is so low on the old barometer the hand has swept through “Stormy” and is barely still on the “S”.
Down the hill, the town is on a historic flood plain, alongside the Susquehanna River, surrounded by small mountains. Flood wall, large storm drain system with many pumping stations. High winds with whipping rains on the far south end of town, where I got a can of fuel oil. Windy and rainy on north end around 8PM where I stopped for quick groceries, I’ve known much worse. But at first stop before those about the middle of town, prescriptions and exchanged a propane tank, not much wind. The surrounding buildings make a difference.
Back home here, the “sweet spot” on top of the hill is fine. Wind is roaring like a freight train all around, but hardly touching the property.
I’d like to put all the thanks on my father, say he chose this spot well. But Nature helped. I’ve seen pictures from over 50 years ago when my parents started building the house, it used to be naked farmland all around here. The forest has reclaimed much of the area, and does provide a notable amount of buffering. Without those trees, annoying as they can be, the winds would be worse.
And the parents bought the land off of relatives who lived just up the road.
But building this house by his own hands from rough-surfaced full-sized rock-hard oak, so tough I found I can’t even drive a small wire staple into a basement beam and must pre-drill, that was all him. No matter whatever the winds do, these walls do not move.
HURRICANE-FORCE WIND GUSTS HAVE BEEN
REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATORS ACROSS PORTIONS OF EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. A HAM RADIO OPERATOR
RECENTLY REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND OF 64 MPH…103 KM/H…WITH GUST
TO 86 MPH…138 KM/H IN WESTERLY RHODE ISLAND…AND ANOTHER HAM
RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 76 MPH…122 KM/H IN
BARNSTABLE MASSACHUSETTS.
=============
This from the National Hurricane Center? WTF? WUWT? GFYS.
There are a lot of jokes about hams.
From Big Bird — Did you hear the one about the ….. ?
Sigh ….. Don’t write if if you are not willing to put your ass on the line.
NHC better hope I never become in charge. THERE WILL BE CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN.
Here’s a quote from a story up on Bloomberg News: “Once a piece of electrical equipment comes into contact with salt water, it is essentially ruined.”
The NYC’s flooded subway tunnels are therefore going to need replacement of their signals and switching controls, at a minimum. That will take weeks. People won’t be able to get into Manhattan to work. Lots of economic fallout from that.
From Roger Knights on October 30, 2012 at 5:32 am:
Lots of the work that lots of those people did in Manhattan was occupy pricey office space while shuffling paper. Over those weeks many companies will discover the savings from telecommuting, teleconferencing by Skype etc, and by simply having less people. And eventually less office square footage, in less expensive locales.
Thousands of people commute to NYC from the Poconos every day. If you don’t have lots of foot traffic or frequent meetings with clients that must be face to face in person, why not have your office in the Poconos? Cheaper, and now proven to be less at risk for damage from storm surges, and from terrorists.