In Manhattan, explosion at substation at FDR Drive cut power to 250,000 people, Con Ed says. #Sandy nyti.ms/SqkpeV
— NYT Metro Desk(@NYTMetro) October 30, 2012
4.8 million people without power in 15 states and DC.
— Weather Underground (@wunderground) October 30, 2012
.@conedison official: “This will be the largest storm related outage in our history” bit.ly/XKdpuM via @adriennelaf
— The Atlantic Wire (@TheAtlanticWire) October 30, 2012
Bellevue Hospital has “2 hours of power left” according to @wnyc.
— Liliana Segura (@LilianaSegura) October 30, 2012
“Impossible to get to Coney Island Hospital, surrounded by 3 to 4 feet of water” scanner reports.
— The New York World (@thenyworld) October 30, 2012
View down from 3rd Fl in Staten Island home. Residents trapped. 1at responders not on scene. Pls RT twitter.com/joemfbrown/sta…
— joemfbrown (@joemfbrown) October 30, 2012
RT @conedison: #ConEd – No Con Edison employees are trapped in a building. The story spreading is a rumor.
— Anthony De Rosa (@AntDeRosa) October 30, 2012
OMG. Just took this photo of cars floating in the submerged parking garage at the South end of Stone Street. twitter.com/raywert/status…
— Ray Wert (@raywert) October 30, 2012
The Lincoln Tunnel is now the only transport route off Manhattan that is open. (via 1010 wins)
— Eric Holthaus (@WSJweather) October 30, 2012
National Guard helping evacuate hundreds of people who did not heed warnings to get out of Greenwich, CT #Sandy
— Hurricane Central (@twc_hurricane) October 30, 2012
FDNY marine unit reports via Coast Guard on scanner: “Hundreds of people trapped in the water Ave L and Ralph Ave”
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) October 30, 2012
Real time, public, peer-to-peer. MT @hreins: Storm now being covered over Twitter & police scanner. Weird convergence of past/present.
— Zeynep Tufekci (@techsoc) October 30, 2012
Completely nuts RT @devlinbarrett tweeting stuff from the scanner is NUTS. B/c the scanner is not real, it’s calls & sometimes not even that
— Marc La Vorgna (@marclavorgna) October 30, 2012
Heads up, @theatlanticwire is posting tweets from people that need help – If you’re in area, see what you can do theatlanticwire.com/national/2012/… #sandy
— Josh Stearns (@jcstearns) October 30, 2012
8th Street & Avenue C. Alphabet City is underwater #sandy twitter.com/JustinBrannan/…
— Justin Brannan (@JustinBrannan) October 30, 2012
RT @bcbengrossman: WABC has lost power to studio, anchors now broadcasting audio only from newsroom where backup generators have kicked in.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 30, 2012
Latest radar loop: Center of #Sandy has moved west of Philadelphia. radar.weather.gov/ridge/Conus/no…
— Eric Holthaus (@WSJweather) October 30, 2012
Wow, the New Jersey boardwalk is just…gone. buzzfeedandrew.tumblr.com/post/346164399…
— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) October 30, 2012
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Tidal and surge flooding have peaked throughout the tri-state. The worst coastal flooding is now over.
— Eric Holthaus (@WSJweather) October 30, 2012
NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg: “By midnight tonight we expect the surge to recede.”
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 30, 2012
“@nickbaumann: .@nytimes story from September is all about how New York was unprepared for something like this: nyti.ms/TkHFqd”
— Jared Keller (@jaredbkeller) October 30, 2012
Cost of sea barrier=only $14B ow.ly/1PfKio RT @nickbaumann Sept NYT: Subway flood would be $55B disaster ow.ly/1PfKin #Sandy
— urbandata (@urbandata) October 30, 2012
Whoa, the 86th street R station has water above the platform (via ninjapito)twitpic.com/b8ntyj
— Veronica De Souza (@HeyVeronica) October 30, 2012
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Another sobering Katrina lesson: storm-surge floodwaters can be toxic. Lots of lead and arsenic. NRDC study is here: nrdc.org/living/healthr…
— Justin Vogt (@Justin_Vogt) October 30, 2012
Trying to get back from Battery Park City to hotel.No Power throughout City.Strong diesel smell.Unbelievably dark.Gee thanks #Sandy
— Jim Cantore (@JimCantore) October 30, 2012
A lot of journos and emergency workers will be getting tetanus shots tomorrow. #sandy
— Dan Kennedy (@dankennedy_nu) October 30, 2012
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