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Photograph of lightning over Astoria by peterkreder on Flickr
Last night's storms provided a vivid light show and wreaked havoc in neighborhoods all across the city and Tri-State area. There are downed trees and power lines, not to mention debris and fallen scaffolding, all over, thanks to powerful gusts of winds. Crews are working on clean up and repairs. Remember: Do not go near any downed power lines and if you see any, call Con Ed or the police.
According to WABC 7, the NYC power outage breakdown is Staten Island 24, Brooklyn 136, Queens 584, Manhattan 56, and Bronx 1137. There are 799 without power on Long Island, 5,663 in Westchester County (Rockland, Orange, Dutchess and Putnam Counties combine for about 2000 outages), and 19,518 in Connecticut. In NJ, 100,000 PSE&G customers in NJ are still without power, while about 14,000 JCP&L were without power last night (but it's unclear if it was restored this morning).
There's also no service on the New Canaan branch of Metro-North, and there are 1-2 hour delays on NJ Transit lines. Luckily the PATH line that was knocked out yesterday by a fire is back in service.
As for the weather, the heat wave is supposed to be over: A high of 87 degrees is expected and humidity will be much lower, at 55%.
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Up here on 106th and Broadway, a whole mess of limbs fell down - one car was completely trapped and the owner had no idea what to do. I advised him to call 311, but he didn't seem so keen on that. Still, it was pretty cool to see all my neighbors - most of whom I had never met - gathering around and discussing the damage with strangely excited smiles. Acts of God are always good for bringing a community together - well, unless, you know, it kills and injures something other than a Subaru.
yesterday was creepy war of the worlds shit. It was hot and muggy, and foggy and windy and lightningy, and thundery and the wind caused all the pollen and leaves to swirl about. It was like that scene in poltergeist where the girl opens the door and the rapture is in the background.
i was a the death cab for cutie show in mccarren pool - they actually got in about 95% of the show, and then all of a sudden it looked like the apocalypse was about to descend on us. people were actually booing when the band ran off the stage...come on! a pit in the middle of flat terrain filled with people and thousands of pounds of electrical equipment, not to mention giant swinging lights in what had to be at least 40 mph winds. had things gone on any longer it could have been a hipster massacre!
...had things gone on any longer it could have been a hipster massacre!
You say that like it's a bad thing.