Random Damage Reports & Thoughts

There is so much damage and it is so wide spread that it is hard to know where to begin and what people reading this would want to know most... my son emailed me this image...


28storms.com sent me this picture...

Subways:

They have worried for years ...decades about the salt water intrusion on the subways if they flooded.

They flooded. We will soon know the effects on the subways.

Either way they will most likely be down for the rest of the week most likely..the work week.

Studies worry on the problems with salt water intrusion with regard to the water supply too...
http://www.solinst.com/Res/papers/101C4Salt.html




La Guardia:

It is surrounded by water as anyone who has ever come in way too low knows. I was on a flight that had two aborted landings years ago and it kept circling until they were sure they could land. Sort of scary to look out your window and almost feel as if you could touch the waves..

The water came down from the Sound with the strong winds around the top of the storm and flooded LGA.

Up close and personal tells the story better...

Those runways were under water....there was severe damage in areas

and possibly damage to the main building... but not confirmed

It will take a while to figure out how fast they can even get it open..

JFK will be open tomorrow... 

New York Daily News ‏@nydailynews

.@NYGovCuomo says JFK will likely reopen tomorrow; does not expect LGA to reopen by tomorrow due to damage http://bit.ly/SkKyvM #Sandy

 Though near the water..it is protected a bit yet the neighborhoods around it did not suffer as well.

Wide view:

Logically one would think JFK on the south side of Long Island would be in a worse place..but

that is not how water works and slosh maps and each hurricane is different.

As mentioned earlier in this blog concerning the onshore flow around Sandy 

when I was out chasing it at the coast... 

the flow AROUND the top of Sandy was so strong

and watcher was pushed/sucked off shore out to sea.

The water in Long Island Sound... a large body of water was slammed into the North Shore of L.I.

And the place where it all funnels in is around LGA.

On the south side... Breezy Point sits a few streets of 50 or so homes jutting out ....

Those homes burned all night until they could get some help... just a mess. 

Looks like after Armageddon ...

Waterfront homes on small barrier islands in hurricanes do not work well when there is a Hurricane.

And, this WAS a hurricane whether the NHC wants to call it Superstorm or Hurricane.

I love maps.. I love Geography

To understand Meteorology you have to understand Geography..

it's that simple.

And, the HMS Bounty that sunk...

the captain is still missing at sea..

More info soon...