Hurricane Sandy October 29-30, 2012

We just lived through the worst storm to ever hit the east coast!  The winds were truly scary, and we had gusts up to 90 mph throughout the evening of October 29 and early morning October 30.  The news coverage has been constant for 4 days now, and the effects around the region have been unbelievable. 

Thankfully we did not lose power or have any tree damage, although I was worried about the tree in the back of us the whole time.  Many others have not been so lucky, and some have suffered extreme devastation.  We hear that Alice & Harvey are flooded and have no power or phone service!  I suspect many people I work with at the library have had damages or power outages in Staten Island, Long Island, the Rockaways, and coastal NJ.

I was off work for 3 days (unprecendented!) and it seems that many of our library branches have been damaged.  At least 10 will not open when the system reopens on Thursday, November 1.  I know that not all of my staff will make it in. 

In this part of Queens, most of the damage has been fallen trees, and there are power outages along the Kissena Corridor.  The weather cleared for a while this morning and I rode my bike to Kissena Park to check things out:

 Other shots around the area:

Will continue to add as I get them...