Hurricane #Sandy - Live coverage by ATS members

Just watching abc and a crane on the top of a high rise condo under construction in NYC is collapsing. Police have blocked off the roads while they wait to see it it's going to fall. It's just hanging there from the roof in Manhattan.

Originally posted by Doodle19815
reply to post by Crakeur

 

Strange question, will this affect ATS servers or otherwise? If there is a major power outage, will we see ATS go down? For some this is a life line to real time events. I would hate to see it go down.

I don't believe ATS servers will be affected by east coast weather. I could be wrong though..

reply to post by detachedindividual


are you talking about the crane on the Freedom tower?

Originally posted by detachedindividual
Just watching abc and a crane on the top of a high rise condo under construction in NYC is collapsing. Police have blocked off the roads while they wait to see it it's going to fall. It's just hanging there from the roof in Manhattan.

Who the HELL left that up there????

reply to post by unphased


I think you're right. I think it's based in the west?

Still windy and rainy here, nothing major yet though. Waiting even longer. Made some good hamburgers though.

Originally posted by Res Ipsa
reply to post by detachedindividual

 

are you talking about the crane on the Freedom tower?

No, it's a condo tower under construction. It's basically snapped off and hanging down the side of the building.

Originally posted by unphased

Originally posted by detachedindividual
Just watching abc and a crane on the top of a high rise condo under construction in NYC is collapsing. Police have blocked off the roads while they wait to see it it's going to fall. It's just hanging there from the roof in Manhattan.

Who the HELL left that up there????

That's what the talking heads on abc said. They asked why it hadn't been taken down. Probably down to cost and the person making he decision underestimating the strength of the wind.

Hey guys I have been a long-time reader of ATS (since I was in Iraq back in 2008) and decided to finally go ahead and make an account due to this thread!

I am leaving for Afghanistan at the end of the week, but am currently in the Patuxent River area of the Chesapeake Bay. I am a couple of hours away from the gentleman who started this thread up in Baltimore, so I will do my best to flow updates from the DC area.

I am planning on taking some pictures with my DSLR Camera and iPhone and if I get any good pictures, I will gladly upload them for everyone to see!

P.S. glad to finally be a contributor to this fine website!

reply to post by detachedindividual


I just heard about that. Nice catch.

All we need is spiderman to swing in and the movie scene is complete.

reply to post by Doodle19815


nope. ats is fine.

my pc is, apparently, fried from the flicker. surge protector my eye

reply to post by Crakeur


Oh, sorry about the computer

Thanks for the reassurance though.

Channel 349 on dish network the Hurricane Sandy information channel seems to be about the best without commercial interruptions.

Watching this crane dangle 75 stories above New York City on CBS. Crazy.

another over hype storm yawn

reply to post by detachedindividual


per nbc, it is the freedom tower and it looks fine.

scratch that. it's down the street from me. 57th and 7th.

Originally posted by Crakeur
reply to post by detachedindividual

 

per nbc, it is the freedom tower and it looks fine.

I don't know what you're watching, but I am watching the "tallest residential building in the world" under construction, with the crane dangling from the top. They are talking about it now, broadcasting live, the streets are blocked off all around 57th and 7th streets.

We're not talking about the freedom tower

reply to post by Crakeur


Let's get some ATS exclusive on-sight reporting going on.

reply to post by Jordan River


storm hasn't hit nyc yet and the water is aleady higher than Irene and damage is reaching Irene levels. we still have 36 or so hours of the actual storm. not yawn time yet.

Whatever you guys who are in it do,make job 1 to stay dry.

If you get wet,you will find out it's a lot colder than you thought it was.

If you lose power,you lose heat,refridgeration,light.

Fill your bathtub up while you can so you have water.

stay dry,stay warm,stay safe.

Good luck.