Hurricane Sandy/Frankenstorm

[joshh]

i'm in the east coast too. thankfully here is only cold and windy but nevertheless i have halted shipping stuff until next week to prevent any natural damage.

 

[Bezzerkerr]

how about these gas station lines?

Cops blocking off entrances and exits and only letting cars in one at a time. Un-freakin' believable. So thankful i filled up before the storm hit. Every single gas station has a line of at least 1/2 a mile. A gas station on route 17 north has a line over 2 miles long, yes two miles long. If there are multiple gas stations on one block, one gas station is reserved solely for pedestrians with gas cans for their generators and the other gas station is for vehicles. This is insane...never seen anthing like this before.

MAD MAX man, MAX effin' MAX.

 

[Kuzeh]

Ugh, this has been pretty devastating... I hope all the East Coast Freaks are doing good... stay strong!

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

how about these gas station lines?

Cops blocking off entrances and exits and only letting cars in one at a time. Un-freakin' believable. So thankful i filled up before the storm hit. Every single gas station has a line of at least 1/2 a mile. A gas station on route 17 north has a line over 2 miles long, yes two miles long. If there are multiple gas stations on one block, one gas station is reserved solely for pedestrians with gas cans for their generators and the other gas station is for vehicles. This is insane...never seen anthing like this before.

MAD MAX man, MAX effin' MAX.

damn

 

[Darth Snoopy]

Some people didn't get out, houses down towards the beach in my neighborhood went from fine to fully submerged in ten minutes.

Damn...

My hometown on SI (Tottenville) was decimated. Miraculously my Mom and her house are safe and sound. Thank you, thank you, thank you God!

Best to everyone suffering through the effected areas!!!

That's great to hear, bro. Glad that your Mom & her house are fine.

Just got word of what will be the most lasting effect on me(superficial or not), Krypton Comics of Staten Island was completely destroyed and will be closing its doors after 21 years.....a store I have been to every week since I was 5 when Artie opened(I went opening day--it's first location was across the street from me), a place I shared comic collecting with my father, a store with only one employee/owner who I know better than some family, the place I started buying sideshow through(and got good deals too), a place I filmed scenes in multiple films I've worked on in(I'm happy I was able to do that as it in a way immortalized it)....it's so weird but I honesty can't imagine not going to Krypton again.

So sorry to hear that.

just got power after 3 days without...woooo hooo...no statue damage. But its still a mess outside. Lines for gas are insane. I seen two ppl today about to fist fight after 1 car cut the line.

Glad to see you back, Nasedo! Wow, I've heard about fights breaking out in gas lines.

 

[teemu]

how about these gas station lines?

Cops blocking off entrances and exits and only letting cars in one at a time. Un-freakin' believable. So thankful i filled up before the storm hit. Every single gas station has a line of at least 1/2 a mile. A gas station on route 17 north has a line over 2 miles long, yes two miles long. If there are multiple gas stations on one block, one gas station is reserved solely for pedestrians with gas cans for their generators and the other gas station is for vehicles. This is insane...never seen anthing like this before.

MAD MAX man, MAX effin' MAX.

imagine a nation wide catastrophe...

food shortage,gas shortage,LOOTING everywhere...total chaos

 

[Solidus]

Thoughts and prayers to everyone in the tri-state area. We'll get through this, one day at a time.

 

[Solidus]

imagine a nation wide catastrophe...

food shortage,gas shortage,LOOTING everywhere...total chaos

I haven't head much about looting in NYC. Some idiots in Coney Island tried to rob some stores on the day of the hurricane but were caught and arrested.

Edit: Just read that there were some arrests in Queens for looting. Talk about people being low lives

 

[skooternb]

Internet back up! w00t!

 

[BadMoon]

imagine a nation wide catastrophe...

food shortage,gas shortage,LOOTING everywhere...total chaos

Hence why the right to own firearms is so important.

 

[crows]

Hence why the right to own firearms is so important.

what police would you rely on when the world goes bananas?

 

[The Ween]

I hope this isn't taken the wrong way, but NY is a mess and yet people there expect everything to be back to normal RIGHT NOW! They're complaining that they don't have this or this or that the mess isn't cleaned up or whatever. My goodness! Give people time to take care of things!

 

[Pennyworth]

^ patience is key although it's challenging....we've been without power since Monday...I'm glad we didn't have massive damage to our property but living in the dark does get old..certainly makes you appreciate what you normally take for granted.

 

[Kamandi]

I hope this isn't taken the wrong way, but NY is a mess and yet people there expect everything to be back to normal RIGHT NOW! They're complaining that they don't have this or this or that the mess isn't cleaned up or whatever. My goodness! Give people time to take care of things!

Four days after Katrina there were news cameras at the Superdome wondering 'where's FEMA?'

It's been four days since Sandy and there are people eating out of dumpsters on Staten Island. They were hit harder than anywhere else in New York. Where's FEMA?

Bloomburg is still trying to make sure the NY Marathon will happen tomorrow. Priorities?

 

[hoodonit00]

Four days after Katrina there were news cameras at the Superdome wondering 'where's FEMA?'

It's been four days since Sandy and there are people eating out of dumpsters on Staten Island. They were hit harder than anywhere else in New York. Where's FEMA?

Bloomburg is still trying to make sure the NY Marathon will happen tomorrow. Priorities?

George Bush doesn't care about black people. Errr, wait.

 

[Kamandi]

I'm not getting political. but the concept of 'patience' does seem to be a moving target.

 

[WurstCollector]

George Bush doesn't care about black people. Errr, wait.

*awkward Michael Myers stare into camera haha.

But in all seriousness, I heard today that NY officials had denied assistance from volunteers from New Orleans to help with the situation. To me I don't understand why that is, I'm also from Toronto, so I'm not too sure how much of the story has been twisted upon hearing it on my drive to work this morning.

Hope all you fellow collectors out there are safe, and are hanging in there.

 

[BadMoon]

Four days after Katrina there were news cameras at the Superdome wondering 'where's FEMA?'

It's been four days since Sandy and there are people eating out of dumpsters on Staten Island. They were hit harder than anywhere else in New York. Where's FEMA?

Bloomburg is still trying to make sure the NY Marathon will happen tomorrow. Priorities?

Yeah I don't presume to know what all is going on. I can say I'm no fan of Bloomberg. His priorities seem to always be out of whack. It's like he's spending valuable time trying to ban the sale of large soft drinks. Oh wait, he did that. Now he wants to make sure the marathon goes on? What a moron.

 

[BadMoon]

what police would you rely on when the world goes bananas?

You can't trust them to get there in time to begin with.

 

[teemu]

Hence why the right to own firearms is so important.

can't disagree with you there!