Well, we finally got our share of natural disasters in the Big Apple: Blizzard (normal for us), Earthquake last week (not so normal), and finally Hurricane Irene (some of worst flooding since the 1800s).
I was lucky enough to get one of the last subway trains out the night of the Blizzard, but I had to take at least one last picture of Times Square before I left (approximately 1am):
I'm not sure how to take pictures of an earthquake. Let's just say I was sitting in my apartment on the top floor and wondering why someone was jumping on the roof! Then I wondered why my building was so flimsy that one person could jump on the roof and cause it to sway so much! Then I promptly took a nap. It wasn't until turning on the TV a couple hours later that I realized it was an earthquake.
Hurricane Irene caused some first for NYC: mandatory evacuation of some of the flood zones, a preemptive shut down of the entire MTA system, and cancellation of all weekend Broadway shows. While it didn't hit us quite as hard as we thought, we did sustain some carnage. These are some pics from my neighborhood out in queens.
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| Extra water in case electricity goes out |
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| Taped up windows...which actually doesn't really help at all. |
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| Tree blocking a main road. Yes, there is a car underneath. |
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| I know it's hard to make out, but this used to be a grocery cart. Tragic... |
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Umbrella: "I am worth $3. Please have mercy"
Hurricane Irene: "Ha, I laugh at you and your cheap construction. Inside out you go, poof." |
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| Perhaps the most tragic: a dust buster separated from it's better half. |
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| My home street. We escaped with little damage. |
