Oh, my god, that explosion was INSANE.
Hundreds of gallons of mineral oil make a great torch. ConEd was trying to shut down power ahead of flooding, but there's just too much water, plus they'd try not to isolate critical loads like hospitals.
Buffy: I was regrouping. Spike: You were about to be regrouped into separate piles.
'Potential'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Oct 29, 2012 6:39:03 pm PDT #27692 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
brenda m - Oct 29, 2012 6:47:25 pm PDT #27693 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I don't see any way that explosion happens without a lot of people hurt. I don't know what kind of staffing they run at under these circumstances, but I hope there was time to get out.
sarameg - Oct 29, 2012 7:00:04 pm PDT #27694 of 30001
It's fucked up out there. And I am simply stunned to still have power. Hoping it lasts. Afraid to voice anything more. And I'm not normally superstitious.
Pix - Oct 29, 2012 7:02:08 pm PDT #27695 of 30001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Worried about my northeast friends and family.
My mom is staying next door to her house with my gram (in my old house in CT), and her brother is in town and stuck here, which is good. I feel much better that she has someone else with her in case anything happens to Gram. They lost power about eight hours ago, and shortly after, a big ol' tree fell across the dirt driveway and took out the above-ground power lines. If the power comes back on (unlikely, but still), they have a live line situation.
Lee - Oct 29, 2012 7:03:49 pm PDT #27696 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
It's fucked up out there.
Seriously
In trivial non-storm news, like Teppy, I just carved a pumpkin for the first time in a couple/three decades.
Unlike Teppy, I will not be sharing pictures of it, since it is really really sad, but I still had fun, and I put it on the porch so the neighbors can get a good laugh.
Zenkitty - Oct 29, 2012 7:07:08 pm PDT #27697 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I can't stop watching the Weather Channel and news and twitter. It's awful. Staten Island is just a disaster zone and first responders can't get to anyone. I almost feel guilty that nothing bad is happening here. A little wind and rain, and we still have power (knock wood).
askye, the shark photo was fake.
meara - Oct 29, 2012 7:20:57 pm PDT #27698 of 30001
Holy crap, power out at a hospital?? That's really bad.
I have two different friends in DC who are due any day now (one was scheduled for a C-section tomorrow, but that's been canceled) and are really hoping NOT to go into labor.
Ginger - Oct 29, 2012 7:32:49 pm PDT #27699 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I don't see any way that explosion happens without a lot of people hurt.
ConEd says there were no injuries. The transformer was probably outside of the plant. I'm guessing, but they usually are.
I am boggled by the fact that ConEd has 94,000 miles of underground electric cables.
brenda m - Oct 29, 2012 7:36:13 pm PDT #27700 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I figured you would know!
Liese S. - Oct 29, 2012 7:39:37 pm PDT #27701 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Wow. That's a lot of cables.