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BowlLikeAChicken

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18. That substation,
Thu Nov 1, 2012, 09:49 PM
Nov 2012

if I'm not mistaken is across the street from one of my favorite bars Sophie's. My brother and some friends live there and I'm told they expect power back by saturday.

I don't think the Strand exists any more, last month I found an old receipt from there (pre-21st century). Also, someone who use to work there has a radio show on WBAI, which has its studios on 120 Wall st. on their website is a podcast from the last show before the power went out, its 10 minutes of what was supposed to have been an hour long show. They were commenting on how the heli-port was flooded and water was flowing down the street, they are on the 10th floor.

I'm here now in Norfolk, va (not by choice) and everything that happened in NY we thought was going to happen here. All we had was mild rain and some wind.

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Electric distribution is set up in grids in NYC. It goes down in big chunks of blocks. stopbush Nov 2012 #1
ahhhhhh...gotcha. Thanks. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #8
Because lower Manhattan had tremendous flooding and that knocked out... speedoo Nov 2012 #2
IIRC, those are power transference stations. stopbush Nov 2012 #13
The lower part of the island is much flatter and prone to flooding. cthulu2016 Nov 2012 #3
Flatter and lower, sealevel wise flamingdem Nov 2012 #5
Correct. (I didn't want to say "lower" twice) cthulu2016 Nov 2012 #9
Did the Strand bookstore move from 12th and Broadway? flamingdem Nov 2012 #17
My bad. Yes, it is down there. cthulu2016 Nov 2012 #21
Holy shit! Not Strand's :( Panasonic Nov 2012 #22
Storm waters from the East River yellerpup Nov 2012 #4
The transformer explosion at the ConEd plant at C and 14th St is much the reason titaniumsalute Nov 2012 #6
I saw that on YouTube. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #10
Our wires and cabling here in Manhattan Golden Raisin Nov 2012 #12
"Lower Manhattan" Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #7
So, in a sense.... dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #11
Upper Manhattan also sits higher above the Hudson and East rivers than does the south end stopbush Nov 2012 #15
Exactly... Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #16
The poster above me is right. I live between Broadway and Riverside (Hudson side). vaberella Nov 2012 #20
mostly due to the explosion on 14th street La Lioness Priyanka Nov 2012 #14
That substation, BowlLikeAChicken Nov 2012 #18
That is true. I live in Harlem. We did not lose electricty. vaberella Nov 2012 #19
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