salience
November 6, 2012
Very happy to report that we are fine in Brooklyn post hurricane Sandy. We stayed home last Monday in preparation for the worst, although Ry had to work at an evacuation shelter with the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) in the afternoon. I was incredibly nervous with him going, but luckily he was home before the wind really picked up. As an NYC DOH employee, he is activated as a first responder when crisis hits the city.
Our neighborhood suffered a lot of wind damage, but we had brought in everything off of our balcony and taped up our sliding glass doors just in case. Unfortunately, much of the city couldn't say the same. So many of our friends/colleagues in lower manhattan lost power for much of the week due to the ridiculous amount of flooding. Also, the train tunnels flooded, crippling the subway system, especially between Brooklyn and Manhattan.
We both had to find our way to work Tuesday, Ry to work with OEM and me to get into the office to get through month-end trading. With the trains out, we luckily gassed up our car with no lines/issues before the fuel shortage, drove to Ry's office in Queens and parked. I then walked across the Queensboro Bridge to get to midtown, a 2.5 mile walk each way, which became my commute for the week. Ry pulled insane hours with OEM, often working 12 hour overnight shifts in addition to working a full 8 hours during the day at DOH. He can be superhuman in extreme times, no doubt.
Here are some pictures from that week. The city has already made great strides in getting life somewhat back to normal, but we have a long way to go yet.
Our neighborhood suffered a lot of wind damage, but we had brought in everything off of our balcony and taped up our sliding glass doors just in case. Unfortunately, much of the city couldn't say the same. So many of our friends/colleagues in lower manhattan lost power for much of the week due to the ridiculous amount of flooding. Also, the train tunnels flooded, crippling the subway system, especially between Brooklyn and Manhattan.
We both had to find our way to work Tuesday, Ry to work with OEM and me to get into the office to get through month-end trading. With the trains out, we luckily gassed up our car with no lines/issues before the fuel shortage, drove to Ry's office in Queens and parked. I then walked across the Queensboro Bridge to get to midtown, a 2.5 mile walk each way, which became my commute for the week. Ry pulled insane hours with OEM, often working 12 hour overnight shifts in addition to working a full 8 hours during the day at DOH. He can be superhuman in extreme times, no doubt.
Here are some pictures from that week. The city has already made great strides in getting life somewhat back to normal, but we have a long way to go yet.
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