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Comments on: Hurricane Irene – Day 8 https://whynow.dumka.us/2011/08/27/hurricane-irene-%e2%80%93-day-8/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Sun, 28 Aug 2011 15:39:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2011/08/27/hurricane-irene-%e2%80%93-day-8/comment-page-1/#comment-57657 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 15:39:12 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=22438#comment-57657 With NYC the water was always the problem with the power. The lines are underground and if water nails one of the major electrical vaults, the entire system will shutdown automatically to avoid total Northeast grid failure. ConEd will try to shut down sections if it sees a problem developing to save the rest of the their grid.

There was 6 feet of water in Battery Park this morning, so the flooding wasn’t a plot to annoy people.

The Statue of Liberty support system was supposedly designed for 120 mph winds as part of the last refurbishing, but a 120 mph wind on the ground becomes 150+ mph at Torch-level. No biggie as long as the Torch snaps off and doesn’t tip the whole thing over 😈

The water should be colder that far North, but the pressure didn’t start to rise until the 10pm advisory last night. Strange storm, but they all are these days.

]]> By: Badtux https://whynow.dumka.us/2011/08/27/hurricane-irene-%e2%80%93-day-8/comment-page-1/#comment-57656 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:46:31 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=22438#comment-57656 As of 3AM EDT NYC still has power. Various webcams show it’s raining and the wind is starting to pick up a bit. The Midtown cam is starting to shake a bit, traffic appears deserted though I just saw an ambulance drive by. The Statue of Liberty cam is shaking too. The Times Square cams appear offline. The Liberty State Park cam showing the skyline has water droplets on its window but NYC is still lit up.

When the webcams start dropping out or stop updating, that’s when we’ll know the power had failed…

Update 3:45AM EDT: Situation remains same…

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