Hurricane Preparation
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Glad you guys were able to survive the devastation , the next week or two will be a PITA , especially to those with structiral damage and no power ...
Regards
Regards
---Latest: Over 50 people dead; directly related to the storm.
...Over $50 billions damages!
It is HUGE!
...Over $50 billions damages!
It is HUGE!
You definitely dodged a bullet there, man. Falling trees are what killed most of the people around here i think. Stay safe,
let the tree dudes take care of it. And call your insurance company.
Didn't have the time to read the entire thread...
Before the hurricane I was underestimating the issue. After the Irene experience, and after checking the direction of Sandy, I though it would had been nothing. And I was very wrong.
For my luck, my apt was not in any risk zone and we've had electricity and water with no interruption. Most of my friends haven't.
Yesterday I went to my workplace, at the NYU Medical Center, mostly to check in with my friends and drag them home to have some restoration. Seeing things there has been really sad. All our reagents are ruined. The mouse facility is gone. The stink of mouse corpses and of gasoline has invaded everything.
After the electricity will be back, it will take ages to go back to our regular activity.
I know, nobody lost his life and that's a big relief, but in those boxes filled with temperature sensitive stuff there's lots of work that is all gone
Before the hurricane I was underestimating the issue. After the Irene experience, and after checking the direction of Sandy, I though it would had been nothing. And I was very wrong.
For my luck, my apt was not in any risk zone and we've had electricity and water with no interruption. Most of my friends haven't.
Yesterday I went to my workplace, at the NYU Medical Center, mostly to check in with my friends and drag them home to have some restoration. Seeing things there has been really sad. All our reagents are ruined. The mouse facility is gone. The stink of mouse corpses and of gasoline has invaded everything.
After the electricity will be back, it will take ages to go back to our regular activity.
I know, nobody lost his life and that's a big relief, but in those boxes filled with temperature sensitive stuff there's lots of work that is all gone
Do you guys have power at NYU Med or are you running from emergency gennies?Didn't have the time to read the entire thread...
Before the hurricane I was underestimating the issue. After the Irene experience, and after checking the direction of Sandy, I though it would had been nothing. And I was very wrong.
For my luck, my apt was not in any risk zone and we've had electricity and water with no interruption. Most of my friends haven't.
Yesterday I went to my workplace, at the NYU Medical Center, mostly to check in with my friends and drag them home to have some restoration. Seeing things there has been really sad. All our reagents are ruined. The mouse facility is gone. The stink of mouse corpses and of gasoline has invaded everything.
After the electricity will be back, it will take ages to go back to our regular activity.
I know, nobody lost his life and that's a big relief, but in those boxes filled with temperature sensitive stuff there's lots of work that is all gone
There is NOTHING there. No electricity, no water.
The emergency power generator failed to get started... that's why in the middle of the storm all the patients were evacuated to other facilities. They've been dragged down by the stairs by human chains of the medical personnel.
The emergency power generator failed to get started... that's why in the middle of the storm all the patients were evacuated to other facilities. They've been dragged down by the stairs by human chains of the medical personnel.
I can't think of anything more horrific than a hospital shutting down and having to transport patients. Reminds me of the transport of the patients during New Orleans hospital. I keep putting myself in the shoes of patients and health professionals and how challenging it would be for both to live through that.
Right, I was aware of what happened during the storm and the evac. I was wondering if they've installed some emergency power since then. When a substation blew out on Wall St. years ago, we had semi-rigs that were massive generating stations feeding power to our offices- this was a pretty substantial building- for days. Figured a hospital could bring such resources to bear, if lawyers could (and our work is hardly as important).
I guessing here, but the emergency back up systems, when they actually work, are probably intended for short-term use, not prolonged power outages and fuel shortages.
I like to know why these back up systems fail so often when they are called upon to do their thing. My generator self tests once a week and I hear it working. I put it in a high place so it won't flood.
---- Amir, from what I've heard, the generator from that hospital was flooded. I could be wrong though. And I agree with you, a generator in a place like a major hospital, should be installed higher up.
Well, they should have a least two; one very high and one just above ground level. ...Against water, and against fire (higher up). You've got to think 'Human Value', at all levels.
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At least 55 people dead (mostly, killed by fallen trees).
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* Regarding that 7.7 magnitude earthquake here on the Canadian west coast couple days ago;
we were very lucky! ...If it would have happened just a little more South, that would have been catastrophic!
It is a very serious wake up call! ...An eventual tsunami (the big one).
It happened near the Queen Charlotte Islands, but if you search for more info (Google), you'll see what I mean exactly.
Right. Add to that the relocation of the back-up information network hardware to a secure site. This compounds all the physical issues with a lack of information and communication. At the moment, we cannot even begin planning for next week and after.
Ironically, one of the prime places to locate disaster recovery/back-up for NYC is.....
New Jersey.
Guess which state got hit hardest?
I glad everyone here made it though ok. How far inland does the damage from the storm go? Is it fairly isolated or more widespread? Every time I see a news report, they keep talking about and showing the same general area which makes it appear to be a smallish area that got the brunt of the storm.
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