Sandy Storm

[Darren Dirt]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy

yikes.

Since many in the media/weather industries are starting to call this "The Storm Of The Century" (most likely from its wide impact due to how far north and inland it ended up going) my guess is various news stories with footage etc. could be posted ITT.


but first to start it off with a bit of a light-hearted perspective...

Netflix says streaming is up 20% today versus the same day last week. Kids shows are especially popular. "The Perfect Storm" not available.

- http://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/263060517382393856



Okay, now serious business...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/10/30/us-hurricane-sandy-superstorm-damages.html

[Mr. Analog]

It's terrible that's for sure, a reminder that there is a blood drive going on at the moment I think they need both plasma and plates (? don't know what that is). If I get a chance I will donate tomorrow at the doc's office.

[Thorin]

I can't give blood due to having had cancer and systemic blood infection.  At least, when I tried to donate fifteen years ago that's what they (the people who actually take the blood) told me.  Thank you for donating blood; there was a time where I needed donated blood to make it through a surgery.

Plates'll be platelets.  Plasma is just the liquid, platelets includes the clotting agents and are only used when a person's body isn't producing clotting agents of its own.  http://www.blood.ca/centreapps/internet/uw_v502_mainengine.nsf/page/Platelets-donation-process?OpenDocument

[Mr. Analog]

neat!

[Darren Dirt]

Hurricane Sandy - A Week in Photos

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10100494637813814
"Moving video of Hurricane Sandy"

not just water damage, some of the photos are of the devastation from a 100+ home fire that ravaged Breezy Point (ironically, the fire spread so ridic quickly due to the strong breeze)



http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/31/14817184-devastated-ny-community-built-by-firefighters-burned-beyond-their-reach
http://abcnews.go.com/US/hurricane-sandy-victims/story?id=17598687
http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2012/10/30/the-aftermath-hurricane-sandy/WY95rhxg71DndAZDq7yRgN/picture.html
http://kottke.org/12/10/hurricane-sandy-aftermath-part-two
http://www.businessinsider.com/at-least-16-dead-75-million-without-power--heres-what-hurricane-sandys-destruction-looks-like-photos-2012-10







http://www.businessinsider.com/hurricane-sandy-breezy-point-queens-2012-10
#speechless

[Mr. Analog]

Man, its like someone tore a strip out there, scary stuff...

[Melbosa]

And now they have Snow in areas without Power... very scary!

[Darren Dirt]

Man, its like someone tore a strip out there, scary stuff...

Yeah, don't even feel like smiling imagining a giant monster-sized Bender or Zoidberg leaving that behind.