New York Evacuate 375,000 people ahead of Hurricane Sandy

[Matt]

Well the word here is that it's been down graded from hurricane status to severe tropical storm or something. Although the damage looks pretty bad from what i've heard on the radio. Wasn't there a crane that was ripped due to the winds and is now dangling over a street?!

[xxMATTGxx]

Just looked at some of the pictures, looks pretty bad in places.

[Cerys]

Idk if anyone has mentioned this yet so sorry if they did but;

In my opinion, surely with the majority of NY evacuated, won't that allow some people to think that they can rob some peoples houses etc?
(The crime rate will go up a little is what I mean)

Anyway, I hope everyone's safe

[SackRace]

Looks a lot busier now, people taking pictures etc..

http://aws1.earthcam.com/?c=tsstreet

[Inseriousity.]

Been seeing this picture a lot lately. Powerful hurricane!

[Kardan]

Been seeing this picture a lot lately. Powerful hurricane!

Relatively the hurricane wasn't that powerful, infact when it hit, it wasn't even a hurricane - its just that it's in an iconic area and caused quite a lot of damage. Hurricane Katrina was way worse, the only reason why Sandy is so hyped up is because its New York. It was barely in the news when it was hitting the Caribbean.

[Gina]

i watched the news to find out bout this omg, shocked me so much
omg but im so confused, why do hurricanes get names? like hurricane katrina, hurricane sandy? :|

[Grig]

I don't get it. I sometimes think people in these areas are idiots. I foresaw that it'll be like this. Firstly, why when they rebuild, do they yet again build wooden structures. Sure, they're cheaper- but if it's done out of brick it'll be much stronger and they won't have to rebuild all the time. Secondly, people were told to evacuate, yet some chose not to. Then they ended up needing to be rescued.

It wasn't a powerful storm. It's just embarrassing and shows how poorly America is prepared. We had a super typhoon (equivalent of the highest category hurricane in the US) hit Hong Kong 2 months back and the most that had happened was the uprooting of a few trees.

@Yuxin; they all get names that follow an alphabetical order, so that they are easy to identify with. It's much easier than saying Hurricane 20 of 2012 for example.

[Gina]

I don't get it. I sometimes think people in these areas are idiots. I foresaw that it'll be like this. Firstly, why when they rebuild, do they yet again build wooden structures. Sure, they're cheaper- but if it's done out of brick it'll be much stronger and they won't have to rebuild all the time. Secondly, people were told to evacuate, yet some chose not to. Then they ended up needing to be rescued.

It wasn't a powerful storm. It's just embarrassing and shows how poorly America is prepared. We had a super typhoon (equivalent of the highest category hurricane in the US) hit Hong Kong 2 months back and the most that had happened was the uprooting of a few trees.

@Yuxin; they all get names that follow an alphabetical order, so that they are easy to identify with. It's much easier than saying Hurricane 20 of 2012 for example.

ooh okayy ty

[karter]

It was barely in the news when it was hitting the Caribbean.

Yup, 41 people died in Haiti but not many people have seemed to notice