NYC Tornado Watch!

Caftan. Nothing else.

Does this mean fours hours of Anderson Cooper giggling while Barry Manilow plays his greatest hits, again?

put on your ruby slippers, gurl

Just got the alert. Put on my blue gingham dress.

Don't forget to bring your little dog too!

My mom always told me that during tornado watches to wear running shoes (tennis shoes, or whatever you call them) because you may have to run to safety or climb out of rubble.

Put on every fabulous piece of clothing, one on topof the other , in case the tornado scatters your belongings and as a bonus, all that clothing will serve as a buffer against things like bricks , lumber, flying cows. Ect....

I live in Brooklyn and when I got off the subway about an hour ago, it was raining hard and very windy.

Now it is really pouring. There’s a nice breeze coming through the windows. I hope that it remains only a breeze.

Mullica Hill, NJ…yikes!

Tornado on the ground

Yes we’re getting heavy wind and rain down here in Philadelphia as well.

Damn you IDA!!!

You watch the tornado, duh. Must we explain everything to you?

R9 Damn yes I heard your area was under Tornado watch. Just seeing that sends chills..

Oklahoma woman offering advice on Twitter to NYC gals (and MTF)

Step one… Put your bra on now

This rain is, like, fucking apocalyptic.

Thé whole of the East Coast has always been subject to hurricanes and tropical storms. How lucky we are.. Not!!!

Mullica Hill, NJ video of damages

Damn

R15- and Northeaster's

I hope a lot of rats get drownded in the subways.

^And we thought we were safe up here with IDA being just an afterthought from the golf coast.

Boy did we get socked by this😮

I like Sarah at R13

TYPHOON! TYPHOON!

Aquanet, ladies, Aquanet Extra Super Hold!

It’ll be done by 7 am, at least. Thank god. I have to be on set by 10 am and must look my very best.

Goodness. This Ida bitch is on the move.

A tornado watch means stay indoors if possible. A tornado warning means take shelter NOW.

All these major storm cells are heading right for NYC.

A semi sheer caftan that billows in the wind.

The best place to be is a room with no windows so you won't risk being hit by flying shards of broken glass. A basement is a good place to shelter if you have one.

It’s a really good time to slip into a billowy linen blouse and break out some canapés in case your neighbors drop in to seek shelter in your root cellar. The earthy feel to the cellar can be echoed in a really good cheese you choose for your charcuterie platter. Bon appetit bitches!

There is weather in New York!

R20. Don’t forget the ambience scented candles can provide.

^^^errr, R29

The west is BURNING up and the east is DROWNING in rain. I feel like I'm living in the movie The Day After Tomorrow (2004).

Today’s weather thanks to Ida is much worse than the rain we got last week from Hurricane Henri.

Possible tornado just southwest of NYC.

Tornado warning for the Bronx until 9:30pm.

R34-Central Park received 7 inches of rain from Henri and parts of Brooklyn received 8 inches. How can you say this storm is already worse than that storm?

[quote]There is weather in New York!

Yes there is R30.

We’re not just another pretty face. We have depth!

[quote]How can you say this storm is worse than that storm?

Well for one thing R37, the tornado warnings.

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R30. That phrase drives me nuts, and weathercasters use it all the time. “We have have weather coming into (random metro area).

We always have weather…sometimes it’s nice, sometimes it’s crappy, but we always have weather.

I'd strongly suggest tying a bungee cord at the base of your caftan. Nothing worse than a wind gust blowing your caftan over your head! And considering lightening strikes, you might want to consider non-metallic earrings.

Good luck!

Brooklynites don't deal well with tornadoes.

The second Flash Flood Warning alert in a half hour just came through for Brooklyn.

The heaviest rain yet is happening now and it’s extremely windy.

If this was snow, it would be near blizzard conditions.

I'm in Westchester cty- I just checked my rain meter- almost 4 inches of rain and it's still pouring.

Two transplants most likely from the Midwest, freaking out at R42.

Real Brooklynites put on their rain jackets and a hat, and head to the corner bar.

I've been to a tornado before, but I've never been to me.

Where will we put all this rainwater?

Our cavernous bladder

R46- For you.

Because we’ll be getting pounded all night. Yes, insert sex joke here.

NYC???

#SaveCarrieBradshaw

I’m not sure if Andy Cohen is riding the subway tonight R18, but there’s always hope.

Ida is in the Bronx.

R53- Her hairdo looks just like Zera's in the original Planet Of The Apes (1968).

Our tornado warning has been lifted. Tornado watch and flash flood watch still in effect.

Now it’s raining sideways.

I think I have now found my favorite video on datalounge. LMFAO... Midwesterners would be used to tornados.

I've got a feeling we're not in Hell's Kitchen anymore ...

Door-Thee!

New Jersey Governor Murphy just declared a state of emergency

Even in the midst of a tornado, Teresa Giudice's hair doesn't move. Nor do her fake tits.

R61- That's because she's part NEANDERTHAL.

There was one in NJ, not that anyone outside NJ really cares.

[quote]Door-Thee!—Aunt Em

Timothee! (formerly of Hell's Kitchen)

Central Park, NY observed 3.15 inches of rain in one hour, from 8:51 pm to 9:51 pm.

I just got a Citizen alert that there were people trapped in cars that were floating toward the East River. That probably is an exaggeration, but the idea terrifies me. The river imhas strong currents and eventually washes out to the ocean. Yikes.

The southbound lane of the Harlem River Drive is now closed.

I just checked my rain meter again. In about 35 minutes it has rained TWO inches. My rain meter now has over 6 inches. I had to pour the water out and start again.

On the bright side, it’s now a comfortable 67 degrees.

Newark Airport is flooding.

This Tropical storm has now given us more rain than the storm in July or August.

Incredible, R70

The Bronx is a hot, wet mess too

This rain is no joke:

Still wasn’t as bad as Hurricane Sandy which knocked out power for days.

I concur with others—so many reports of flooding, some major (police officers trapped in cars).

They ain't kidding about this "flash flood emergency" declaration.

And the rain is still pouring down; it's supposed to continue for hours.

This tropical storm is occurring only ten days after Henri which dumped 8 inches of rain in some part of NYC.

Subway service suspended.

I can’t recall a storm as strange as this one, and I have lived here forever.

Light rain, followed by long torrential downpours with heavy winds. This has been the pattern for about six hours now.

Occasionally I hear thunder claps coming close to where I live, but there has only been one sighting of lightning in my area.

I haven’t been out since 6pm, and at that time the street crossings were already deep puddles due to our lousy sewer draining system.

Holy cow, R77

R79- You sound like Phil Rizzuto describing a baseball game.

Put on your best caftan and go out in the rain and pretend you’re Al Roker. “I’m 105 years old and I don’t have to be doing this, but I just wanted to prove to everyone that I’m as good as Chris Cuomo and Anderson Cooper and I’m about to be blown out to sea.”

What prick ordered food to be delivered tonight?

I loved The Scooter R80

If the subways and tunnels are flooding, could we be in for another Superstorm Sandy situation?

As in, the ConEd power station on 13th Street floods and knocks out electricity?

This is not as intense as Sandy, but the rain is still coming down. 14th Street is turning into a big puddle.

This feels way worse than Sandy, though, at least on the UWS. The sound of the pounding rain is very unusual and it’s been going on for hours.

Some more flood porn:

Flooding on a bus in Queens

The videos at R73 and R85 look like The Poseidon Adventure.

I hope the local news will find some brassy, blowsy broads to comment.

It’s bad. My basement is flooding. I’ve lived her a dozen years and never got water in the basement.

[quote] I hope the local news will find some brassy, blowsy broads to comment.

I’m sorry to hear that R88.

NYC and NJ declared a state of emergency

The NY DLer who always makes the fast food threads around here, R82, that's probably who. He needs his McD's and CFA!

I just was at the weather channel site. They should house in New Jersey with their roofs completely gone from Tornados. That's fucked up, New Jersey rarely gets tornados and when they do they don't destroy ENTIRE neighborhoods.

This seems bad.

Someone woke up Mayor DumbAssio.

The useless fuck has been MIA all evening.

Charge up your phones and electronics now, just in case the power goes out.

On the bright side those subway stairs and platforms needed a good cleansing...

My lights have been flickering for the past 90 minutes r96. I downloaded files I may need tomorrow in case I lose power and/or internet overnight.

The MTA spokesman said on Ch. 4 news (and I'm paraphrasing): After Sandy, they invested in beefing up the tunnels and shorelines to prevent water from coming into the subway from the rivers.

The problem tonight is, storm drains on the streets are blocked or flooded, so water is pouring into the subways that way. (As we see on several videos in this thread.)

My lights too. There’s something work related I need to deal with first thing in the morning, so I downloaded files in case I need to call my manager and ask her to handle it.

This is quite the thread. He's got videos or photos from all over NYC. It's a fucking mess.

Blocked storm drains have been an issue for decades.

I know which streets to avoid because I know which curbs will be flooded during and after a rain or snowstorm. I know which streets I need to cross in the middle or a certain section of a block.

Flash Flood Emergency extended to 3:00 am

Seen in the subway. Brighter than the mayor.

Another alert just now:

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING is in effect for this area until 3:00 AM. This is a dangerous and life-threatening situation.

Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order.

Mary!

Grab your pearls!

Sorry, missed your post R103

Oh god, please tell me that Sarah Jessica Parker is safe!

r105 It's actually a new (for NYC) category: Emergency, not a warning. Today was the first day the Emergency status was used for the area.

I’ve already wrapped my cherished Capodimonte in bubble wrap and placed them in my waterproof backpack should I need to flee, R106.

JFC:

[quote] I just got a Citizen alert that there were people trapped in cars that were floating toward the East River. That probably is an exaggeration, but the idea terrifies me.

That happened during the unpredicted nor’easter in the city in Nov or Dec 1990 or 1991. I was on my way to work & had to turn back & go back to my building because debris was flying around and I was soaked through to the skin. I had to call a car service and I told driver “Go down 2nd Ave, not to the FDR because it floods in weather like this.” The guy was Israeli (of course. - there was no other kind) and he wasarguing with me. Anyway…the radio in the car on WCBS was only reporting on was a traffic backup in NJ due to Highway flooding. Meanwhile, people were at that exact time being rescued by police boats from cars on FDR Drive. There was flooding all over the city…our hospital’s parking lot was under water & people’s cars were totaled. My friend lived downtown across from Battery Park City and their building complex had their gas turned off for over a month due to flooded gas pipes. . They had a little balcony and cooked on a Smoky Joe. The elderly people in their building had to get Meals on Wheels because a lot of them didn’t know how to cook in a microwave. I had to cross 1st Ave on foot to get to work and water was almost up to my calf.

I later worked with a woman who had been on the FDR right before the East River tunnel, so she didn’t need to be rescued, but had to abandon her car. . She and others stood in the rain on the rise of grass near Gracie Mansion. A guy went to Dunkin Donuts and passed donuts out while they waited for tow trucks.

But all this happened in the daytime. Even though it was totally unpredicted and even though the news was completely ignoring what was going on & was not giving warnings or telling anyone what to do or what to beware of, at least people could see in daylight hours. This is all happening in the dark.

My power just went out. Afraid to go asleep while still under a tornado watch. Night all, stay safe.

Stay safe r113 Sending good vibes your way.

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So, is opposite side of the street parking happening for Thursday?

It's 1:00 AM go to bed.

At least it's too wet for looters.

I’m in the Hamptons & we’re lucky. Had some heavy rains earlier, but all done. LI is being slammed in a line that goes north through northern NJ, NYC and it’s catching most of Nassau County and parts of western Suffolk county, then across LI Sound to CT.

North & South Forks aren’t hit bad. Most of terrible effect is west of Riverhead. Weird tornado watch over in Martha’s Vineyard.

Has anyone checked in on Sam Champion? And what the fuck is Sue Simmons doing?

Yikes!

It's amazing how powerful this storm is considering how it landed on the gulf coast and has remained on land up the entire country.

Flood Life!

Worst. Sublet. Evah!

There goes my security deposit!

Put your dog in a bike basket, bitch!

Pizza Rat!

Seems like New York City needs to start ripping up pavement and restoring earth to capture rainwater.

Christ, as per the latest tweet at 7:30 AM opposite side of the street parking is still happening, unbelievable!!!

My thanks to all those bitches more proactive then me who called the mayor’s office and got parking rules suspended for the day, hats off to you!

Just heard at least 9 people were killed as a result of the storm last night. 8 in NY and 1 in NJ.

The person in NJ died in his car.

Subway flooding because the city allows clogging of the drainage lines.

“NYC Transit’s annual goal for track drain cleaning is currently 150,000 linear feet. However, with 418 miles of drains in the system, this figure represents only 7% of the total,” the report states. “[A]t that pace Infrastructure would require approximately 15 years to clean the entire system.”

Easier just to blame "climate change"

People on social media seem to be bitching about how there have been all these "Flash Flood Warnings" on your phone and on Alexa these past few months that turned out to be nothing and so people didn't think this would be a big deal either.

My in-laws, who live in suburban NJ are fine, but they got that tornado warning yesterday, the first in the 35+ years they've been living there. They live in northern NJ and again, it seems the tornadoes were in the southern part of the state so their friends are asking whether this was another overreaction by the NWS and will it cause people to ignore them down the road.

Slept thru it in Brooklyn. I can sleep thru anything. Some damage at one window pane from water leaking in.

Good to get your input, Helen Keller/R134.

This is why I get annoyed with people complaining that Henri was nothing, northerners have no idea what it’s like to live through a storm and deal with the aftermath.

You prepare for the worst and hope for the best. If the only lament you have is wasted effort than count your blessings and be grateful.

Kayaking through Harrison NJ yesterday.

Ida Tornado would be a good drag name

[quote] Ida Tornado would be a good drag name

But it would have to be pronounced

Tore-NAH-do

Central Park got 7” of rain in a single hour. That’s a record.

But it’s absolutely gorgeous out today.

CALL THE COPS!

I want to speak to the manager...of Earth!

Can people walking around Manhattan today see any signs of the storm?

There is an increased number of short tempers and bad moods.

"There is an increased number of short tempers and bad moods"

That's pretty much status quo in NYC.

[quote] Can people walking around Manhattan today see any signs of the storm?

I was just out for a few hours just to enjoy the pleasant temps. It's an exceptionally beautiful, clear, mild day.

No sign of damage on the street level in my area of Manhattan (14th - 34th streets)

I'm planning to go to the East 20s around five, from Brooklyn, can anyone report on the 4, 5, and 6?

CNN just showed helicopter aerials from a highway in the Bronx... the water is about a foot deep on it.

R148, check the NYCT account on Twitter. They also link you to the mta.info website where you can check subway status. In short: it’s not good. Lots of lines have significant distances suspended altogether.

[quote] This is why I get annoyed with people complaining that Henri was nothing

But even after Henri turned out to be nothing, a couple freaks on this site tried to get everyone to stay panicked (“It’s not over yet!”) even into the next day when it was clear the storm had passed over. But maybe you weren’t talking about DL specifically.

[quote] I'm planning to go to the East 20s around five, from Brooklyn, can anyone report on the 4, 5, and 6?

Unless you’re an eldegay, why don’t you have the MTA app on your phone?

You know what the weather in NYC is like today? Reminds me of the gorgeous weather we had on 9/11/01. Exactly the same intensely blue sky, mild, light breeze with no humidity. Really a perfect weather day.

The sky was so blue that day

True dat, R151.

I’m 65 and I have the app on my phone.

R152, we had intense thunderstorms on the evening of 9/10/2001 and when the cold front blew it out, we had that perfect clear, crisp day on 9/11/2001, bringing us a sky that was so blue that day.

[quote] can anyone report on the 4, 5, and 6?

I can report that the 6 doesn’t go to Brooklyn. You’ll have to get off the 4 or 5 and transfer to a 6 at Union Square.

We've now been on the plane for 4 hours. The fact they even let us board for a ten minute window before the storm hit us fill blown is crazy to me. I would've been cool sitting in the airport at the bar.

[quote] We are without food, barely any snacks and Dasani water which tastes like pennies. The pilot is literally texting and using his weather app to get us info. @united what the actual fuck.

[...]

[quote] The pilot has been telling us just 10 more mins since 7pm. It is 10:55pm. We're apparently getting towed. A plane. A plane is getting towed because we cannot connect to a jet bridge due to the lightning. Idk where we getting towed to. Like no explanations.

[quote] We're grounded and have internet so the lack of communication from @united to the crew is appalling. Any info would be great. Like should we wait this out. Is there another crew. Are there refunds. We cannot even use the app. The app says we are in flight en route. Am I in the show Manifest???

[quote] So let's say we even get off this plane...we need to stay at the airport because the exits to EWR Newark are flooded. We still have no idea what is going on. Who tf let us board. Seriously. This is fucking insane .

[quote] The captain keeps telling us they can't do anything bc of the lightning. Cool we get that. But why did you board us in the first place? Or is y'all weather app not as good as our iPhone ones? @united y'all really said let go and let God.

[quote] We are now trying to conserve gas so all lights are completely off. We're just in silence as if everything is normal. Crew does not have power banks. There are no outlets. A lot of people are absolutely clueless. No one is saying sh*t and crew members are snapping at randoms. People are starting to freak because if we lose all the gas the air and circulation will go off. And let's not forget we cannot de-board, the crew is in control of protocol they never dealt with and are clueless. We have the blind leading the blind. @United do you plan on refunding us for making us board a plane during a catastrophic storm and then have us sit here for going into 4.5hrs and counting?

[quote] A flight to Tampa is 2 and some change hours. We should've landed like 2.5 hrs ago. There are children on this flight crying out of hunger bc why tf would you board us?? Parents were not equipped. None of us are. Y'all are the airline. What the fuck.

[quote] So we were supposed to be tower to another gate. The tow is no longer coming. The captain is making an executive decision to use the remaining power we have to get to another gate so we can try to deplane. If not, we will again be indefinitely stuck on the tarmac.

[quote] Every time they give us an update it's to tell us there is literally no update or whatever hope they gave us in the last update is no longer an option. Like I cannot believe the captain was like stay calm but we have no way to get off or get you to safety because we are cut off and on our own. Lmaooooooooooooooooooooo like?

[quote] BRB. Saving battery in case we stuck til 2am. It's 11:30pm. We are now officially at 4.5hrs stuck on a grounded plane. Captain had to stop because now there's a block in the route we are trying to go and visibility is low due to storm and lightning.

[quote] Wait wait wait. The captain just said if we make it to the gate basically "you don't gotta go home but you gotta get the fuck outta here". They have no idea what's going on. No info. Our flight has still not been officially cancelled. So associates can't even help us. @united NJ AND NYC UNDER WATER, WE BEEN STUCK ON A PLANE GROUNDED FOR LITERALLY HOURS AND Y'ALL DIDN'T OFFICIALLY CANCEL OR DELAY US??

[quote] Everytime I get up to use the bathroom, the attendent is like "we need you to sit bc we are about to move". Same story for an hour. I'm about to lose patience. I am on the heaviest day of my period. More than one type of flood going on here.

R157, United hasn’t flown into Brooklyn since 1960.

R148 should keep trying to get updates on the 4 or 5 train.

The 4,5,6 are all running with partially suspended service r148.

anyone take the subway today? how was it? waiting long time between trains?

R156, is the 6 train going to astor place?

What about the N train? Anyone take it to 8th Street? Is it going there?

I've checked mta.info but doesn't say much.

I know the 6 doesn't go to Brooklyn. But I'm going to East 23 and need to transfer at Union Square. Anyway it seems too messy. I'll stay home and do something on Zoom. I find the MTA to be crap normally or difficult to use. Didn't know about the Twitter account. I looked at it and liked ig.it

R163, what ave? N and R goes to 23rd street

R163, according to mta.info N trains are running Between ‌Lexington Av/59 St‌ and ‌Coney Island-Stillwell Ave

R164, that's true. I live on the Q line, perhaps I could transfer to the local at Union Square. It's about two extra blocks walk to my destination but even as am eldergay I might make it.

Can you take an express bus R148?

Is it true more people died in NY/NJ from Ida than in Louisiana?

26 are dead in the area, not sure about Louisiana

Thoughts and prayers. Sincerely. Please be safe out there.

Is this MTAlounge now?

People in my neighborhood don't take express busses, R167. That's for deeper in Brooklyn.

Excuse me R172?

I’m just south of Prospect Park and that is not “deeper in Brooklyn”.

When the subway is having problems and I need to go to Manhattan, I catch the express bus. That’s why there are pickup points from “deeper in Brooklyn” to the Kensington area.

Perhaps you’d like a lift Princess. Stand on the corner and present hole, and I’ll swing by and pick you up.

Has anyone heard from Pizza Rat?

Yes, see R127.

Louisiana need to sit 👏🏻down👏🏻. My girl DaDee’s Gucci bags got ruined in the Bronx. This is the real tragedy.

[quote] Her hairdo looks just like Zera's in the original Planet Of The Apes (1968).

Every other woman had that hairdo in the Vietnam era.

He's fine. He sends his love.

Damn. R178 beat me to it!

Scary shit. As a native here in New Jersey, I've never seen a such strong rains and tornadoes. Yes...I've heard small tornadoes happen here, but very rarely. Now, south Jersey, Mullica Hill, had an EF3...major, what you would see in Oklahoma. Last July, Long Beach Island had an EF2 tornado. The intensity of these storms is getting worse.

[quote] But it’s absolutely gorgeous out today.

Weather is usually beautiful after a hurricane clears out. Takes the rain, mists fog & humidity with it. Many is the time growing up when I heard oldsters say “I kinda hope we get this hurricane so it takes this heat & humidity with it.”

My mother said she remembered the Hurricane of 38 as being one of the most beautiful days she ever saw. “But you know, when I think back in it, I think maybe I remember it being so sunny because so many trees had come down.”

R175: That's Whole Foods Deli Rat at R127, not Pizza Rat.

I hope Pizza Rat and Denny are looking out for each other, kind of like Ratso Rizzo and Joe Buck.

R140 I've gotten much more than 7" many times in Central Park.

^^ I’ve *given* more than 7” in Central Park, a couple hundred times.

CALL THE COPS!

The bus driver in this photo looks JUST like the bus driver in that scene in The Day After Tomorrow (2004) just before the tidal wave overtakes Manhattan. Lately I feel like I've been living in that movie in NYC.

de Blasio had a press conference today and told New Yorkers that experts expect storms like this to be the norm from now on.

He’s rumored to be running for governor now.

[quote]de Blasio had a press conference today and told New Yorkers that experts expect storms like this to be the norm from now on.

Trying to divert attention from the fact that, in his nearly eight years in office, he has not given a second's worth of thought to emergency planning. He's actually blaming the weather service for not properly informing him how severe the storm would be.

DeBlasio is the laziest...talky, talk, talk....blah, blah....mayor ever. He loves to be in front of the camera with a lot of lip service...and does as little as possible. His self importance, as he sees himself...has made NYC worse during his years. I think he's the worst mayor that I can remember.

[quote] Trying to divert attention from the fact that, in his nearly eight years in office, he has not given a second's worth of thought to emergency planning.

Nor of unblocking the damn storm drains.

see r132

R189: I fear we will be saying the same thing two years into Eric Adams's City Hall occupancy.

191- I agree. Adams is so FULL of himself.

It was a mere drizzle.

I feel sorry for none of you…. You all mock the Midwest, flyoverstans, all of the uncultured… boo boo New York City isn’t that great.

R194 = Moron

𝑩𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍

New York City’s streets are notoriously dirty — but a car-oriented initiative by Mayor de Blasio during the pandemic allowed even more filth to pile up, with much of it winding up in sewer drains as the remnants of Hurricane Ida left swaths the five boroughs underwater.

De Blasio in March 2020 slashed the city’s alternate side parking rules, requiring motorists to move their cars once a week instead of twice to make way for street sweepers. He likened the move as an olive branch to New Yorkers who were asked to stay inside during the darkest days of the pandemic.

But nearly 18 months later, the reduction remains in place. Streets are cleaned half as often as before the pandemic — and many notice more loose trash and dirt in their neighborhoods.

While Ida walloped New York, many of the city’s 153,000 catch basins became clogged. In some cases locals were forced to run out and clear them to keep their blocks from flooding. Those drains are managed by the city Department of Environmental Protection, which dispatched crews to inspect and clear them as the storm approached.

But clearing those drains didn’t keep trash on the streets from clogging them up.

Our boiler was finally fixed or replaced last night. Many boilers were destroyed due to basement floodings.

[quote]I feel sorry for none of you…. You all mock the Midwest, flyoverstans, all of the uncultured… boo boo New York City isn’t that great.

But we New Yorkers and our funds always come through for you in your time of need, R194

Don't forget to wear your 'fuck me' pumps!