Scenes from Hurricane Sandy

I think we've all been devastated by what Hurricane Sandy has done to the east coast. My mother grew up in Brooklyn, so I've always loved New York City and admired New Yorkers' fortitude to handle whatever life throws at them. I'm especially in awe this week.  As so many said, the scenes resembled a Batman movie.

Along with having all the cable stations on almost all night, I was constantly monitoring my twitter feed (twitter is often ahead of newscasts) and here are some photos that were tweeted and retweeted over and over again. They're from both NYC and New Jersey and most need no captions. 

This is a normal day's seismograph reading from a monitor in PA. 

This is the same recorder when Sandy hit the New Jersey beach, hard enough to rock the planet.

Power transformers blowing in New Jersey

Another power station blowing up in Manhattan

I've always loved the Empire State Building. How fitting that it would stay lit.

Flooding at Ground Zero

Subway 

Ambulances evacuating hospital.

Rockaway --  where my mother had many family members -- fire that burned 100 houses. 

Tragic morning after.

LaGuardia airport. Guess my agent, who's stuck in New Orleans, won't be landing soon.

New Jersey Boardwalk

That was a roller coaster. 

Can't keep New Yorkers down.  Starbucks might be closed, but the wireless is still working! 

President Obama has asked people to help their fellow Americans by contributing to the Red Cross: visit www.redcross.org, call 1-800-RED-CROSS, or text the word REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation. Contributions may also be sent to your local Red Cross chapter or to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, DC 20013.

To paraphrase President John F. Kennedy, today we are all New Yorkers.  Sweetie's and my thoughts and prayers continue to be with everyone affected in all the states affected by Hurricane Sandy. 

xoxo,

JoAnn