S A N D Y...aka Hurricane Sandy (New York, Mount Sinai: hospital, manager)

[Novila]

Anyone know if south Queens/"not-so-far" Rockaway/Ozone Park area is without power? And when they expect power to be restored in Queens, or the boroughs?

Can't tell if my parents are just busy, can't access phones or if they're floating around somewhere...

[Henna]

Originally Posted by Novila

Anyone know if south Queens/"not-so-far" Rockaway/Ozone Park area is without power? And when they expect power to be restored in Queens, or the boroughs?

Can't tell if my parents are just busy, can't access phones or if they're floating around somewhere...

Try this map ConEd Storm Center Mobile. Zoom in on your parents' neighborhood. It won't tell you if your parents' place has power not, but will show outages in the area.

[Chava61]

Originally Posted by Novila

Anyone know if south Queens/"not-so-far" Rockaway/Ozone Park area is without power? And when they expect power to be restored in Queens, or the boroughs?

Can't tell if my parents are just busy, can't access phones or if they're floating around somewhere...

I know that people are having trouble from out of the area with incoming calls in some areas of Queens.

[Chava61]

Update from Gov. Cuomo:

There is still water in the tunnels.

MTA buses are running full service today.

Limited commuter rail service today on Metro North and LIRR starting at 2PM.

Limited subway service from Manhattan to Brooklyn tomorrow with the help of the buses.

[Chava61]

More from Gov. Cuomo:

Still many traffic lights are out in Manhattan.

Upstate utilities workers are coming to the "downstate" NY area to help with the power outages situation.

[Novila]

Originally Posted by Chava61

I know that people are having trouble from out of the area with incoming calls in some areas of Queens.

Thank you both! Checking out ConEd's site, this is pretty cool.

[Chava61]

The army corp. is sending a crew from IL. to work on the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel and WTC site.

[Chava61]

3 of 7 tunnels under the East River have been cleared of water.

[brooklyn1234]

There will still be no service between Brooklyn and Manhattan tomorrow- from the MTA website:

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that beginning this afternoon, both Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad will begin to provide limited service on part of their respective networks. The Governor also announced that beginning Thursday morning, there will be limited subway service on several routes, supplemented by a bus shuttle between Downtown Brooklyn and Midtown. There will be no subway service between 34th St in Midtown and Downtown Brooklyn. Earlier today, Local, Limited-Stop and Express Bus service began operating as close to a normal weekday schedule as possible. As was the case yesterday, bus service will operate on a fare-free basis today. Access-A-Ride also began limited service today, as well as accepting reservations for travel after Noon tomorrow.

[Chava61]

14 of the 23 subway lines will back up and running partially tomorrow. But buses will take people across the East River in Brooklyn.

People should be able to take the subway tomorrow night to the Barclay Center for the game tomorrow night.