Anybody making it to work tomorrow morning? (Newark, Hudson: house, centers)

[high iron]

Originally Posted by Raymond Stereo

My internship supervisor encouraged any of us who could make it to the office to come in this morning, with reimbursement for cab fares. After watching several (packed) buses roll by without stopping, and pondering about the nightmarish evening commute, I walked my ass back home. Feel like a fool for even waking up...

If you're an intern, an "encouragement" from the supervisor is more like a direct order. Elbow your way on that bus.

[likeminas]

Well, here we go.
I never got a call from my office but I'm pedaling my way to work anyway.

Something tells me I might be the only showing up, but whatever, I need to get some exercise and see with my own two eyes if we got power in the building.

[likeminas]

Well just got a call saying our office is closed.
I'm heading to another location in Manhattan now. Let's see how that goes.

[likeminas]

Queensboro bridge




People waiting for a bus on 1 st ave

[wisnowbird]

Originally Posted by wisnowbird

I'm going to try taking the bus (from BPC to midtown) if there aren't a ton of people already waiting for a bus. If it looks overcrowded, I'll work from home remotely since I do have power & my connection worked when I tried it earlier.

Big FAIL. I waited for 20 min at my regular bus stop, only to have a sanitation driver drive by & say buses aren't detouring off the West Side Hwy to come into BPC. Waited with a dozen people on the West Side Hwy for 30 min & no bus. Tried to catch the M5 on Church, but after 25 min waiting there, no bus. Gave up & came home. Looks like I'm working remotely on my crummy laptop that likes to overheat.

[lovebrentwood]

Originally Posted by Bremsstrahlung

This is what I'm going to try. I'm really worried it's going to be too crowded though... and what happens if the bus is already full when it gets to my stop? **** it then, I guess.

There's always room for one or 20 more:
jam-packed bus | Rajasthan, India | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

[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.

[likeminas]

A lot of people in my office say the commute was a nightmare.

A guy who lives in South Brooklyn, says took him about 3 hrs to get to midtown.

Another guy from North Bronx, almost 4 hrs.

I can only imagine the commute back home tonight for these people.

Tomorrow might be even crazier as even more people attempt to make it to their workplace.

[Doobage]

My office, in that no man's land between SoHo and the West Village, has been emailing us telling us not to come in. Free week off work, I guess.

[Chava61]

NYU is closed through Sat., Nov. 3rd.

Brooklyn College is also closed today as there are electric problems there.