Who would have thought on a day like today people are still operating without power?
People in Seaside Heights is demolished, along with four other boardwalks that look exactly like this. Rides are scattered, wood is piled everywhere, and houses are flooded.
Long Beach Island in New Jersey won't be open for another 9 days. It is uninhabitable.
Breezy Point in Far Rockaway here in Queens had a widespread fire and the entire neighborhood was totally and completely burned. 100 homes gone. The community already suffered greatly during 9/11 when it lost 29 fire fighters, more than most fire houses. Who knows if the memorial for those men still exists. Read more about Breezy Point.
Halloween parades are canceled, and no one is sure whether or not the city can "cancel" Halloween. Sounds like a nightmare for all of the mothers that slaved for hours creating a cute costume for their kids. What about all of the high school students ready to traipse the hallways in their cool costumes, and the college students that are looking forward to the bar parties? I bet the bar parties still go on.
Now we will have no trash service until...we don't know. We stil don't have to move our cars. Bridges are reopened, as well as the Lincoln Tunnel, but the rest of the tunnels are still closed. There is limited bus service here, and Bloomberg says the subways won't be up and running until the weekend, if not longer.
How the H are we supposed to get to school? It doesn't seem like such a blessing anymore. People are suffering. I don't think I can celebrate while 4 million people are still without power. So here we sit. In our apartment. Waiting to be able to go outside.
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