For those of you who saw smoke over Madison Square Park on Saturday coming from the top of the building at 11 Madison Avenue, the city says it was a transformer fire that they were able to get out pretty quickly.
Nobody was reported injured and the cause of the fire was not released.
The Madison Square Park Conservancy found this link, but I have to re-post it. It’s basically time-lapse video of Hurricane Irene from Friday August 26th at 11pm to Monday August 29th at 7pm looking East to Madison Square Park from 24th Street. See the whole storm in 4 minutes!
With the eye of the hurricane already gone, the Madison Square Park area seems in reasonable shape post storm. There is still light rain and a light light wind, but no flooding of note or other damage that I can see. If anyone has seen anything, send it in and I will update the post. [...]
For neighborhood readers, it seems that most of us won’t be part of an evacuation according to the Zone A/B/C map.
But just in case you need it, it appears the closest evacuation center is at Baruch College (155 East 24th Street).
Stay safe!
[Real-time update 12 noon Friday] Home Depot is out of all flashlights and at least half of their batteries. (See photo right for flashlight wall at Home Depot at 12 noon).
If anyone knows another place in the neighborhood to get flashlights, write info@MadParkNews.com and I will post it for everyone (Or comment on this post).
Get your water, food, and charge everything just in case. Better to be prepared.
And read our earlier post with key links to resources related to the hurricane (If anyone has other useful links, send them in or comment and I will post them).
Not to be alarmist, and by no means are we experts in hurricanes, but with one potentially hitting NYC, here are some resources for area residents. Obviously hurricanes are characterized by high winds, storm surge, flooding, power outages, tree and building damage, and can require evacuations. National Weather Service: http://www.weather.gov/ NYC Hurricane Evacuation Zone Finder: [...]
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