(via allhiphop.com) – As Hurricane Sandy made contact with land yesterday, power across the East Coast shut down leaving more than 6.5 million people without power, 16 dead in the United Sta.
of manhattan, new york. you can see a dramatic picture of a transformer exploding at that con ed plant. power is out. that s a pretty incredible thing. power is out in lower manhattan. the seawater is rushing into the battery tunnel. i don t know the extent of it. you can see the shine at the bottom. that bottom shine is the water that s now filling the tunnel. i want to show you a picture of a hoboken, i believe it s the subway stop train station. new images, a house fire in rockaway, queens. 50 homes already burnt to the ground. the alley ways between the homes are actually quite thin, so the trucks couldn t get to the home where the fire first started. a 700-ton tanker has run aground on front street in staten island. three towns have just been devastated. they re not even exactly sure why this happened. this is not a zone that sees
there you see it right there, a huge explosion at a con-ed plant. trees are down on the main roads, side roads and also the parkways. it is dangerous out there. these are scenes from down in the lower east side of cars completely submerged. we knew this was going to be a very dangerous storm and the storm has met our expectations. sandy triggered a massive fire in the queens neighborhood of new york, also known as breezy point. at least 50 houses have burned to the ground. look at these images! more than seven million americans across 17 states now without power. preliminary estimates for damage, $20 billion. this will be one of the most expensive natural disasters in u.s. history. ortly beach, seaside heights, seaside park are almost completely underwater. the level of devastation at the jersey shore is unthinkable.