Tribute in Light 2011

The Tribute in Light is an installation of 88 searchlights placed next to the site of the World Trade Center to create two vertical columns of light in remembrance of the September 11 attacks.

The photograph was taken from the Brooklyn Bridge Park as the moon sets over the Manhattan skyline and the Brooklyn Bridge. The sun rises from the opposite direction shining onto downtown Manhattan and the East River. Construction continues on One World Trade Center (Freedom Tower) which is lit Red, White, and Blue (blue and white can be seen in photo).

One World Trade Center (Freedom Tower) is scheduled to be completed in 2013 and it will be the tallest building in the United States, with its radio antenna reaching a symbolic height of 1,776 feet in reference to the year of American independence. (Source- Wikipedia One World Trade Center).

Tribute in Light (video)

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Video- Flood from Hurricane Irene: Shokan, Boiceville, Mt Tremper, Phoenicia

Video from Youtube user: joostrander

Shokan, Boiceville, Mount Tremper, and Phoenica

Hurricane Irene- New York Power Outage and Restoration Updates

New York State Power Outage and Restoration Update:

Total customers without power (statewide): 287,304 (80% restored to date)

 

LIPA: 165,000 (68.4% restored to date)
Con Edison: 15,082 (93% restored to date)
National Grid: 15,047 (90% restored to date)
NYSEG: 51,086 (81% restored to date)
Central Hudson: 31,188 (83% restored to date)
Orange & Rockland: 9,901 (88% restored to date)

 

The following is a summary of the estimated restoration times available at this time:

• Con Edison has reported that it met its goal to restore nearly all New York City customers by last night, and is estimating that 90% of Westchester outages will be restored by tomorrow (9/1/11) at midnight.

• LIPA and Orange and Rockland utilities estimate that 95% of their customers will be restored by Friday (9/2/11) at midnight.

• National Grid has reported estimated restoration times for 90 percent of its customers by tomorrow night (9/1/11), except in Amsterdam, Middleburgh, Schoharie, and the Stockade in Schenectady which currently have flooding issues with no or limited access for completion.

• Central Hudson estimates that 90% percent of its customers in Columbia County, Dutchess County, Orange County, and Putnam County will be restored by midnight; due to flooding and physical inaccessibility, 90% of the remaining customers by 9/4. Central Hudson noted that Ulster County was particularly hard hit by the storm.

• NYSEG estimates the following power restoration timetable: Binghamton Division: 90% of outages by tonight at midnight and all power restored by Friday night. Liberty and Plattsburgh Divisions, 90% of remaining customers without power are projected to have service restored by Friday night, and all power will be restored by 9/3. Brewster and Oneonta Divisions: Road closures and accessibility issues continue to impede damage assessment and repair work. While some customers will have power restored by 9/2, it is likely that other customers will be without power until 9/7.

Irene Takes The Life Of A Holocaust Survivor

An 82 year-old Holocaust survivor and grandmother drowned August 28 in a Catskills cottage after it was overtaken with floodwater caused by Hurricane Irene, The New York Daily News reports.

New York State Police Investigator Jeffrey Moore said more than 6 feet of water filled the woman’s cottage at the Valkyrian Motel located in Fleischmanns, NY.

Isaac Abraham, a Brooklyn Hasidic community leader told The Daily News that Stern-Gluck was born in Russia and survived the Holocaust. “She survived Hitler, but she couldn’t survive Irene,” he said.

Links:

New York Daily News Article- Holocaust survivor, 82, dies in Hurricane Irene floodwaters in the Catskills

Irene- Gov. Andrew Cuomo visits Prattsville NY

Prattsville NY- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo visited Prattsville on August 31. Gov. Cuomo said that he expected damage in the state from Tropical Storm Irene to reach “close to $1 billion”.

The governor arrived in Prattsville by SUV, after taking in an aerial view of the devastation of Prattsville from a Blackhawk helicopter. Cuomo was accompanied by Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and local officials. (Source: Wall Street Journal)

Cuomo said:

Damage “close to $1 billion”

22 state bridges have been closed

more than 600 homes destroyed

New York farms suffered at least $45 million in damage with 140,000 acres destroyed

150 major highways damaged

Quote: “There are two realities to what Irene did to New York. One reality was that New York City and Long Island—in some ways we celebrated that the damage wasn’t as bad as it could have been. There’s an exactly opposite reality in upstate New York.”

Quote: ““The damage that we have sustained is significant, and sometimes the bottom line is the bottom line. We need help on the economics. We’ll bring the energy, we’ll bring the commitment, we’ll bring the drive, we’ll bring the know-how, but these are not communities of deep pockets”

President Obama announced today a federal disaster declaration for eight counties where individuals and households can receive federal assistance. They are Albany, Delaware, Dutchess, Essex, Greene, Schenectady, Schoharie, and Ulster counties.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904583204576543083039262362.html

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/irenes-cost-may-reach-1-billion-cuomo-says/

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Governor Cuomo’s Tour of New York’s Hurricane Damage with Secretary of Homeland Security Napolitano and FEMA Administrator Fugate (http://www.governor.ny.gov/press/08312011UpdatedDirectionsGovernorCuomosTour):

1. I-87 (Thruway) to Exit 21 (NY-23/Catskill/Cairo)
2. Turn left onto County Route 23-B (Main St.)
3. Quick left onto the ramp to NY-23 Westbound
4. Travel on NY-23 Westbound for approximately 23 miles.
5. Take a left onto NY-296 Southbound
6. Quick right onto County Route 12 back to Route 23 (approximately 1 mile)
7. Left onto NY-23 Westbound
8. Right onto N Settlement Road and travel approximately 2 miles
9. Bear left onto Steinmetz Road for approximately 1 mile
10. Take a left off of Steinmetz Road onto County Route 10 and travel approximately 9 miles into Prattsville